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Kojima Productions is understaffed and working on other projects right now, but it's something he has in mind.

Hideo Kojima is a legend in game design, but he’s had a hard time getting away from his most successful franchise, Metal Gear. Since 1987, Kojima has done almost exclusively games that center around the adventures of his beloved character Snake (in various incarnations) and, even though he’s tried to pass the series on to the next generation of Konami designers, he keeps getting pulled back. But that’s not to say that Kojima hasn’t been about to branch out a bit over the years. You may remember his portable game Boktai, which had a direct sequel and a DS follow-up called Lunar Knights. No? Well, you certainly remember Zone of the Enders. You know…the game that was included free with the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo? Despite having that moniker for years, ZoE has its share of dedicated fans, and they will be happy to hear that the series isn’t far from Kojima’s thoughts.

In a red carpet interview with GamerFitNation, Mr. Kojima had a couple things to say about the future of the Zone of the Enders franchise. First up, the team is hard at work on the HD collection for PS3, 360, and Vita, and Kojima says that “it won’t take that long.” When asked about a possible third entry in the series, he says that they would love to work on it, but currently don’t have the staff available at Kojima Productions. There have been rumblings of Metal Gear Solid 5, but Kojima has said that he has “no idea” what form it will take. He has been talking about something called the Ogre Project on his Twitter, but the only known projects we know he’s tied to at the moment are the ZoE collection and Metal Gear Rising, with Platinum Games.