Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is a video game compilation released exclusively for the
PlayStation 3. It includes all the mainline
Metal Gear games directed and designed by
Hideo Kojima (including the
VR Missions standalone expansion) that were released from 1987 through 2012. Bonus content include
motion comic adaptations of the
Metal Gear Solid graphic novels by
Kris Oprisko and
Ashley Wood and a 100-page booklet that catalogs numerous promotional posters, brochures and advertisement related to the games in the compilation. The collection was released in North and South America on July 9, 2013 and in Japan on July 11, 2013. The European version was released on September 13, 2013. and the Australian version was released on October 3, 2013.