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It's difficult to predict what will happen at the moment. No COD has been announced yet, but they may simply be waiting for Microsoft to announce their next console. PS4 is targeted for holiday 2013 which would suggest November/December. A November release would make COD a likely launch title, especially if the next Xbox is released around the same time.

Metal Gear has never had a consistent release period like other series. MGS4 was the only title to have a world wide release date, with every other game receiving a staggered release. Luckily the time between release across different regions has generally decreased. Given that it's targeted for 360 and PS3 (as well as possibly next gen consoles) it's pretty likely it will be released this year. The latest would be early 2014 similar to Rising. It certainly wont be until after E3. My best guess is anywhere between September and December. That's basically 4 full months that it could be in. I don't think we'll have massive delays as they seem to have waited for things to be at a later stage before announcing this one.

Furthermore we know of four titles using the Fox Engine: MGSV, Project Ogre, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 and an untitled Zone of the Enders game. Of those, only two have officially been announced (MGS and Pro Evolution) and only one even has a release year announced (Pro Evolution will be released this year). Pro Evolution Soccer games have traditionally been released in either September or October and I would imagine Kojima Productions would want the first release of a game made in their engine to be one they created themselves.