Metal Gear Online

Metal Gear Online is the first foray into on-line gaming associated with the Metal Gear Universe. It is currently available in the Subsistance package. The online component of Portable Ops is also called Metal Gear Online. At this stage it is unknown how these two games will coexist.

Subsistence
The game is made up primarily of games in which players compete against each other for points. the following modes are featured

Sneaking Missions

A one vs many battle between Snake and the enemy. Snake must steal the Microfilm that is being guarded by the other players, and deliver it to one of the two goals.

Capture Missions

Two Teams battle to capture the Kerotan Frogs.

Death Match

Free for all death match. Whoever has the most points at the end of the round wins.

Rescue Mission Red Team has to protect the Frog until time runs out. Blue Team has to bring the frog to their goal.

Team Death Match Each unit represents different groups from within the Snake eater story. The player who gets the highest score in the previous round gets to play as the leader of that group i.e. if your group is the Ocelot Unit you get to play as Major Ocelot.

Portable Ops
In the single player game, players will be able to recruit soldiers into their unit. These will be able to used in the online portion of the game. However characters that die in the multiplayer game die permanantly. Because of this a White flag system can be used to surrender a match but keep the rest of your unit.

Metal Gear Online Beta (MGS4)
At the Metal Gear 20th Anniversary party, Konami announced that they will be opening a Online Beta to all who own a PS3. 3,000 lucky fans will be chosen to play in the beta from August 20th - September 3rd. For more information go to Kojima Productions Site


 * Note: Sadly, the beta will be only for residents who currently live in Japan. So any readers who live in Japan now will be able to be in the beta.