MGS Online to be bundled with MGS4

  • Posted December 14th, 2007 at 11:11 EDT by Mike Harradence
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The latest issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine has revealed that the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will come packaged with Metal Gear Online when the game launches next year.

Previously it had been unclear as to whether or not MGS Online would retail as a separate release or come bundled with the fourth and final instalment in Konami’s stealth epic, though it seems that the company is indeed planning to release both games as one whole package.

Elsewhere, the magazine also hinted at the possibility of featuring up to 16 players in MGS Online’s Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill and Team Sneak modes, in addition to confirming that players will be able to customize their characters with three different skills, which level up over time.

Stay tuned for more details on MGS4 and MGS Online as they become available.

Source: VGblogger

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  1. Triple Dk | TripleDk

    • 11:16am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Well, I guess that's great for all MGS fans, though I have never played any game in the series before. Only heard a TV saying "SNAKE!? SNAAAAKE!?", maybe a demo would "enlighten" me?

    On other note, I think 16 players is a bit low. But ok, well I don't know what kind of gameplay, the multiplayer in MGS will be... so?

  2. Akimoto

    • 11:28am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    "players will be able to customize their characters with three different skills, which level up over time" sounds a bit like the COD4 perk system, which is all good with me.

  3. BD_BLACKAZZ | BD_BLACKK

    • 11:34am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Triple DK let me tell u from experience u are missing out greatly. I as MGS fan should tell u to go try to find the last 3 MGS's and play them so u can get a idea what to expect from the 4th installment which is probably going to be the best game of 2008. especially with a 16 player deathmacth. thats great news...

  4. scottbof

    • 11:37am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    This is very good news. I didnt want it to be seperate.

  5. gingo | gingo

    • 11:52am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    psn id: gingo... this is brillient news so really we are getting 2 games that should have been one game for the price of one.. it makes sense

  6. encryptioncsta | csta

    • 11:54am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Nice!!!

  7. Alpha2

    • 11:56am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    16 players is fine for an MGO title, the combat is too personal for a huge 30 man battle expscially when they whole point is stealth combat or atleast keeping as low a profile as possible.

  8. Lp47PS3 | Lp47

    • 11:58am GMT - December 14th, 2007

    sweet!!!!!!!!!!

  9. Promethius30 | Tealcsg1

    • 12:00pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    cool thats £40 less i would probably had spent

  10. Clarky_psu | clarky-132

    • 12:01pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Sweet

     

  11. blachaze | blachaze213

    • 12:04pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    great news

  12. CONFLICT__01 | conflict01

    • 12:07pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Sounds good to me !!!!!!!!

  13. netherdragon | netherdragon

    • 12:09pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    this is good news IF they dont wack up the price because we will be getting 2 games in one. Fair enuf increasing the price a bit but anything over £55 will be a bit harsh in my opinion. Althouhg i doubt that konami, being the great publishers thay are will do this.

  14. LRP21 | LRP21

    • 12:47pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Metal Gear will sell $100,000,000 copies in the first day ;]

  15. Muzikguy | Muzikguy

    • 1:30pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Awesome! Two games in one, I like that! Hopefully it's not $100

  16. NoStop | Muzikguy

    • 2:18pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    didnt axpect it to be realesed seperetly ... im happy its all in one, dont care if i have to pay more money.

  17. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 2:35pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    I smell a $100 game coming.

  18. QuickSilverD | QuickSilverD

    • 3:11pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    erh? I thought we knew this already

  19. DnA19

    • 3:20pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Sweet, now that's going to be nice!

  20. Gen.Penguin

    • 3:21pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    this is news is so old! i already knew this.

     

  21. leeman99 | Bedsidelee

    • 3:43pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    This is great news yet again can't fault the good news this week reguarding the ps3, and there was me thinking they were two different games, great stuff.

  22. iToke

    • 3:45pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Hmm, I was under the impression this was already the case, but hey better it's finally confirmed.  Good call on this as it would have been kind of lame to buy it separate, but I would have done that anyways.  MGS4 is going to be bananas.  I think this could easily be the best game for the PS3 when it is finally released-going to be huge.

  23. iplayonlysony

    • 3:50pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    This is it.  Game of the Year!

  24. kudoshinchi | kudoshinchi

    • 3:52pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    OMG just release the game already

  25. A_Ninja | Arabia_Ninja

    • 3:56pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    wow ... thats good ... like the orange box  

  26. killercop | killercop

    • 3:57pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Good news. Saw it on N4G before. I'm definatly gonna get this. And for those who havn't tried MGS series before... You are definatly missing something.

  27. parker

    • 4:20pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Everyone needs to go out and preorder this game today. Get your PS3 owning friends to preorder it today as well. Let's all show Kojima that he was right to keep this a PS3 exclusive. And if you don't like the MGS series (I don't know how that is possible), buy a copy anyway to support PS3 exclusive games!

  28. kcgreatfox | El_Senor

    • 4:42pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    I'm really glad to hear this. i would have been so pissed if they expected me to buy it seperately. It's uncool to sell the online component of a game seperately. they're SUPPOSED to be together.

  29. JMelillo57 | jmelillo57

    • 4:46pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    More great news about this game. One million copies will be easy on day one.

  30. tegesh

    • 5:15pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    who give a crap about MGS.................. imagine if i was for real and TRIPLE DK where were u living in the past 10 years or so

  31. bnolan56 | snowy311

    • 6:03pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    This is pretty pointless news, of course metal gear oline will be in MGS4. It's MGS4's multiplayer option..

  32. wocyob

    • 6:17pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    i think they can sell over one million but they need a goood AD team to make this happen

  33. stennex | stennex

    • 6:51pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    sweeeeeeet!

  34. Phantasmn | PHANTASMN707

    • 6:58pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    I guess all old news is new again?

  35. DaSaint | DaSaint

    • 8:21pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    OoO........stop the madness....this is great...how can a must buy game be more of a must buy game....I been sold but Im even more sold

  36. tom ass

    • 8:30pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    agree with wocyob. halo sold over a million day 1 thanks to good advertising. i hope sony doesn't drop the ball here because 1mil on day one should be automatic for mgs4.

  37. F-Dynasty | F-Dynasty

    • 10:02pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    thank you jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  38. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 10:31pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    Very cool, though the pricepoint will come into question. $80 perhaps? $100 probably for a directors edition.

  39. oopsadoops | hbears93

    • 11:06pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    PSM covered this waaaaaaayyyyyyy before PSU.

  40. galaxyman14 | Apollo15

    • 11:40pm GMT - December 14th, 2007

    They are WAY overhyping this game. It's going to be great, of course, but people are expecting too much. And wtf's up with OPM putting GTA4 behind Ghostbusters?

  41. Monroy16

    • 1:33am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    great news

  42. sleepyzombie

    • 2:31am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    Makes MGS4 all the better.

  43. D3v1lwqer23

    • 3:37am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    Great news, anything more than 16 players for multi, is overcrowded IMO.

  44. Sniperwithacause | Sniperwithacause

    • 3:55am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    The official playstation mag (JAN ISSUE) has the whole scoop. If u have never played the series, when MGS4 talks about past missions u will be able to hit a button and it will show u a brief past game movie about what happen

  45. Ferre

    • 5:03am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    dah it's realy old news that MGS online will be included with MGS4! They stated it some time ago

  46. shaggy_online

    • 5:36am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    Greattt !!!!!!!!!!!

  47. nastanley

    • 5:39am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    MGS will certainly be a system seller.this new detail just makes things look even better

  48. MatrixSixaxis

    • 7:34am GMT - December 15th, 2007

    I'd loved to see an anthology collector's edition of the whole series (even if they just port the other games onto a couple of BD's) in a limited quantity distributed worldwide!!!  That, I would wait a little longer and pay for big $$$!!! Just hope there aren't anymore delays for this game and gets released simultaneously in all regions!

  49. Babiloo | XavierHarkonnen

    • 4:29pm GMT - December 15th, 2007

    sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

  50. Naucious23 | Naucious

    • 10:27pm GMT - December 16th, 2007

    this makes the game all the better. Man this story is so entycing i cant take it anymore MGS3 really raised the standards for me it was such a great ending and music intense fire fight..... remember mounting on the turret gun while fighting the Metal gear while the female drove around. I loved how Snake started screaming with rage as he let off round after round while causing destruction everywhere. They definetly need to bring that back. 

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