Verizon Wireless customers now have another excuse for not reading the paper on the train into work, as Konami Digital Entertainment have released the mobile version of Metal Gear Solid exclusively for the carrier’s handsets.  Coded by the same team responsible for the console version of the title, the 3D game has a new storyline apparently set in-between Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2.

Players are able to control the main Snake character from either the first or third-person perspective, and will be able to take a photo with their cameraphone and incorporate that into Snake’s camouflage.  There’s apparently an online leaderboard system letting you compare your performance with that of other gamers.

You can get the game through Verizon’s “Get It Now” store directly from your cellphone.

[via Joystiq]