Metal Gear Survive is wreckage of the long battle between the series' lead creator, Hideo Kojima, and Konami, his long-time employer who ditched him three years ago. Kojima split with Konami after a lifetime of making Metal Gear games, going back to the first in 1987. Survive is Konami's attempt to make a new one without him. It's a bad game that's more fascinating than I expected.

Surely, Konami saw this coming.

If you were brave enough to bare the cyclone fences and zombie hordes of Metal Gear Survive, I'd love to hear about it.

Things didn't exactly end on a good note between Hideo Kojima and Konami. That doesn't mean Konami is without those who still care about the legacy of the Metal Gear creator's old studio.

It's going to be a long, long time before we see a franchise nosedive the way Metal Gear has.

Metal Gear Survive is the first game in the longrunning series to not involve director Hideo Kojima, which may make you wonder: Is he in the credits? The answer is yes, sort of.

The Metal Gear series' future was uncertain after creator Hideo Kojima left Konami. Metal Gear Survive tosses away stealth and politics in favour of zombies and loot. I've played about five hours of the game and so far, while it captures the feeling of braving the wilderness, it's also a slow grind.

Metal Gear Survive doesn't have a lot of charm, but it's still a fun time if you're playing with friends. Staff Writer Heather Alexandra and Video Producer Paul Tamayo geared up to build bases and stab nano-zombies in this absurd and perplexing Metal Gear spin-off.

Metal Gear Survive, the bizarre zombie horde survival game that really has nothing to do with Metal Gear, kicked off an open beta yesterday. It's surprisingly fun to play but lacks the heart and quirkiness that drew people to the series to begin with.

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During the Tokyo Game Show, Hideo Kojima was asked about Metal Gear Survive. He wasn't rude per se, but honest. Official footage of the incident, however, seems to be vanishing, causing all sorts of wild speculation on major Japanese game sites.

Konami sure is trying. Gotta give them that. But if YouTube likes are any indication, loads of people aren't feeling Metal Gear Survive.

It's called Metal Gear. Metal. Gear. You know what it's not called? Zombie Gear. And while that might be the route Konami wants to take the Metal Gear franchise in the future, Kojima couldn't help but point out the obvious over the weekend.

Hideo Kojima may have left Konami, but that doesn’t mean the end of Metal Gear. Or, potentially, Metal Gear’s reanimated corpse. Last week at Gamescom, Konami showed its willingness to take it into unexpected places. Metal Gear Survive abandons the cinematic, single-player focus of the previous games, twisting the series into a 4-player co-op stealth action game.

Konami is withholding the details of Metal Gear Survive but, between the trailer and an interview with one of the company’s community managers at Gamescom, I’ve put together a picture of what the game actually is.

Here we go. Konami is making a new title called Metal Gear Survive. And you better believe the internet has opinions about it!