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Metal Gear Surviveis astrange game in and of itself, but the context surroundingMetal Gearas a whole makes it even stranger. We’re stuck in this messy transitional period between the Kojima-led games of old and whatever direction Konami eventually settles on for the future of the series.
For now, though, we haveSurvive. Attentive fans have noticed something peculiar in the game’s opening moments. During an early cutscene, you’re shown a list of code-named soldiers alongside your own custom-named character and, as laid out by Michael Yurko on Twitter, there’s a hidden message.
Just take the first letter from each of the the underlined words and put ’em all together.
Am I the only one who saw “KoJima Productions FOREVER?” using the first letter of the highlighted code names?@HEITAIs#MetalGearSurvive#MGSurvivepic.twitter.com/NrYGVmwm8J
— Michael Yurko (@NourishedPsyche)Jun 21, 2025
The end result? “KJP Forever.” Or, Kojima Productions forever.
It’s worth noting that these specifically-named characters are thewandering Mother Base soldiersfromMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. So while the “KJP forever” Easter egg is a holdover, to some extent, the folks working onSurvivewent to the trouble of listing the names in the correct order.
Another fun one: the AWOL soldiers at the bottom of the list are named Bastard Yota and Cunning Yuji. That’s surely a nod toMetal Gear Survivedirector Yota Tsutsumizaki and producer Yuji Korekado.
