Welcome to the Zone of the Enders 3 (ZOE3) area of ZOE:TUS. Please visit the ZOE3 INFORMATION section for any new developments regarding the next ZOE title.

After the amazing ZOE: The 2nd Runner, many people -- especially those who became fans of the Zone of the Enders series -- immediately began speculating on what the next high speed robot action experience would be like, particularly on next-gen platforms.

Since the establishment of Kojima Productions, word on Zone of the Enders as a series seems to have diminished quite a bit. Many fans feel the team's last ZOE work was a success, and, hopefully, ZOE2 mechanical designer Yoji Shinkawa, director Shuyo Murata, and sound programmers Toshiyuki Kakuta, Akihiro Honda, and several other Kojima Productions members who worked on the series will consider taking part in the development of the next Zone of the Enders title.

Although development has not yet started on the next installment (most likely partially due to the fact that the KP team is busy with Metal Gear Rising, Metal Gear Solid 3 3D, and ZOE HD Edition), it has been made evident that ZOE producer Hideo Kojima has shown interest in the idea of a new Zone of the Enders game and would like to make another sequel possible in the future, after all of these Metal Gear projects.

To support that, he has also gone as far as promising a sequel to ZOE2 at some point in the future. However, because the team is very busy with the aforementioned projects, the production line at Kojima Productions is full, so no timeframe was given.

As of December 2011, Hideo Kojima has stated that due to the limited amount of staff available on the Kojima Productions team, a Zone of the Enders 3 is still on hold.

We encourage you to check back occasionally, as ZOE:TUS will keep both the main page and the ZOE3 INFORMATION page updated as soon as any new developments on ZOE3 are discovered. Also, we want to hear your thoughts, so please feel free to stop by the forums for discussion.