10 Video Game Franchises That Died During the Last Generation

METAL GEAR SOLID

A decade ago, no one could have predicted that Metal Gear Solid would ever make it into a list such as this one, but here we are. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain was an excellent game in more ways than one, and its sandbox emergent stealth gameplay is the industry standard even now, but behind-the-scenes controversies, a troubled development cycle, and a game that itself suffered in several ways because of that all meant that it also turned out to be the series’ sendoff. Sure, leaks say that a Metal Gear Solid revival is on the table- but even if it does come back, it’s unlikely that we’ll ever see Kojima make another one of these.