Assassin's Solid Becomes a Reality

Metal Gear Solid 4 is getting some major collaborations as revealed today at Konami's MGS4 Completion Ceremony in Japan. But for western gamers, perhaps none of the product tie-ins are as big as Assassin's Solid.

First shown as an elaborate April Fools joke on... well, on April 1st, of course, it turns out that you will be able to actually play as Solid Snake in an Altair costume from Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed. Specifics on how you get the costume weren't revealed at the event, but director Hideo Kojima did say that you'll have to do something special.

Konami also handed out first official artwork and a screenshot for the costume. We've posted the media below, but we'll remind you that you've probably looking at a video trailer of this for well over a month.

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