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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes has gone from being a must-buy title to something that's massively controversial. So negative has recent reaction been that series creator and director Hideo Kojima has commented, trying to calm angry fans ahead of the release date next month.

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes was always something of an oddity. A prologue to a game that might not be out for a couple of years, at almost the cost of a full game? That was never going to fly, so when it was revealed this week that the main campaign lasted only a few hours, people got very upset. How could they charge so much for so little?

There are similarities between the various controllers on the market, but there are differences as well. Even when the controllers seem to offer comparable things and be relatively the same size, there may be features that just can't be utilized across every platform. That's why Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be optimized for each different input method, Kojima has confirmed.

On the latest episode of the Kojima Productions Alert! podcast, designer Jordan Amaro and other staff members confirm that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is still headed to PC and will be available on Steam shortly.  “Yes, it’s coming, and it’s coming sooner than you anticipate.”  The Metal Gear Solid spin-off, according to the host of the podcast, is in the final stages of development and will be available on the popular digital distribution service “any day now.” There were rumors…

Despite it being set in the past, Raiden will be making an appearance in the Xbox One version of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes next year. The exclusive mission also brings back an enemy familiar to anybody who played Hideo Kojima's cult classic Snatcher. It's an interesting combination, and one that fans are sure to enjoy.

Some were surprised when the learnt that Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain would be two separate games, but perhaps they'll be more surprised by the length of time that it's going to take between the two. Hideo Kojima took to Famitsu this week and said that Konami had come up with the idea of a prologue title after realizing just how far from finished The Phantom Pain was.

The most exciting news of last night (bar none) was almost definitely that PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 owners will be getting a bonus mission in the rather exciting Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. This mission, titled Déjà Vu, puts you in the role of "Classic Snake," the pixelated hero of Metal Gear Solid, and pits you against Genome soldiers in a Shadow Moses-esque setting.

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in Spring 2014, and will be available to purchase from £19.99.

Konami have this morning announced the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection, which contains Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Mirror of Fate HD. It also contains an exclusive demo for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, which comes out next February.

It seems there will be a new Metal Gear game coming this year. Whether it'll be a Ground Zeroes or something completely different is anybody's guess - but you'll be waiting for a long time for The Phantom Pain either way.