Major League Gaming is now opening registration for the North American qualifier side of its Metal Gear Online World Championship 2008. The contest will take the two best teams from North America, Europe, Japan, and Korea/Greater Asia (wherever greater Asia is) and pit them against each other for our amusement.

The finals will be held at the Tokyo Game Show and the cash prize is a little paltry at $8,000. Couldn’t they have sprung for more? I suppose it may be worth it just to fly to Japan and check out Akihabara, the video game mecca.

Folks better act fast though and get their teams set up. The North American qualifier will conclude Sept. 8. That’s not too far away.