Developed by Kojima Productions and directed, designed, co-produced and co-written by Hideo Kojima, this serves as a sequel to Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, and a continuation of the narrative established there. The game follows the mercenary leader Punished “Venom” Snake as he ventures into Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War and Africa to exact revenge on the people who destroyed his forces and came close to killing him during the climax of Ground Zeroes.