Konami have finally announced a solid release date for their massively anticipated flagship title, Metal Gear Solid 4. The goliath of a title will be hitting European stores on June 12, the same date as Japan and America. According to the press release the Blu-ray disc will include both Metal Gear Solid 4 and its online counterpart, Metal Gear Online, contrary to previous rumours saying the two would be sold separately. Finally, the press release states that Konami is planning to “whet appetites with a public beta version of Metal Gear Online before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4”. More details are promised soon.
Less than four months to go!
Click through for the full press release.
June 12th European launch for Metal Gear Solid 4
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH announced that the eagerly-awaited Metal Gear Solid® 4: Guns of the Patriots for PLAYSTATION®3 will be released across Europe on June 12th.
The game will be released on a Blu-Ray disc containing both Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Kojima Productions’ Metal Gear Online – a dedicated online title that uses locations and gameplay elements from Guns of the Patriots. Together, they form a stunning conclusion to Hideo Kojima’s involvement in the final chapter to the Solid Snake saga.
With the anticipation for Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Online growing at a phenomenal rate, Konami will whet appetites with a public beta version of Metal Gear Online before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4. Full details of the public beta program will be announced shortly.
Concluding Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid saga, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is set in a battle-scarred future where huge conglomerates fight for supremacy using armies of hand-picked mercenaries. This devastated world is seen through the battle-weary eyes of an older Solid Snake who has been charged with infiltrating a number of key locations across the globe, including the Middle East and South America. As such, the epic end to Snake’s story offers ground-breaking combat elements, a refined control system that offers unprecedented control over the aged hero, and the tying up of key plot lines and loose ends.
Similarly, the accompanying Metal Gear Online features all the stunning stealth and combat elements of Guns of the Patriots, as it drops the player into a series of war zones and game options. With all-out ‘Last Man Standing’ battles to rescue and protection missions, Metal Gear Online effortlessly transfers the sublime control system of the series to an online competition, creating an absorbing battle between like-minded fans.
I’ll need an empty lake bed as I am gonna be breaking world records with drool!
Comment by JohnSketch — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
Probably going to be ordering this one from the US. Seems the extra goodies will not be bundled with the EU version. Like the DVD with MGS background story and automatic access to the MGS Online beta.
Comment by Christian — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
Hideo Kojima has stated on TV that the public beta version of Metal Gear Online will be for Japanese gamers only.
sorry.
Comment by mobiletone — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
And then my life will be complete
Comment by Mister_G — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
@mobiltone: check out blog.us.playstation.com, based on the info there it is clear that also the US/North America will be part of the beta.
Comment by Christian — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
@Christian: If i recall correctly you only get automatic accesss to the MSG online beta if you preorder.
Comment by Erik Mejer Hansen — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
i want to suck Solid Snake dry!
num num num
Comment by uber1337 — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
Soooo long to wait
June can’t come soon enough! I don’t know about you guys, but I’m just as interested in how the story is going to conclude and what other philosophical issues kojima will bring up this time, as in playing the game itself 
And I don’t want to see a SINGLE review mentioning the excessive cutscenes - they’re what makes the game!!
Comment by Geoff — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
As a side note, I notice that you have avoided posting this week’s abysmal store update threespeech. Any word from SCEE yet as to why it sucks??
Comment by Geoff — Feb 29, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
@8: As it turns out it sucks because they did an abysmal store update this week
@threespeech: Isn’t the results of the Unreal Tournament competition meant to be out today?
Comment by Christian — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
you mean GAMER.TV lied to me!? maybe they have changed things since that program, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the Japs beta test it first still.
personally i’m not that bothered by MGS4
waiting for Army of Two hitting the shelves next week.
Comment by mobiletone — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:02 pm
who wants to bet we dont get the beta in europe.
Comment by thedragonrider — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
I limited Japanese beta has already been run, the upcoming beta will be open to a much larger selection of Japanese (through a website application), American (through preordering) and European (TBA) gamers.
Comment by Shin-Ra — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
WHAAHAHHAHAHH
AHHAHHHAHHHHA
HHAHAHHAHAHHAH
HAHAHHHA!!!!!!!!
CANT WAIT 4 METAL GEAR.
Comment by E-ROLE — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
I also recomend anyone to go watch Ergoraptors Metal gear awesome 2 on newgrounds. He is quite the joker.
Comment by E-ROLE — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:08 pm
@11 ahhhh we get the open beta 2 months after the game’s been out then -haha-
Comment by mobiletone — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
Any word on special/limited edition extra features?
I don’t really want to pre-order if a special edition will be also be released.
Comment by Accordion — Feb 29, 2008 @ 7:24 pm
aw man i cannot wait for this, awesome
Comment by mark — Feb 29, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
There is so much good shit coming this year! where am I gonna find the time to play it all?
Comment by BENNE77 — Feb 29, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
The beta is going to be open to us Euros as well guys, according to the post on Eurogamer
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=93693
Comment by uber1337 — Feb 29, 2008 @ 10:49 pm
I want a hug!
Comment by JohnSketch — Feb 29, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
mgo beta?
WOW… WE’RE GETTING AT LEAST ONE NEW THING ON THE PS STORE BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE THEN.
Comment by Genki Rocket — Mar 1, 2008 @ 12:13 am
*hugs JohnSketch whilst surreptitiously watching an MGS4 trailer over his shoulder*
Comment by rooee — Mar 1, 2008 @ 8:13 am
i cannot wait for this game!!!
Comment by Retrozoid — Mar 1, 2008 @ 9:11 am
I hope it delievers, as I was hugely loooking forward to Devil May Cry, but alas, it was crap.
Comment by Terry — Mar 1, 2008 @ 10:46 am
Aww cheer rooee!
@terry
Devil may cry was sufficiently cheesy to satisfy me
Comment by JohnSketch — Mar 1, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
@23 I lost the plot when that giant frog came along…
Comment by Terry — Mar 1, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
N now xbox 360 will be defeted! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
MGS4 for life!
Comment by ShinigamiRuben — Mar 1, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
This is what I´m waiting for. This is going to be great.
I´ve playd through MGS2, MGS3 now and I have just orderd MGS:PO for the PSP.
I love the MGS series.
Comment by GeordieNinja — Mar 1, 2008 @ 7:58 pm
Not wanting to imply that Sony have been a bit rubbish at releasing things on time in Europe recently, but did they specify a *year* for our June 12th launch?
Comment by iapetus — Mar 1, 2008 @ 11:14 pm
@terry
I am sorry but how can you not love Giant frog tentacle lesbians!!!!!!!!
Comment by JohnSketch — Mar 2, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
@28
i’m all in favour of tentacle lesbians… I think :s
Comment by Terry — Mar 2, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
ahhh released 3 days after my college exams! now thats what im talking aboot!!!
bring it on!!
Comment by Paul — Mar 3, 2008 @ 9:18 am
Fed up waiting.
Comment by cenTripEtAl — Mar 3, 2008 @ 11:36 am
Quote from Sony on MCV website -
“Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer, firmware update 2.4 and the strongest line-up of games through our third party partners and our own studios. I’d personally like to thank our trade and business partners for helping us on the start of the PS3 journey.â€
MGS4 and in-game XMB around the same time… Should keep some people happy.
Comment by Dave Vincent — Mar 3, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
Just realised I was beaten to this news above on the “Getting More From Your PS3″ thread. Sorry!
Comment by Dave Vincent — Mar 3, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
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