Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-6747658-20140622220237/@comment-1672596-20140815195428

96.59.223.143 wrote: Weedle McHairybug wrote: Well, we didn't get a release date at Gamescom, though Kojima did hint at it being potentially released during the final quarter of 2014 at the earliest on his Twitter account. I really don't think a magazine using a placeholder date counts. I expect the game to come out next March at the earliest.

Still, he tweeted it, and I'm extremely doubtful he would have not noticed the date on there.