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PS3 MGS Online in works, Portable Ops expanded

Inspired by Subsistence's online play, Kojima Productions is working on a similar mode for the next-generation console; PSP game gets new add-on pack.

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TOKYO--Today, after ending a live demonstration of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots at the PlayStation Premiere 2007 event, legendary game producer Hideo Kojima revealed two new projects.

First, Kojima expressed satisfaction with the online mode included in the well-received Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. It turns out that Subsistence's online functionality was such a success that Kojima's team is apparently working on a successor. While he didn't elaborate, the famed designer did confirm that a similar Metal Gear Solid online game is in development for the PS3. He did say that details on the upcoming game will be unveiled during Metal Gear's 20th anniversary party next week, with real-time demonstrations.

Kojima then closed his presentation with a trailer for Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus, an expansion to the well-received PlayStation Portable game Portable Ops. The add-on will feature new characters, numerous missions, new gameplay and modes, tutorials for beginners, and a new single-player mode. The trailer also hinted that there are some other additions that are being kept secret for the time being.

Portable Ops Plus is slated for release in Japan on September 20, the same date as the new, video-out PSP. The game will be available in two versions: an à la carte version with just the expansion for 2,400 yen ($20), and a deluxe package that includes the original Portable Ops for 4,300 yen ($35). No North American or European release information has been made available.

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Glad I didn't buy this yet. Now I can get both for a better deal. I just knew this was going to happen.

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Online is bound to be good, now they just need to keep the servers up for more than a year! I feel really ripped off for re-buying snake eater only to have the online portion canceled so soon. Bad consumer relations. But still a great game.

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how do you think doom got into peoples hands in the first place? It was shareware!

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LOSTN: just stop posting. Depending on which version of Doom you are talking about, yes it had MODEM play, you could dial in and play someone over a modem. And yes the internet was around back then. Then after some time the service did become available to play Doom online, maybe not the original, but one of the upteen hundred versions of the game was playable.

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phoenixp3k Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence servers were taken off line a few weeks ago... How successful can you say it is if you terminate the project... When the closed the servers, there was still like 500 people playing every days. It's just that running servers costs money, and MGS3 didn't have any way to get more income to make them run longer. MGS4 could give new maps, new costumes or new modes on the PS Store for a fee and lots of people would buy them.

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"The original Doom has better online play. And that's like 15 years old!" Doom didn't have online play. That was before the internet. "Next thing you know, we've got Metal Gear Solid Racing on our hands..." They aren't Nintendo you know...

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Does this mean that MGS4 doesn't have online? (I thought that some people said it had online...)

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MPO expansion pack! My workday is about to get a lot less productive :-P

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence servers were taken off line a few weeks ago... How successful can you say it is if you terminate the project...

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metal gear solid online? didn't he just say at e3 that mgs4 was his last?

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I hope the PO expansion comes to the States!

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OH, a ONly MP type MGS game for PS3? Cool!

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Awesome, expansion for MPO and online mode for mgs4/ps3, things cannot get any better

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More good news for my PSP... excellent.

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Snake or fish? I think MGS eat Splinter Cell for breakfast. SC is just same game again and again. *v*

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Some games just aren't meant to go online. Oblivion is a clear example, and it's a good thing it didn't go online or else it would've been horrible. I can see this game going great online, but only if they execute it properly.

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Cant wait, But please release it in US free of charge..content packs should be free of charge.

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I hope they wont make MGS4 Online into a different game.

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Ekisom - You only don't have the elite cos' it MS dosn't sell well in Asia and that's because you have everything else ;)

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Next thing you know, we've got Metal Gear Solid Racing on our hands...

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I hope they have some online ranking system like Halo 2 where you could be evenly matched. Since I have been so discouraged to never even start up the subsistence disk ever again. Because I always get pitted towards pros or veterans and it isn't really fun after wasting 10 hours trying to get into the game :/

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They better fix the online play from MGS3..

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drool

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"japan always gets the good stuff" people who say this should come here in the philippines. your stupid! we dont have xbox elite here! japan doesnt have it either! and we want it just as much as you guys want it.

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God, I love Metal Gear!

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wow i can't believe people actually think MGS3's online play was good. The original Doom has better online play. And that's like 15 years old!

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bigbadbobbyb, your uncle bobbyb!!!! hehehe no you are not crazy. u'r just ignorant =P not in the negative sense of it but just stating as a lack of play of the series. play Subsistence, thats my suggestion =P after which just read the story behind the rest of the series and then play the up comming mgs4. your will love the series

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Solid-CELL: When SCIV comes out....You and me! I'll school ya then.:P

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So wait a second... Online for the PSP AND the PS3? Thats pretty awesome.

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i am crazy because i don't care about MGS?

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Felaipes > I'm thinking its kinda like a bundle. Play the first and then play the extras. Then again, its all a guess. MGO was awesome, even though I played for a short time. The game lacked the MGS feel but it was fun to play in all those modes (as generic as they were, they were still great).

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I said it befor and i'll say it again Japan all ways get the good stuff.

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Everytime kojima says "no more MGS for me," a bunch of new MGS got announced. I think it's becoming a trend now....

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i really hope this comes out in the US, so i can pwn all you n00bs! :P

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Incredible news! A new MGS for my PSP and a perfect online service. I loved the MGS3 online...

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the real question is will the online feature be in MGS4 because if not it obviously there will be a Subsistence

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If anything will make me consider buying the PS3 it will be Final Fantasy 13 and the fact that MGS4 is sounding better everyday. But I will wait until those games are out and they drop the price again. I'm not buying one just yet because there is still nothing out NOW I wanna play.

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MGS:POP - or what's the same: MGS: Kojima does it again!! Kojima stop and release the final version of every MGS right from the get go!!! :evil: Good to see MGO back :D

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Good to see both the online mode and a new Portable Ops confirmed.

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"rulo_rezn0r interesting MGS3: Subsistence was a lot of fun too bad they canceled the servers " really, thats beyond horrible...

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interesting MGS3: Subsistence was a lot of fun too bad they canceled the servers :(

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I want to see the video demo of MGS 4 and I want a date to Portable Ops Plus for the North America market.

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I can't wait!!! I hope that the part of the game that focuses on Solid Snake in single player bridges the gap between MGS2 and MGS3. Also, I laughed out loud at the end. I loved how they made fun of the Power Rangers. Although the joke may be ten years late, but still lol. Edit: MGS2 and MGS4

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Sweet new expansion to MPO. I love that they're adding MGO levels from Subsistence.

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MGO has potential but was pretty bad. Good in theory, lets hope they fix the bugs for the new version. Not that i can play it anyways........

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the people that say the first mgo was awful iether suked at it, or only played it a couple times, or started playing it after people got better.

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this so called "expansion" better have a mic, like socom. and besides if it is an expansion it should be downloadable through the psp wi-fi doesnt everyone agree.... also i noticed in the video a kill house map cool or what.

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the best online of any game that i can think of will be mercs 2: world in flames

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this game is going to be sweet i like the other mgs and i cant wait 4 this 1

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subsistence online mode was very good for a first attempt. it was plagued with the same problems of all online fps, and by the end it became more a test of reflexes than stealth skills, but man i really loved how it played with the metal gear engine. fun as hell, and i was actually good at it lol

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