10 MORE Video Games You Didn't Know Were Connected
Metal Gear and Silent Hill exist in the same twisted universe.
The very best video games are usually defined by their potent world-building and imaginative storytelling, such that they tantalise their players with endless possibilities often left unfulfilled or only hinted at.
And what better way to leave players wanting more than suggesting a wider, more sprawling universe beyond the game's bounds, and perhaps even one where another video game property might co-exist?
In these 10 cases, two hit games, typically AAA franchises (but not always), paid homage to one another beyond dropping a mere Easter egg - they implied, subtly or not, that they may well share the same physical world.
Now of course, it's unlikely most of these franchises will ever give fans concrete confirmation by way of a crossover title, but the prospect of their worlds being intertwined, no matter how loosely, is extremely exciting all the same.
Whether simply a case of a publisher deciding to advertise one of their games in another, or a former developer wanting to pay homage to a previous game they worked on, these seemingly diffuse franchises are connected in ways you surely never expected...