Celebrating the first anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Konami announced the details for the 2009 Metal Gear Online Tournament. There's gonna be a limited number of players that they'll let into the tourney, so read up and find out how you can join.

Konami has announced a bunch of new Metal Gear Online stuff: a new map, a character, and a reward mode all available through an update for players who have purchased the SCENE expansion pack. Details after the jump.

Oh, he's feeling the pressure alright. Hideo Kojima, creator of the famed Metal Gear series, is admitting that he does feel the intense pressure from people for him to continue with it, even when Solid Snake has already been technically retired in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots .

Here are five new screenshots for Konami's Metal Gear Online for the PS3. This batch displays more of the multiplayer action in the game, and it sure looks like it's a lot of fun. Now it ups the challenge to fight better cos at the end of it all, one of you will be chosen as the Patriot of the Week.

Did you enjoy the SCENE expansion pack for Konami's Metal Gear Online? Good, cos there's more coming your way. Brandon Laurino of Konami Online took to the PlayStation Blog today to announced that there will be an all new game mode and a new feature this month.

Just a quick reminder to all Metal Gear Online players. Pre-orders for the SCENE expansion pack is already available, and will last until the release date. It's worth it, if only for the "cardboard man" head gear you'll get with the pre-order.

The SCENE expansion for Metal Gear Online now has a solid release date for this month. The expansion will be going hot on PSN on March 17. Konami will also be giving away the "cardboard man" head gear with pre-orders.

Details after the link.

Since we're getting closer to the release of Metal Gear Online's SCENE Expansion Pack, Konami has released a new trailer you can watch after the link. A nice upgrade from the screenshots they released last week.

Wait till March, and you'll get the SCENE expansion, the third and latest among the Metal Gear Online expansion pack for Metal Gear Solid Universe. New maps, special characters, gear and more await you in this pack. And to make it even more accessible to fans, Konami has now made it possible for you to use PayPal along with your PSN Wallet prepay system as mode of payment. A dangerous idea, but lovely. *Gulp*

Fire in the frakkin' hole! Listen up, mates: there's some new downloadable content lined up for Metal Gear Online next week. It's going to be free and will be an automatic update once you fire up your account in MGO. Via Konami's press release, the new Bomb Mission gets hot wired on January 27.