Metal Gear Solid Touch (メタルギアソリッド タッチ Metaru Gia Soriddo Tacchi?) is a third-person shooter developed by Kojima Productions for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It was published by Konami and distributed through the App Store. Announced on December 16, 2008, Touch is based on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. It was released on the App Store for select regions on March 18, 2009. Ikuya Nakamura directed the game and Yasuyo Watanabe produced it, who was previously Kojima Productions' chief web designer. The game was removed from the App Store sometime in 2015, but is still available to re-download if it was previously purchased.