After Metal Gear Solid 4 launches later this year, series mastermind Hideo Kojima will hit the ground running with a completely new title, due out sometime in 2009.Metal Gear Solid series director, producer, and writer Hideo Kojima is officially done with the franchise when the fourth and final title in the series launches for the PS3 later this year, but he's by no means done with game development.
Over at IGN, a translated Nikkei BP interview with Konami president Fumiaki Tanaka revealed that Kojima is working on a concept for a new game, sans the Metal Gear universe. However, Tanaka said he couldn't reveal anything more at this point and that a formal announcement will not arrive anytime in 2008.
Kojima is a household name for many PlayStation fans, having been the overseer for development on the wildly popular Metal Gear Solid series. He has also garnered a positive reputation in the industry for his role in developing original Konami franchises like Zone of the Enders and Boktai.
Unfortunately, we won't have any inkling about what's to come from this gaming genius until 2009. Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Online are, understandably, taking up all of his time.
(Posted at gamepro.com)
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