We have some great news for fans of Metal Gear Solid now. As you can imagine, there is a lot of anticipation in the air over the upcoming showing of Ground Zeroes at GDC 2013. While it has already been confirmed that new gameplay will be on show at the event from Hideo Kojima, it has just got even better with the confirmation of a live stream as well allowing to you watch the new footage as it unfolds live.

To remind you, GDC 2013 takes place between March 25 and March 29 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The Metal Gear Solid presentation is thought to be happening on March 27 from 11am to 12.30pm Pacific Time. That means that we have a 90 minute event from Hideo Kojima to look forward to, giving us plenty of time to really see how the game is shaping up.

More specifically, we should get an in-depth preview of how the Fox Engine is looking and the progress that has been made since the last time we saw Ground Zeroes. The game has already been confirmed for Xbox 360 and PS3, but we wonder is there now a chance of the game being released on next-gen consoles like the PlayStation 4 as well?

Ubisoft are doing it with Assassin’s Creed 4 and Watch Dogs, so perhaps Kojima and his team are tempted to do it with Ground Zeroes as well. Or will they wait until Metal Gear Solid 5 instead for a separate debut on next-generation hardware? It is an exciting time never the less.

This Belgian MGS fansite confirms the news of a live stream, so we should be able to provide you with a link closer to the date. If you are a big Metal Gear Solid fan, let us know what you are expecting to see from the new game. Should it be on the PS4 as well?

We have some interesting, but somewhat strange details to share with you now, with regards to the upcoming and highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes game. David Hayter, the renowned voice actor best known for playing the role of Solid Snake has suggested that he may not be lending his services for the upcoming game.

That is obviously a scenario that would be unheard of among fans, but just look at what the actor has posted on Twitter. He has revealed a series of polls, asking his followers how they would feel if he didn’t voice Snake in Ground Zeroes. Although his motives behind the surprising poll are unclear yet, he has revealed the results of the poll in a further Tweet.

He has said that 64% of 303 people surveyed (small number we know) would be sad/angry, 12% would not be bothered and the remaining 24% would not buy the game if he wasn’t in it. It’s interesting to note that in both Tweets he has highlighted the Twitter names of Hideo Kojima and Konami, so they see the action as well.

What has gone on here then? Are Konami seriously considering replacing Snake for the next game, or is it actually a ploy from David Hayter to get a contract signed early for financial reasons? Maybe he has decided that he needs a break from playing Snake and is just gaging the public’s reaction before making such a bold move.

Either way, fans are going to be very upset if he really is going to be absent from Ground Zeroes. Hopefully we’ll get a follow up to this story as it obviously is a bit worrying for die hard veterans of the franchise.

A Metal Gear Solid game without the real voice of Snake. Let us know what this would mean to you and whether you would still buy Ground Zeroes or not. It’s like Lou Ferrigno not voicing the Hulk.

Kojima Productions and Konami showed a breathtaking cinematic demo of the game during the 25th Anniversary event, in which a Metal Gear Solid movie was also announced. The graphics on show is the first real evidence of the power that the Fox Engine has, and after seeing the footage you may even argue that it could well come out for next-gen consoles too.

Like Star Wars 1313, it looks like Konami are following the same route in stating that it will come out for PS3 and Xbox 360, when in actual fact it could well end up on the PS4 and Xbox 720 by time of release. Ground Zeroes has been announced as an ‘open world’ entry in the MGS world and you’ll be pleased to hear that we now have the gameplay that wasn’t originally planned to be shown to the public.

Our hero Snake is back and you’ll see him towards the end of the trailer, grey beard, eye patch in tact as well. He attempts to infiltrate a concentration camp, but before that there are two major talking points in the trailer that have been sending MGS fanatics into overdrive.

Firstly, who is the kid shown in the cell? Some say it’s Chico from Peace Walker, while others say it could be a young Snake or Raiden. Also, the burned man who features heavily in the trailer could turn out to be Vladimir Alexandrovich Zadornov who was also featured in Peace Walker, but more interesting theories include names such as Decoy Octopus, Zero or even Gray Fox.

Check out the amazing footage below and let us know what your initial impressions are. A confirmation of platforms can be seen at 1.40. We’ve also added a second video from the event itself – there’s extended footage to be seen with included commentary, but you’ll have to make do with shakey cam quality.

Have you already worked out the potential storyline and characters for the game?