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
Sony has announced the June release of a new 80GB PlayStation 3 bundle for North America. The box includes an 80GB PS3, the long-awaited Metal Gear Solid 4 and a DualShock 3 controller. It’ll set you back $499.99.
Update Those that can’t get enough of cardboard box mock-ups best check after the jump.
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
A representative from Gaming Culture learned a valuable lesson today during the Konami press conference at Leipzig Games Convention - ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. One would assume being given the opportunity to ask Hideo Kojima a question with all of the world’s major game press in attendance, would warrant a question of substance. Looks like someone had other ideas…
“I’d like to ask if the final game will support rumble.”
While developer Ken Imaizumi was particularly tactful in his response, essentially “we wish,” Kojima added:
Let me add what I think every day when I am developing. At Kojima Productions, there is a guy who is a specialist doing the rumble feature. We call him “the rumble guy.” Right now, he has nothing to do. I am really worried what I should make him do - so I really hope […] I can make use of him.
Ouch.
Tucked away on the floor of GC today was a new trailer for MGS4, in which we witnessed four of the game’s bosses wreaking plenty of havoc. You’ve got a four-tentacled Laughing Octopus, Screaming Mantis, Raging Raven and a Crying Wolf. As their names suggest, they are animal-based characters that appear to be some sort of human-metal-gear hybrid.
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