Konami has announced that they have launched an international Metal Gear Solid website at www.metalgearsolid.com in order to unify the unified global presence of the series online. Along with media and opportunities to buy games from the series, along with an “interactive game universe.”

“The first layer of exploration is the Metal Gear Solid Timeline, an interactive aggregation of the game series’ most pivotal events, characters, and storylines spanning over 200 years,” describes Konami. “The second layer is the Player Timeline. Through the Player timeline, not only will fans be able to follow and interact with the personal Metal Gear Solid memories, favorites, and insights of famed producer Hideo Kojima and key members of the Kojima Productions development team, but fans can also add their own mark to the legend of Metal Gear Solid by submitting their own nostalgic moments, uploading their own photos and videos, as well as viewing and commenting on other players’ memories in order to create a diverse and dynamic community connected by the heritage of the Metal Gear Solid storyline.

There is also full social media integration with Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus.