Through what has now been months of public strife between Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and series rights-holder Konami, the publisher has been quick to reassure fans that Kojima is "100% involved and will continue working on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain." You wouldn't know that from looking at the final box art for the game, though.
The new box art, shown above as downloaded directly from Konami's press site, is missing both the Kojima Productions logo and the all-caps "A HIDEO KOJIMA GAME" note that have adorned many previous Metal Gear Solid games. That's a change from the placeholder box art from the game's official announcement, which also featured a "rating pending" mark from the ESRB (rather than the current M rating). That older art is still being used at major retailers like Amazon to advertise the game.
Previously, Konami had removed the "Hideo Kojima" branding from all Metal Gear Solid art on its website. Before now, though, that decision didn't seem to apply to the final box art for what is still very much a "Hideo Kojima game."
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