Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
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![From the left to right: Kenichiro Imaizumi (producer), Yumi Kikuchi (Raging Raven character of The Beauty and the Beast Unit, voice actor and motion capture actor), Hideo Kojima (producer, director, writer) at the Games Convention 2007](/Images/godic/202501/15/Metal_Gear_Solid_4_Team3656.jpg")
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console. It was the sixth Metal Gear game directed by Hideo Kojima and is set nine years after the events of Metal Gear Solid and five years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Guns of the Patriots made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008.