Konami issued a blitzkrieg of a press release yesterday, revealing that Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima would be appearing at the Leipzig Games Convention in a matter of weeks. They also mentioned that Kojima would be previewing a new trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as well as demoing a playable version of the game for the first time… in Europe. And that’s not all.

Kojima is quoted in the release teasing that he’ll be bringing along a “special guest”, one whose identity remains unknown. Could Kojima be referring to an in-game guest? We’ll find out in just two weeks. The English version of the press release does reveal that Kojima “will be using the presentation to disclose key gameplay secrets and highlight major additions to the Metal Gear universe.”

My guess on the matter is that Konami will show an extended or remixed version of the E3 trailer and that Kojima will deviate from his recent playable demo at the PlayStation Premiere event in Tokyo. However, it’s possible that Kojima will wow us all with a whole new hands-on scenario, a brand spankin’ new trailer built from the ground up, and show Zone of the Enders 3 for the PLAYSTATION 3 and have Suda 51 on hand to show off the next game in the Snatcher project, just to rub it in my face.

Press release right after this.