Bring Me The Horizon, one of the biggest rock bands in the world, are huge Metal Gear Solid fans. Lead singer Oli Sykes cites the series as his favorite, with it inspiring their music and merchandise.
We went hands-on with the VIRTUOS mission in Unreal Engine 5.
In the band's early days, though, Sykes admitted that they maybe took a little too much inspiration from the franchise and that they expected Hideo Kojima to file an injunction against them.
In our exclusive interview with Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes, we discussed the singer's love for the Metal Gear franchise and his respect for Kojima.
After sharing his love stories for the games, Sykes told me that "Drop Dead, my clothing company, used to be like straight-up Foxhound t-shirts," adding, "And then when we did Shadow Moses, we didn't get any clearance to use the intro music and stuff."
With Shadow Moses released over 11 years ago when BMTH wasn't such a household name, Sykes assumed he could get away with borrowing from Kojima; however, things changed when a former Metal Gear developer contacted the band: "She was a fan of Bring Me," Sykes said, and...