‘Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty’ and ‘Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater’ were temporarily removed from the digital store due to license complications. Japanese video game maker Konami has temporarily removed two games from the digital store that expired during the ‘Historic Archive Footage’ license.
The company has promised to renew the license and bring the two games back to the digital store. However, the publisher of the two games did not give any specific date of return. And Konami did not elaborate on the origin of the license complex with the footage of any historical event.
Real-world video footage has been used in both games released in 2001 and 2004. Long cut scene has been used in both games to balance the story of the game with the flow of events of the twentieth century. However, technology site Verge has reported that Konami is trying to renew the license without removing the video footage.
The portal also said that ‘remastered’ versions of the two games have already been removed from the PS3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita and Nvidia Shield TV digital stores due to licensing issues. The Nintendo 3DS version of Metal Gear Solid 3 has been removed. The HD version of the PlayStation Now streaming service is also in the list.
Earlier in 2012, ‘Grand Theft Auto: Vice City’ was removed from the digital store due to the complexity of the music license. After the game was released in the digital store, 10 songs were missing from its playlist. Same thing happened for the ‘Crazy Taxi’, released on the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
