in late 2012, "the 2nd runner" was ported to the xbox 360 and playstation 3 alongside its predecessor as part of the "zone of the enders hd collection". the release included a demo for the upcoming "". since 2008, "zone of the enders 3" has been in concept development by hideo kojima, but was kept away from game development until all the big titles were completed. on may 25, 2012, kojima confirmed that work on the next installment in the "zone of the enders" series had begun. however, the project was cancelled after kojima productions acknowledged issues within the "zone of the enders hd collection".