Konami has detailed the products and packaging which will be available for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. MGS4 will be hitting store shelves on the 12th of June.

In a post on SCEA’s PlayStation blog, Konami Online’s Brandon Laurino detailed what the Standard and Limited Edition of the game as well as the MGS4 PS3 bundle would include and announced the MGS4 Limited Edition PS3 bundle would include a gunmetal grey PS3.

Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 Bonus DVD plus MGO Beta

Konami announced that the Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 free pre-order bonus offer DVD with MGO Beta Unique Product Voucher Code insert would be available through participating retailers for gamers that pre-order the MGS4 Standard Edition or the MGS4 Limited Edition. Stocks for this special offer are limited and gamers have been urged to check with retailers when the stock will be available.

The Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 DVD contains extensive original video content, with the focus mainly on how the ‘Snakes’ (namely, Big Boss (Naked Snake), Liquid Snake, Solidus Snake and Solid Snake) are connected. The DVD also contains a compilation of all the MGS4 trailers as well as a special Prologue video to MGS4.

Gamers will find an insert in the Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 DVD case. This insert will contain a Unique Product Voucher Code which will enable gamers to participate in the Metal Gear Online Beta. Gamers will be able to download the MGO Beta from the PlayStation Store from the 17th of April to the 5th of May, with game play being available from the 21st of April to the 5th of May.

Standard and Limited Edition

The Standard Edition of the game will include a copy of the game as well as the Metal Gear Online Starter Pack. It will retail at $59.99. Customers who reserve this edition from GameStop will receive an exclusive MGS4 Art Book.

The Limited Edition of the game will be available exclusively through GameStop. It includes a copy of the game, the Metal Gear Online Starter Pack as well as a collectible box with exclusive artwork, a Blu-ray disc with two never-before-seen MGS “Making of…” documentaries as well as the MGS4 soundtrack. It will retail at $84.99. If you reserve this edition from GameStop you will also receive an exclusive MGS4 Art Book.

MGS4 PS3 bundles

The MGS4 PS3 bundle will be packaged in a white box branded with MGS4 and will include a 80GB PS3, PS3 Dualshock 3 controller and a Standard Edition of the game. Konami announced that the MGS4 Limited Edition PS3 bundle will be coming to North America and will include a gunmetal grey PS3 (which sold out in minutes in Japan on Konami’s webstore).More details and boxart was promised soon.

Metal Gear Online detailed

Konami also confirmed that the MGO Starter Pack that comes with the game is a “full-fledged, fully-featured multiplayer component of MGS4.” The Starter Pack is “not a ‘demo’ or ‘teaser’ in any way but “comes packed with maps, weapons/items, an in-depth character creator – where your character can be personalized, and most importantly, customized – with special abilities that can be ‘leveled’ and improved through experience, the SOP system, and much more.” Gamers can look forward to a “community experience through a specialized portal that will feature stats, communication, and other never before seen features.”

Konami promised more downloadable content for the game in the future including new maps, weapons and items. For more information head over to Kojima Productions to read Ryan Payton’s latest Kojima Productions Report.

Stay tuned because Konami promises to reveal a special surprise on the 14th of April on the PlayStation blog.