PlayStation isn’t letting Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’s Ape Escape mode on Xbox, but the rival console is getting a crossover just as good, if not better: Bomberman.
After some leakage, Metal Gear Solid 3 remake’s release date was properly announced during PlayStation’s State of Play: August 28 on all platforms. What was even more exciting, however, was confirmation that the original game’s weird Ape Escape crossover would return in glorious high definition, with Snake chasing and catching the cheeky monkeys across the map.
Ape Escape is the property of Sony, though. Even though the publisher hasn’t done anything with the cult platformer in a decade – aside from a really sweet Astro Bot homage – the MGS 3 mode is seemingly being locked onto PC and PS5 versions of the game, shutting out Xbox Series X|S players.
Not content with leaving anyone out, publisher Konami is more than making up for the loss with a Bomberman crossover mode on Xbox consoles. Instead of an Ape Escape tease, the MGS Delta trailer uploaded to Xbox’s channels ends with a
Xbox won’t have Metal Gear Solid 3 remake’s Ape Escape mode, but it is getting a crossover that’s arguably better
