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Metal Gear Solid V has 'vast' multiplayer mode

Creator Hideo Kojima says Metal Gear Online planned for upcoming open-world action game; will be developed collaboratively at Los Angeles studio.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will include a "vast" multiplayer mode, creator Hideo Kojima has confirmed in a new interview with CVG. He explained that this new mode will be developed by Kojima Productions' recently established Los Angeles studio in collaboration with the company's main outfit in Japan.

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"Yes, we plan on creating Metal Gear Online," Kojima said. "Multiplayer right now is being created at our LA studio as well as us. We're working closely to create a vast multiplayer for all the fans."

No further information about the open-world game's multiplayer mode was divulged.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is currently in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. It will feature real-time weather, new stealth options, various modes of transportation (tanks, horses, cars), and is said to offer "unparalleled strategic freedom."

Kojima also recently revealed that the final version of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain will look better than the trailer shown off during Microsoft's E3 briefing on Monday.

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I'm eager to play this game, really liked MGS4.

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Who cares about the multiplayer? This game has snipers in bikinis.

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Interest in the game = gone.

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@nocoolnamejim Wow you're a moron.

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@nocoolnamejim You can't be serious. MGS has always been a SP focused franchise and has had MP since Subsistence.

It would be incredibly stupid to write this game off, especially when it's an external studio developing the MP.

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@nocoolnamejim Why is that? Because of LA Studio doing the multiplayer part?

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@AnonymousSquid @nocoolnamejim

Close.

Because of the multiplayer part period.

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@nocoolnamejim @AnonymousSquid LOL. don't worry. we are. we can clearly see that an additional game mode that has no affect on the actual game can in no way de-value it, and that your ridiculous response to it is highly entertaining.

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@nocoolnamejim @AnonymousSquid True. I tend to think this way too but I said the same about Uncharted 2 and was proven wrong. It works out well once in a while.

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@nocoolnamejim youre an idiot. Dont judge things you never tried. stupid fucking kid.

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@nocoolnamejim @KillerOttsel @AnonymousSquid Talking with people who played the game and waiting for reviews is just putting yourself in harms way when it comes to spoilers.

This game is definitely going to be good and its probably worth jumping in right away because within 24 hours of release the internet will be discussing the biggest spoilers of the game very loudly

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@nocoolnamejim @KillerOttsel @AnonymousSquid It would just be a shame that you miss out on (what is likely to be) one of the best games of the generation simply due to there being an online component. The same argument can be made for the Last of Us which releases tomorrow.

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@KillerOttsel @nocoolnamejim @AnonymousSquid

I wouldn't mind being wrong. Would, in fact, LIKE being wrong. "Gone" word might have been a bit overharsh on my part. "Lessened".

I'll watch reviews, talk with a few people who play the game, etc.

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@nocoolnamejim @AnonymousSquid Just because you don't like MP doesn't mean you should forget about the game all together. The point that Xristo and King are trying to make is that multiplayer has been a part of MGS for a while now and the games haven't been ruined yet.

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@AnonymousSquid @nocoolnamejim

Nobody else has to agree with me. I didn't play the MP part of MGSIV. I've watched games that add a MP mode have a worse SP over and over again.

Other people are fine with it, groovy. Have fun. This announcement of a "vast MP" mode that I won't ever play and have no interest in make me less excited about the game.

Doesn't mean other people have to be less excited. We all look for different things in games. Enjoy! Hope others are just as excited or even moreso!

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@nocoolnamejim @AnonymousSquid The MP has absolutely nothing to do with the single player campaign. The quality of the single player game will be as high as it has ever been. The MP is just a bonus. BTW, MGS3 and MGS4 both had online multiplayer, did those games suffer in the end because of that? Your logic makes no sense.

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@nocoolnamejim @AnonymousSquid

mgs4 had multiplayer too and the single player game was still amazing

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I loved the MGS3 multiplayer on my PS2.

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They better not mess up MGO with unlocks, prestige and perks. Please keep that crap away from MGO. Just... please.

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@23Jarek23 i argee, they should just build on MGO2.

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@23Jarek23 The perks in MGS4 didn't hurt the game so I don't see how it would be a problem now. Peace Walker had unlocks but it's multiplayer was all co-op though. Prestige means nothing since it usually doesn't really give you any sort of stat boost in any game that its in.

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@23Jarek23 - MGO community doesnt need that. We can be that damn good without that type of stuff.

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Not interested since Kiefer Sutherland was first mentioned. David Hayter or no buy.

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@Redsyrup From the footage we have seen so far with Sutherland voicing the character, I agree with you. I don't like the direction they have gone in for Naked Snake. But I can overlook that for everything else that is amazing about the game. There is a chance we will see a young Solid Snake at the end of MGSV voiced by Hayter. It's a possibility and would make sense in order to bridge the rest of the series together.

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@Redsyrup David hayter is in it

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@MateykoSlam @Redsyrup You sound certain of that.

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umm okay.... Not really psyched about this announcement.


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Haven't touched MGO since Snake Eater, damn I'm eager to play this.

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Yawn.

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@tomservo51 You can do or say much about MG. Positive or negative. but "yawn" is not one of them.

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@Busta @tomservo51 LOL, I don't care about MP in a game like MGS, It's all about the campaign for me.

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@tomservo51 @Busta Oh ya. I doubt i'll play the multi-player. Didn't for drake or assasin's creed.

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don't let carolyn see that thumbnail

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@snova9308 to be fair. That outfit is ridiculous for a sniper in a desert.

just imagine how bloody hot the floor would be. And she'd probably have to lie there, for possibly hours at a time.

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@shingui5 @snova9308

yeah I know it doesn't make any sense, but thats the case with most games.

they don't make sense.

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@shingui5 @snova9308 Come to south eastern Colorado I will show you people who wear a lot less then her doing stuff in this blazing hot drought we are in. Highest temperature I've seen this summer is 113 so far maybe another reason why we also having wild fires here.

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@snova9308 @shingui5 The pervy fan service stuff has been a part of MGS as much as the cardboard box. I'd be surprised if there isn't another swimsuit magazine to distract guards.

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@snova9308 @shingui5 you know, i can appreciate fan service. I see it's purpose (though i find it demeaning, to everyone really). But to completely disregard the laws of physics, is a tad on the ridiculous side for me.

idk, w/e. It's just something thats annoying me already about this game >_>

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Ugh, I was sure I could go without, but now I HAVE to get plus to play MGO. Well played Kojima... well played...

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I'm starting to think Kojima saw Red Dead Redemption and decided to put a MGS mod on it.

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@green_scorpion Sigh,... Because Red Dead created horses and deserts. Oh, my, it makes sense. And you are so creative. It's not like a lot of other creative people said it.

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@green_scorpion afghanistan only looks like that. africa and other parts of the world will be different

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omg this game is going to be EPIC !!!

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I loved MGO So glad it's coming back.

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Lets see this game already has one of the best ( IMO ) gaming characters Big Boss and Side Characters. Its gameplay looks absolutely awesome , the game was running on a current gen console ( Kojima confirmed it) and I will sink hours into this game. Nailing the MP will be icing on the cake.

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Eh...as long as it isn't buggy and filled with glitches like MGS4's MGO, I'll give it a try.

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Is it just me or does anyone else think they used Ashly Burch as their visual reference for Quiet in MGS5?

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@JayQproductions They already showed the actress playing Quiet on the konami website. Look up the trailer on konami's youtube channel and it'll have an link to the page.

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The MGO community is a dangerous community. rofl

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