Attendees of last week's PlayStation Premiere 2007 event in Japan weren't permitted to film Hideo Kojima and crew publicly playing Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the first time, but, hey, this is the internet, dude. And the internet always wins. Meristation has first pics of the game being played by Kojima himself, SIXAXIS in hand.

Off-angle, of crappy quality, and blurry as hell, yes, but impressive nonetheless! Hopefully we'll know more about the game when tonight's Metal Gear 20th Anniversary party goes down. What will Konami announce? Will Kojima make more food analogies? Will Raiden and Vamp finally kiss? Tune in (late) tonight!

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots [Meristation via MetalGearSolid.org]