News this morning of Guns of the Patriots pre-ordering on the HMV website sent Metal Gear fans into a state of excitement, however the UK retailer has now admitted that it was a mistake.

Commenting on Gamesindustry.biz the retailer said, "In his enthusiasm, one of our online games team indicated that hmv.co.uk would start taking pre-orders for MGS4 on Xbox 360, when, in fact, he simply meant to ask customers if they wished to receive an alert in the event of this title one day coming out on this platform."

"We're sorry to have caused such a stir - the oversight has now been corrected."