 In late 2000, Konami announced the development of "Metal Gear Solid  X" for the Xbox. It was initially thought that it would be a version  of _Metal Gear Solid (1998) (VG)_ (qv), but Konami later announced  that it would be a combination of Metal Gear Solid and  _Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG)_ (qv) (which was  still in development at the time). Eventually the project became an  updated port of Metal Gear Solid 2, was renamed, and was released on  multiple platforms.