New Zone of the Enders project dismantled

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Kojima wants to re-evaluate franchise before continuing work

Hideo Kojima has scuttled the team responsible for the next Zone of the Enders game. Kojima delivered the news on his HideoBlog podcast (via Siliconera), saying he wants to re-evaluate the franchise and fan expectations before continuing.

The re-evaluation was prompted by negative feedback about Zone of the Enders HD Collection, which some players reported had choppier performance than the PlayStation 2 originals. The development team plans to release a big patch to bring performance up to snuff on PlayStation 3, but it's not planned for the Xbox 360 version at the moment.

Kojima isn't sure enough people still want another Zone of the Enders 10 years after The 2nd Runner. What do you think?

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan
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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.