Thanks to “extraordinary levels of traffic from all around the globe,” gamers in North America won’t be getting their hands on the Metal Gear Online beta as soon as they’d been promised.
The Metal Gear Online Premiere Beta is officially open for business in the UK, Europe and Australia - although we wish you luck getting in for a game.
Konami has announced that the Metal Gear Online Premiere Beta will be open to Australians. Look for the free beta on the Australian PlayStation Store this Thursday (April 17) - play commences on April 21 and ceases May 6.
Atari has also confirmed the Australian release date for Metal Gear Solid 4 will be the same as the rest of the world - June 12, 2008.
via PALGN
Those lucky Japaneses always have the best stuff and now when they pre-order Silent Hill Zero for the PSP they will receive an awesome Butcher figurine. There are currently no details on how big it is or if Konami will do the same for the rest of the world.
via Kotaku
E for All is shaping up to be a pretty decent event after all, with Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4 available to play at the event. Konami are set to have 12 booths running the demo which has been tweaked based on feedback from the Tokyo Game Show. Konami will also be offering 2 booths worth of Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus to play.
via Kotaku
During the many hours I spent sitting in the bar at Leipzig NH hotel knocking back several well-earned double-Jack-and-Cokes, with no less than three televisions in eye-shot at any given stage, and all of them playing soccer, I had ample time to stew on the fact I truly despise the sport.
My main issue? Simulation, better known in layman’s terms as the regular, painful displays of un-sportsman-like behavior, where players dive to the ground in the hope the opposing team will receive a penalty for a foul they did not commit.
In what will undoubtedly be considered an unfortunate move, even by some raving fans of the sport (and the PES series) Konami has decided to add a mechanic to the upcoming 2008 version of Pro Evolution Soccer allowing players to press two shoulder buttons to take a dive.
Konami have unveiled the next two titles in their Silent Hill series – Silent Hill Origins for PSP and Silent Hill V for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. A portable version would seemingly require some skill to pull off, but from the screens that follow, it looks very promising. The 2008 release of Silent Hill V also guarantees to set the standard for survival horror on the current Gen consoles.
