David Hayter, the original voice actor of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear series, has teased a return to his iconic role in a post on X/Twitter,

Iconic Metal Gear Solid actor David Hayter is teasing his return as Big Boss, and naturally, fans are spiralling. "I was in the booth today. Playing a role I’ve not played, since…" reads a tweet from Hayter that was followed up by a gif of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3.

David Hayter was famed among gamers as the voice of Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games, until notorious star chaser Hideo Kojima unceremoniously replaced him with Kiefer Sutherland in Metal Gear Solid 5.

The Metal Gear Solid voice actor and writer hinted at taking the camo and bandana up again... but for what?

There's a new Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater trailer showing off an extensive array of the game's early cutscenes, and it looks both gorgeous and absolutely faithful to the 2004 original. But there's just something about the old voice acting coming out of the new character models that feels a little bit weird.

David Hayter has teased his return to the Metal Gear Solid franchise, revealing that he was in a recording booth on October 3. The actor is well-known for portraying Snake in the franchise but was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland in Metal Gear Solid V.

Everything in Hayter's message hints at a reprisal of his Solid Snake performance, but the lack of specifics has led to exactly what you'd expect. If Konami is recycling old audio

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima controversially replaced Hayter as Snake with 24 star Kiefer Sutherland for 2015’s Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Hayter last played Snake