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After the link. This 152-minute video shows someone earning the Big Boss Emblem in Metal Gear Solid 4, which involves beating the game on the highest difficulty with no deaths, no alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit and no special items in under 5 hours. Needless to say, watching this will ruin the game for you. Obviously.

Thanks, Joystiq.

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IGN’s reporting that MGS4 has shipped a total of 3 million units worldwide.

We already know the game has sold 1 million in Europe in its first week, and that it shifted around 500,000 units in Japan in its first seven days on sale.

The figure was revealed at the Sony PlayStation Business Review in Tokyo today.

This is usually where we say “more through the link” but to be honest, there isn’t any more. That’s it.

By Mike Bowden

That’s the problem with these clones warriors. No staying power. Last week’s chart here. Data for the week ending June 22.

1. Super Robot Wars A Portable (PSP)
2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
3. Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball (WII)
4. Harulanaru Toki no Naka de 4 (PS2)
5. Mario Kart Wii (WII)
6. Wii Fit (WII)
7. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP)
8. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 3 (PSP)
9. Beautiful Letter Training (NDS)
10. Let’s Make a Pro Baseball Team! (NDS)

Konami’s announced that there’s going to be Tokyo dates in the Kojima World Tour added for this weekend, June 28 and 29.

Hideo’s not going to be there, from the look of it, but fans may be able to get art director Yoji Shinkawa’s autograph if they’re fast enough. That’s a sketchy translation, but it seems as though he’s only going to doing 50 signings at each event.

If you recall, the Japanese MGS4 launch events were cancelled in the wake of a murder spree in Akihabara.

Konami’s just confirmed that Metal Gear Solid 4 has sold more than 1 million copies in Europe in one week on sale.

“The Metal Gear Solid series has again proved its huge potential, and we are delighted with the fantastic response the game has enjoyed at retail,” said Konami Germany’s Martin Schneider.

MGS4 is nothing short of a masterpiece – an epic conclusion to the Solid Snake story. We are extremely pleased with the positive feedback we have received from retail and consumers alike, and will keep satisfying their needs with updates to the game’s ‘Extra’ option, and via new content to Metal Gear Online.”

Press release after the link.

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According to this GameRush report, SCEA’s promised that more MGS4 bundles are on the way to the States, a move necessary as the pack is much sought-after.

“While we can’t provide specifics on inventory levels, the Metal Gear Solid 4 PlayStation 3 bundle is a limited-edition offering that’s experiencing high demand from Metal Gear and PlayStation enthusiasts,” said the company.

“We’re pleased with the strong consumer interest in the bundle and are working to ensure that additional shipments are provided to retailers.”

The bundle has currently sold out in the US, but more are promised by early July.

More through the link.

Free London newspaper the Metro has reviewed Metal Gear Solid 4 with a 3/5 (equivalent to a 6/10), Videogamer.com reports.

The paper hilariously insulted all Kojima fans by saying the plot was “utterly overblown” and that it “somehow manages to be both rubbish and exceptional at the same time”.

The review jumped at the gameplay as well as the storyline: “Solid Snake is back, older, wiser but unfortunately, if gameplay is anything to go by, more arthritic and boring”.

So, MGS4′s worst review came from a free British newspaper found on public transport. There’s probably some irony in there, if you look hard enough.

By Gareth Chadwick

There’s a good article on the New York Times on the themes of Metal Gear Solid 4. It never reaches any conclusion, obviously.

Is the Sisyphean mission of Solid Snake — to rid the world of a robotic nuclear tank called Metal Gear — a parable about the futility of war or about its necessity? A critique of America’s domination of the global stage? A metaphor for the struggle between determinism and free will? If the creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, Hideo Kojima, has answers to these questions, he isn’t telling.

Have a read.

As Metacritic shows, Metal Gear Solid 4 is now the seconf-highest scoring console exclusive this generation, next only to Mario Galaxy.

MGS4 has an average score of 95 percent, while the vaunted Wii platformer managed 97 percent.

Thanks, N4G.

Speaking to 1UP, MGS4 associate producer Ryan Payton has admitted that running up to the game’s launch was more than a little taxing.

“It’s all kind of a blur,” he said. “I tell people who visited us at the Nasu Boot Camp event back in March that I don’t really remember much about it because I was so tired. There were so many things going on in my head. I had a huge 100-item list that I knew I had to take care of before the game launched. Things I had to check and things I had to fix. I was in a hazy state.”

Payton added that an intense launch period is par for the course, and gave a nice insight into what happens at Kojima Productions when the shit hits the fan.

“A day in the life… when you’re in crunch time, at least in Japan, you sleep when you can. I’m lucky enough that I live close to the studio where I can sleep for a few hours, get a shower, and come back and feel semienergized, whereas a lot of the other guys don’t have that luxury. Really, it’s about squeezing every minute you can to keep checking the game.

“One tradition we have is that we all run to the convenience store for lunch. No more of these one-hour breaks. During crunch time we’re going downstairs to 7-Eleven, and all you see is the Kojima Productions staff doing the same thing – grabbing onigiri, maybe a sandwich, and taking it upstairs. The same thing goes for dinner. That’s what crunch time is like — you put every single minute you have into the game.”

Worth a read.

Theexplodingbarrel has meticulously trawled through this twenty-page Gamespot forum thread and listed every Metal Gear Solid 4 Easter egg uncovered by the community.

If you don’t like discovering anything for yourself, take a look.

By Mike Bowden

Says so on N4G. The Database was announced overnight for inclusion in today’s PSN update, but it wasn’t clear which regions would get it. It looks as though the US definitely will in addition to Japan, so keep everything crossed the pack will turn up in in the PAL release later today.

Sony’s announced on the US PlayStation blog that today’s PSN update will include an app called the MGS4 Database. From the site:

The MGS4 Database is a free, downloadable interactive application that contains the official knowledge base of everything that is Metal Gear, reaching all the way back to the very beginning of the franchise. Including complete storylines, character profiles, relationship diagrams, and much more! The MGS4 database is a great way to catch up for someone new to Metal Gear, as well as a useful resource for any veteran of the series, with complete official details on every aspect of the intricate Metal gear lore.

The MGS4 Database also contains a special feature – if you want to make use of the database, but have not yet fully played through MGS4 yet and are worried about spoilers – all MGS4 spoilers are “blacked out” until you’ve beaten MGS4. Give it a try!

But that’s not all, within MGS4, check out the EXTRAS option of the main menu (if you haven’t already). There’s already new, free downloadable content available for the game – with new camouflage and a new music track for the in game iPod. There will be more forthcoming, so be sure to check this often!

No word on whether or not this is going to be included in the European update, so keep everything crossed.

As you can see from this GameStation page, Konami’s going to release a limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 watch later this year, for the bargain price of £100.

Only 500 are going to be made, so it may be worth your while trying to get one. Or not, as the case may be.

It’s coming out on Hallowe’en. Take a look.

GI’s reporting that MGS4 has had a mere 7 percent impact on PS3 sales in the past week, despite a massive increase in hardware moved in Japan.

“There’s not a lot to say about it – it had minimal impact really. Units were up by 7 percent,” said Chart-Track boss Dorian Bloch.

And that’s that. More through the link.

Omglolwftroflcopter. The Eurogamer kids have got braver, it seems, giving Metal Gear Online 7/10. Get over there and have a big cry, quick.

According to IGN, Famitsu’s reporting that MGS4 came close to hitting 500,000 sales in Japan in its first week of release, making it the fastest selling Japanese PS3 game and providing a huge boost to PS3 sales in the country.

Enterbrain figures show that 77,208 PS3s were sold in Japan in the week ending June 15. Japanese gamers bought 476,334 copies of MGS4 in the same week.

As you can see from last week’s hardware figures, the news will give Sony plenty to smile about.

Metal Gear Solid 4′s gone top of the UK chart, becoming the second fastest selling PS3 game in Britain yet, second only to GTA IV. Last week’s charts here. List is for the week ending June 14.

1. Metal Gear Solid 4 – Konami
2. LEGO Indiana Jones – LucasArts
3. Grand Theft Auto IV – Rockstar
4. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games – Sega
5. Brain Training – Nintendo
6. Race Driver: GRID – Codemasters
7. Wii Play – Nintendo
8. Sports Island – Konami
9. Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution – 2K
10. Wii Fit – Nintendo

UBS analyst Ben Schachter has called for higher profile third party titles for the Nintendo Wii following the May NPD software numbers.

“While overall hardware and software trends for the Nintendo Wii continue to be strong, we would like to see more third-party hits on the platform,” said Schachter.

“To date, Guitar Hero III, Sega of America’s Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games, and TTWO’s Carnival Games are the only third-party Wii games that have sold more than 1 million units to-date according to NPD, and there are many third-party Wii exclusives that have come-and-gone with minimal reaction from the market,” he added.

“Nintendo’s share of software dollars on its platform has approximated almost 50% since the Wii was introduced, and reached an all-time high in May of 68%.”

The statement comes after it was revealed that Spielberg’s Boom Blox only sold 60k, although NPD analyst Anita Frazier puts the poor performance down to EA’s puzzler being released in amongst “Super Smash Bros. Brawl, GTA IV, Wii Fit, Mario Kart and the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4″.

Thanks GameDaily.

By Mike Bowden

We’ll let IGN speak for itself:

Is it possible to give a game an 11? If so, this would be the game that would merit that score. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a title that exceeds all of the hype that was attached to the title. Regardless of whether you’ve seen every trailer and screenshot, read every preview and heard every interview, you won’t get a full sense of how phenomenal this title is unless you sit down and experience it for yourself.

Read the rest of it here.

Gamespot’s review has the same score, saying the game “is an awe-inspiring synthesis of dramatic storytelling and entertaining gameplay.”