Can Metal Gear Survive without Hideo Kojima?

Video game developer Konami imagines a new future for its biggest series, but the fans aren't happy

Former Konami game director Hideo Kojima may be one of the most famous faces in video gaming. Not least because he puts himself in his games, a la Hitchcock, which for nearly the past three decades have been mostly Metal Gear titles. 2015's MGSV: The Phantom Pain was a spectacular finale that offered real-life fireworks too, as Kojima and Konami acrimoniously parted ways.

This breakup saw a reaction along tribal lines, with the fanbase generally siding with Kojima and blaming Konami. Something of the hangover remains in the reaction to Metal Gear Survive, which is a "divergent take" on Metal Gear in the studio's own words. It transplants the series into another dimension for an online co-op game for up to four players - with, and it's hard to suppress a slight sigh here, zombie-type enemies.