MGS4 Getting “Last Push”
No one knows for sure when Metal Gear Solid 4, the holy grail for PS3 owners, will be released other than the Q2 2008 period thrown about by Konami. On the weekly Kojima Productions Report podcast, assistant producer Ryan Payton revealed that the game is in its “last push” and that it is about to enter the bug testing phase.
“Mr. Kojima of all people is really committed to [the date] because he really hates to disappoint people, and I know he is embarrassed by what happened with the 2007 slip into 2008,” he said. Payton notes that the game will be released worldwide basically simultaneously, with territories falling within a few days of each other.
He also refers to Gears of Wars’ “emergence day”, saying that the studio will release final details on the game including release date, packaging content and various other information pretty soon.