Veteran game designer, the man behind the uber successful series, will be in the big smoke this week to promote his latest opus' European debut; with Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater finally getting a PAL debut this Friday. To support the event Kojima will be signing copies at HMV in Oxford Street between 5 and 6 in the evening, much - no doubt - to the delightful of his fans.

The new title is a prequel to the first two games of the MGS series, and despite the lengthy wait we've endured over the and Japanese launches, number three does boast several features beyond the NTSC edition. Apparently, a bonus mode which involves hunting Ape Escape monkeys also stars, bizarrely. Oxford Street it is, lucky British gamers.

By Luke Guttridge