Kojima working on non-MGS concept

By Tom Bramwell Published 12 March, 2008

Hiding it under cardboard box.

Metal Gear Solid series creator Hideo Kojima is reportedly working on a new game concept away from the Metal Gear universe.

The word comes from Konami president Fumiaki Tanaka, who was speaking to Nikkei BP in Japan.

IGN reports that he said Kojima is "working on the concept for a new game outside of the Metal Gear universe", although there are no direct quotes from Fumiaki Tanaka included.

Konami's pres then added that there will be no formal announcement this year.

Hideo Kojima has of course worked on things besides Metal Gear, including Zone of the Enders for PS2, and the Boktai GBA games (and Lunar Knights on DS, which he produced), among other things.

So whether the new game concepts he's carting around in his head will take on the same significance as Metal Gear has to Konami and Kojima himself is hard to say. Equally hard to say is whether Kojima will continue working on Metal Gear.

He said he would give up after the third game, after all, but seems to be co-directing Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, which is due out worldwide for PS3 on 12th June, with Shuyo Murata.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • G3org3 #1 4 years ago

    I wish for a Zone of the enders in glorius Next generation presentation

    waits for Santa

  • Les #2 4 years ago

    Impressive, a whole article that tells you nothing more than the heading...

  • sharpfish #3 4 years ago

    He's working on a match 3 for pop cap.

  • gingerlink #4 4 years ago

    "Equally hard to say is whether Kojima will continue working on Metal Gear."

    I thought he said fairly clearly a while back that 4 would be the last one he would be working on?

  • zedzee #5 4 years ago

    @Les:

    There's more exquisite journalism in the "GTA IV DLC in 2008 and 2009?" article.

    Sheer brilliance...

  • zedzee #6 4 years ago

    I think he's working in a Zimmer Frame for Snake, to be honest.

  • BillyBrush #7 4 years ago

    Hopefully it'll be something brand new

    if it is something existing lets hope it's Snatcher 2 not another Zone of the enders game, both of those were shite mech flying games, like starfox only tragic

  • Freek #8 4 years ago

    I'd buy a PS3 for Z.O.E. 3.

    "Equally hard to say is whether Kojima will continue working on Metal Gear."

    I thought he said fairly clearly a while back that 4 would be the last one he would be working on?

    He said that about 2, then 3 was going to be the last one, now 4......etc etc.
    Edited by Freek at 12/03/08 @ 12:17

  • freedumb #9 4 years ago

    ZOE 3 please!

    Or Snatcher 2!

    Or a remade Policenauts with PS3 visuals and a proper translation!
    Edited by freedumb at 12/03/08 @ 13:39

  • Widge #10 4 years ago

    Zoe1 was woefully short and basically a PS3 tech demo.
    Zoe2, however was glorious. Visually wonderful and just about delivered on everything you wanted ZOE1 to be.