Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4458546-20130815015351/@comment-4458546-20130815032604

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Since even Kojima did not completely dismiss the possibility of Ground Zeroes being a separate release (he did, after all, say when asked at E3 that Ground Zeroes' status as a standalone release or a bundle with TPP was undecided), that leaves us with two options:


 * 1) Either TPP and GZ are indeed two games to be released separate from each other, and the latter is to be released in 2013,

Or:


 * 1) GZ is part of TPP (which will be released in 2015), and the other game is either MGR2 or possibly even a remake of the MSX2 games.

Since there hasn't been even a hint at a new Metal Gear game besides GZ/TPP at E3, Its more likely to be Ground Zeroes for 2013. Then again, if MGR2 uses the old story for MGSR, that might have it be both announced and released within a span of months (they've already completed the story and the boss concepts, so all they'll need is the FOX Engine, which is reputed to cut down on development time to pull it off).

All that can be said is: we'll see when more information comes up, like either at PAX or TGS2013 (since those are, AFAIK, the only two gaming conventions left in the year, not counting Anime conventions such as Anime Weekend Atlanta). I hope GZ and TPP are separate games, becuz at least there's chance to play GZ soon. But if they're the same, we won't be playing a new MGS for quite a long time.