First-time owners of PS3 consoles in Japan are let in on a new kind of promotional campaign. SCEJ has announced that PS3 units in Japan will be getting a freebie disc containing demos and trailers from the PSN. Some choice slabs of meat (i.e. DLC trailers and demos) were compiled and put on discs for the users' convenience: MGS4 demo, LBP trailer, etc. Here's something interesting though: apparently, the RE5 demo is not exclusive to the Xbox 360 in Japan. It's now part of SCEJ's demo discs!

With the holidays getting closer and closer, we're getting deals left and right. This time, it's a Limited Edition Kojima Silver Bundle with a 40GB PS3 and Metal Gear Solid 4 from Wal-Mart.

While Sony is having this weird series of ads in the west for the holidays, over at Japan, they're running print ads. Poster girls, poster boys, and even poster sackboys, the lot of them. The posters seen in the full article were spotted in the Shibuya station. (So why again is a non-exclusive RPG part of a brand campaign for the PS3? Hmm... Oh, oh! I know! I know! Let me!)

One of the readers of PS3 Fanboy found an interesting little easter egg shout out to Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4 while playing through Resistance 2. He even sent a pic. Check it out in the full article.

Ohhhh-kay. Talk about stellarly late here. We can't say for sure why Konami decided to release Metal Gear Solid 4's demo only now via PSN, but yeah. They did. Demo's out guys. Just in case you're still undecided as to whether or not you wanna see Solid Snake's final frontier. More suspended disbelief can be found at the full article.

The winners for the Metal Gear Solid 4: OctoCamo Suit Contest are finally unveiled by the judges. Are you the lucky one? Did you even join? Find out who took home the grand prize after the jump.

Heard a rumor about an expansion for Metal Gear Solid 4, did you? Well you're out of luck. Konami has announced that they have "no plans" to release expansions for the game.

Wipe your tears with the limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 watches available tomorrow.

Konami released a first look at their financial forecasts over a six month period ending in September of this year. According to their data, they'll be seeing a potential 88% growth in profit from the same period last year. The culprit behind the growth spurt, unsurprisingly, is Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

In times of economic crisis, it pays to pay attention. Allow us to direct your bargain finding gaze to the MGS 4 Limited Edition PS3 Bundle at Amazon which has shed almost US$ 150 from its original price of US$ 599. Good Stuff.

Drool. A one-of-a-kind PlayStation 3 modded with a Metal Gear Solid 4 theme is up for grabs on eBay. The console, signed by Hideo Kojima and Yumi Kikuchi, also comes with full-blown swag. Get it while it's hot!

If that doesn't get you, then know that part of the proceeds also go to Child's Play, Penny Arcade's hospital charity. Details after the link.