Does anyone care to elaborate on the soundtrack that is included in the LE.

I heard it is embedded onto a BD disc, which makes it useless. I want to know ASAP so I can put in a preorder for the real soundtrack at CD Jap.

can't say that clearly enough, I mean, who has a fucking BD player in thier car?

Funny thing when I picked up my Saga v.2 the sorry fellow behind the counter thinks he's Otacon with that crazy hair/ glasses shit (didn't help he had OTACON proudly displayed on his badge, lol).

I have to say if I don't have the funds to pay for a triple in full I'll havta go to a rent-a-center and pick up a Dualshock3 (I guess I fit into 'that' demographic that Sony was looking for :/ ).

Supposed to be a seperate CD but whether or not its the MGS4 OST is unknown. Christ it'll likely be the 20th Anniversary CD or worse given its GameStop who gave away a "Resident Evil LE Soundtrack" with the LE version of RE4 and the CD ended up being a few select tracks of goth rock and such from the RE movie.

Excellent, thanks! You got a point there about the controls, still no info on what the D-pad, L3 and R3's functionality is.

Haha, I like how the cigs will have a use other than infrared sensor detection.

Heh, already slapped down my pre-order for the OST with CDjapan, apparently the first press is a "super" jewel case. I'm not expecting too much, if anything, out of the OST that comes with the LE. It'll probably be as lame as the one that came with the CE of DMC4. I'm more curious as what'll actually be included in official soundtrack release, as it can't be too complete of a soundtrack since it's being released a couple weeks for before the game's release (potential tracklist spoilers, I'll be avoiding it), and at the same time it seems like it'll have all the key cues as it's actually a 2 disc release.

Gonna stop by my eb tomorrow, hopefully they have the DVD in by then. Oh and upon viewing the TGS07 trailer again, this caught my eye. MkII is right beside Snake in the cockpit, heh, no doubt Otacon will be providing info on Rex's controls for that fight.

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2904/mk2rexow5.jpg

They better not handle the soundtrack releases like they did with MGS2. What a fucking nightmare.

MGS2 SOUNDTRACK THE OTHER SIDE 3 MORE TRACKS LOL

Can anyone confirm that the music in the Saga DVD is music from MGS4. Shit epic mang.

Yeah but on the upside the MGS3 soundtrack was handled much better with pretty much all the music from the game in one release.

Not sure if any of the music on the DVD is from MGS4 though the credits music is "Calling to the Night" from Portable Ops.

Speaking of PO, after getting the Essential Collection I figured I'd go and play through the MGS titles in chronological order starting with MGS3, I just completed it over the weekend and wanted to give Portable Ops a go since I heard the story was supposed to be and significant to the whole Metal Gear universe but given I don't own a PSP I basically just watched all of Portable Ops' cutscenes on YouTube to get the story. Great stuff that further fleshes out Big Boss' story and there are some pretty important revelations in PO involving The Patriots and characters in MGS3 such as...

Is it still possible to preorder this game and get that slip that will allow me into the online beta? I've never preordered a game in my life, so I know very little about the whole process...

Is there a certain store I have to go to, such as Gamestop, or something?

Yes.

I actually just preordered the title a few days ago. Ask them if they have the Saga DVD (which includes the beta key) before putting down your money.

Sweet. I'm gonna go preorder my copy later today at Gamestop (I read they have an exclusive artbook for everybody who preorders the game through their stores?).

They just released the box art for the limited edition version of the game via the Playstation Blog -

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/...f0013e7893.jpg

Pictures of the limited edition hardware bundle are yet to be released, but are supposedly coming in the next entry of the Playstation Blog for MGS4...

Epic fucking win right there.
http://gamingbits.com/images/stories...s4_ltd_art.jpg

REGULAR:
http://gamingbits.com/images/stories...gular_art2.jpg

It looks like the LE tin opens at the top then given the seam across the case which is interesting. Confirmed contents of the LE version and that import soundtrack...
While the PS blog doesn't have a shot of the boxart for the PS3 bundle it does reveal though that we're getting the same "Steel" PS3 that is apart of the MGS4 bundle in Japan that is sold out.

So, if what GameStop gives out is Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2, where's the first volume?

Oooooooooh snaaaaaaaap.

Looks like I'm keeping my LE order.

Although they should have used Meryl instead of Ocelot.

Too bad, so sad, but you missed it. Came with a preorder of Subsistence some odd years ago. Can't remember if it was LE pre order only or for regular Subsistence, but either way, it's from there.

If anything, you can easily find a torrent of Saga Vol. 1 like I did :/.

Yeah, if you're a collector than this is a little worthless, but you'll still be able to see it this way. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the first DVD merely a collection of all the cutscenes, with some gameplay footage thrown in there for transitions that required it? It's been so long since I've watched it...

I probably wouldn't go out and hunt for it regardless. I worked at...I think we merged with GameStop when Subsistence came out, but I don't recall a preorder DVD. Oh well!

Well, after reading about the new store being integrated with the XMB, will you be able to download new camo/costumes?

::Young Snake::

::9000000000000000 downloads::

Saga Vol.1 was more or less a documentary that had an interview with Kojima talking about developing MGS3 and scrapped ideas such as the original plan for the The Boss endfight to have her exposed tit out which would wobble to distract the player or something.

The Saga Vol.1 though was a preorder bonus for the LE version of Subsistence that came with a third disc that was all the games cutscenes sliced together to be something like MGS3: The Movie.

So, hey NEWS for the european gamers out there.
sauce

I hope this hasn't been posted before, but wow -

http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2...gsheadset2.jpg

Some people are saying it's fake, some not. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess...

EDIT:
WTF 12 lbs???

I'm waiting for the Bluetooth Liquid Ocelot hand.

::walks around talking into palm::

Master pack, which is a pack of 24 of the headsets, is 12 lbs, Einstein. The actual headset is 0.5lbs, which still is kind of heavy though right?

Additional Spam:
What's to stop people from other regions from connecting? I hope they put these precautions in place, or my European PSN accounts going to be getting some use.

So are we supposed to just do the math ourselves and figure that a 'master pack' is 24 headsets based on the packages weight comparison, or does it physically say the quantity somewhere on that page that I am just not seeing? And yes, .5 lbs does seem a bit much to be hanging on your ear.

You would think they would break it down into ounces if it is lighter than 1/2 a pound, especially when 'oz.' is right there on the legend...

Additional Spam:
For people who didn't preorder the game and get a chance to get a beta code...

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.

VERY interesting how they ask you for your xbox live gamertag when signing up...

EDIT:
Just got an email confirming a slot in the beta, which means I just grabbed a second code. Now I can play the beta with my bro. Saweet.

Via the Playstation Blog -
Oh what the fuck is this shit. Is it not going to incorporate our PSN ID's?

Oh well I was not qualified for the MGO beta >.> I guess I'll check to see if the European beta will work outside of Europe...


If anyone has a spare code, just let me know, I'm really interested ;)

I didn't qualify neither. What do you have to do to qualify anyways or is it just that they already hit an overload on request.
I already have a beta code but I thought I would try to get another one anyways to give someone here. If I get an extra i'll make sure to post back

Well Konami already shutdown beta registrations in Japan since folks from the US and Europe were hopping on to get a code and to top it off Konami said that any IPs that don't originate from Japan will be banned from the service. I take it this will mean likewise for the EU signup incase the US offering fails.