MGS4 launching in Europe on June 12th - no sign of pre-order bonuses yet

by Jem Alexander { Feb 29th 2008 at 11:30AM }

Konami Europe may have been a day late in announcing their Metal Gear Solid 4 release plans, but luckily that delay doesn't translate to the actual launch of the game because (as we suspected) the game will be available in Europe on June 12th. The same day that America and Japan get their copies. The press release states that Metal Gear Online will be included on the disc and that full details of the public beta program will be announced shortly. We'll have more on that when Konami feel the desire to release more information.

Unfortunately there's no sign of any pre-order bonus material. While the Japanese and Americans will be able to get their hands on a bonus DVD containing making-of documentaries and character profiles, it seems no such disc will be made available to those on the other side of the pond. We expect to see a large number of Europeans importing from the US for just that reason. You never know, though - maybe we'll hear something when they announce the MGO beta. Fingers crossed!

Tags: konami, metal-gear-solid, metal-gear-solid-4, mgs4

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sibbor @ Feb 29th 2008 11:38AM

I really couldn't care less. Just give me MGS 4 and I'll be happy.

Andre_the_Devvil @ Feb 29th 2008 11:53AM

Once again Europeans get screwed. But at least Kojima Productions got to release the game same day worldwide.
No MGS4 Bundle, and no preorder extras.
I want to thank Kojima Productions and Konamy for caring for their european customers

bliztix @ Feb 29th 2008 12:07PM

I understand this totally off-topic, Sorry!
But is there anything for the Playstation Network that tracks which games are played the most online, similar to what is done with Xbox Live?

James Gnann @ Feb 29th 2008 12:17PM

not that I know of

Christian @ Feb 29th 2008 1:02PM

I think such things are planned to get introduced with Home.

shase @ Feb 29th 2008 12:24PM

I might get the bundle since I have a 40 gig right now and it would be good to play ps2 games on it than switching consoles...

brettjr @ Feb 29th 2008 12:25PM

The preorder deal is only for America, it's confirmed in a reply in the playstation blog so you shouldn't look for news on that.

As for Japan, they already strated there beta a while ago. It was offered through the konami/metal gear site.

myself @ Feb 29th 2008 12:37PM

Lol,best article picture ever in any publication in this planet....

Andrew Yoon @ Feb 29th 2008 12:53PM

I LOL'ed too.

kman @ Feb 29th 2008 12:45PM

"yay, you get to come along too!"

Dan Davis @ Feb 29th 2008 1:24PM

So, Europe is basically a bunch of monkeys? Or to be more specific, Macaca fascicularis?

Livi70590 @ Feb 29th 2008 1:38PM

I'm torn. Do i get the game on day of release, or import and get pre-order bonus?

Christian @ Feb 29th 2008 1:57PM

The combination of regionfree and shitty European offerings must be affecting US and European sales I would think. For instance Devil May Cry is selling very well in the US compared to the Xbox version when you look at the sales figures compared to the total number of each console in the US on vgchartz.com. Wouldn't suprise me if this is caused by people in Europe deciding to buy it from the US instead of paying the 10 pound PS3 tax that Capcom added to that game here in the UK.

If the MGS offering here in Europe ends up being second rate compared to the US I think we will see the same tilted statistics for that game too.

Eggy @ Feb 29th 2008 2:16PM

It's selling better than the xbox 360 version in mainland Europe as well. But that's not such a big surprise. Same for all the commotion over the exclusivity of the game. It's not that special.

Kabapu @ Feb 29th 2008 9:17PM

In regards to the exclusivity ... it matters to some degree. My roommate went and bought a 360 as soon as he heard DMC4 was coming out on the Xbox. Otherwise, he was going to pick up a PS3. He'll probably get one eventually (namely God of War), but yeah ... it definitely cost Sony at least *some* units by not keeping that exclusive.