Kojima working on next project

by Alexander Sliwinski { Mar 11th 2008 at 9:00PM }

Konami president Fumiaki Tanaka tells Japan's Nikkei BP that Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima's next project is outside the Metal Gear universe. Tanaka informs that no announcement will be made this year and we shouldn't expect anything until after MGS 4 and Metal Gear Online have been given room to breathe.

Tanaka reveals that he expects sales of MGS 4 to be comparable to past titles in the series and he believes many people are waiting to buy a PS3 until MGS 4 is released. Outside of the MGS 4 business, Tanaka says Konami will release more remakes of classic games in the future and he alludes to Wii Ware being part of the plan.

Tags: hideo-kojima, kojima, konami, metal-gear-solid, mgs, mgs4, tanaka

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

EcnobA @ Mar 11th 2008 7:39PM

afther brawl this game is my reason to drop the $500 to buy the ps3 and i think it will be worth it

Cyro @ Mar 11th 2008 9:15PM

You maybe right. But wait a little longer for another price cut. Thats what I am planning on.

Moffka @ Mar 11th 2008 9:16PM

I can't wait to see what he will make up next, but I hope that as he moves forward he helps in making Zone of the Enders 3. I would love a new ZOE game on the PS3 so much.

Mr Intel @ Mar 11th 2008 9:19PM

i would love another zone of enders

Moffka @ Mar 11th 2008 9:24PM

Also, I don't have any links, but I remember awhile back in two different interviews with Kojima, he had said that we would like to try new and different things after MGS4 and in the other interview that he would like to develop a game for the Wii in the future so it would be interesting to see what could come of that.

I currently have a 360 and PS3 but have had no motivation to get a Wii since there aren't many good 3rd party games and the same Nintendo games I've played since SNES just isn't my thing anymore. If he makes a good game, I might just get a Wii.

EdZ @ Mar 14th 2008 8:23PM

If it's outside of the MGS universe, it's not ZOE3. The MGS timeline encompasses the MGS games, the ZOE games, Policenauts and Snatcher.

Either that, or the article is mistranslating (or the original is deliberately misleading). I certainly hope it IS ZOE3 though.

PyrosNine @ Mar 11th 2008 9:23PM

I want another Boktai! Maybe one that uses the Wii as a solar station!

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 12th 2008 1:38AM

Think about our friends on the North Pole.

Mr Khan @ Mar 11th 2008 9:30PM

Isn't the popular rumor that he is collaborating with Suda 51 on something tentatively dubbed "Project S"?

DangerMouse @ Mar 11th 2008 9:45PM

He doesn't seem like one to collaborate, unless it was a minor role in overseeing. He looks to be quite the control freak, which is a good thing given the quality games he's released.

Sir.sinho @ Mar 12th 2008 1:21AM

I saw this roundtable interview thingy awhile back (i think it was on 1up show) featuring Suda, Kojima and that guy from Q Entertainment (i dont remember that guy's name). But Suda was joking with Kojima that they should work together and Kojima agreed. So there is some base this rumour.
But i would rather see a new ZOE.

Noshino @ Mar 12th 2008 3:38AM

Wasn't Project S like a radio show or something?

Einhanderkiller @ Mar 11th 2008 9:35PM

I bet it's a puzzle game.

DangerMouse @ Mar 11th 2008 9:43PM

Bring on some more 2D castlevania's plz.

Deck @ Mar 11th 2008 10:14PM

They say his next project is outside the MGS world. And also tell us that there will be no announcement of what it is this year.

Why the hell tell us then? Why would the studio even go to the trouble to talk to a journalist to say that? That told us absolutely nothing!

player66 @ Mar 11th 2008 10:15PM

My $$$'s also on Boktai; or as it's North American bastard child is now known as: Lunar Knights!

jcd @ Mar 11th 2008 10:47PM

I'll buy the mgs4 ps3 bundle, play through it, and sell it in eBay.

OAKside @ Mar 12th 2008 1:04AM

No respect. /dangerfield

Terran499 @ Mar 12th 2008 12:42AM

He already said his next project is Zoen of the Enders 3

Moffka @ Mar 12th 2008 1:41AM

When? I've never seen that...

Terran499 @ Mar 12th 2008 1:46AM

Kojima said in a interview for the underground back in 06 that he planned on doing a ZOE3 on the PS3. Plus its the only logical thing. The only other non MGS series that hes done in the past decade or so is ZOE

SlickD @ Mar 12th 2008 2:42AM

Maybe he will work on next Silent Hill game?

Ahrel @ Mar 12th 2008 3:14AM

As I was reading this, I was thinking "ZoE3!". But when my eyes came across the idea of Kojima working with Suda for a Snatcher game, the idea of ZoE paled in comparison.

We need more old-school adventure games updated, like Dreamfall or Fahrenheit (or the upcoming Alan Wake).

But I wouldn't be opposed to ZoE3 :D.