Today a 25th Anniversary event for Metal Gear took place, and a brand new next-generation entry into the Metal Gear Solid series was announced.

Known as Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, this new entry seems to follow on from Peace Walker and could feature an open-world to explore and sleuth around in.

No concrete details have been given to those outside of the world of that Konami conference – as no footage was allowed to be filmed or photographed, but it’s planned for the next-generation of hardware, and was played in real time through a high-end PC.

Utilising Kojima Productions impressive FOX Engine, the demo shown went seamlessly between realtime cutscenes and gameplay. It also featured a dynamic weather system, but individual features are yet to be announced.

All that was shown was this single piece of artwork for us to swoon over:

Interestingly, series creator Hideo Kojima confirmed that Columbia Pictures is working on a Metal Gear Solid movie – which will no doubt be a very long film if Kojima gets his way. It’ll be produced by Avi Arad, who’s previously worked on Iron Man, The Amazing Spider Man and The Incredible Hulk.