Add another level of strategy to "Metal Gear Solid," and you get the intellectual tactical espionage game "Metal Gear Ac!d." Players select movements, actions, and weapons for the characters using cards in a deck, which will help complete different types of missions. This card-based game uses characters, items, and actions familiar to fans of the "MGS" series.

Several factors allow for a variety of playing styles, from the card combinations (deck), to the various roads to victory, and even the ability to customize your weapons. "Metal Gear Ac!d" combines the whenever, wherever portability aspects of handheld games with an added focus on strategic challenge. Following the game's release in the US and Japan, many fans were eager for "Metal Gear Ac!d" to develop into a full-blown series.

Fans will be excited to learn that "Metal Gear Ac!d 2" is currently in development.

Several new card types will be added and the user interface will be improved, with faster gameplay and more comfortable controls. "Metal Gear Ac!d 2" will also use a new graphics engine, giving a dramatically new, comic book effect to the coloring and look of the game characters. The visuals will increase the intensity of the in-game action, adding to Snake's dynamic stealth capabilities.

All of the staff from the previous "Ac!d" will return to work on this sequel. Shinta Nojiri will provide game design and direction. Original character design will be done by Yoji Shinkawa and Masao Tsubasa will oversee character design. Noriaki Okamura from the "Zone of the Enders" team will be a producer on the game.