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Metal Gear Online

The Japan-only standalone release of the PS2 game Metal Gear Online. Metal Gear Online for the PS2 originally came on the ‘Persistence’ disc of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence and was later released as a…

31 December 2006

Metal Gear Online is a video game, released 31 December 2006 on PlayStation 2.

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What Metal Gear Online is

Metal Gear Online was released in 2006. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Japan-only standalone release of the PS2 game Metal Gear Online. Metal Gear Online for the PS2 originally came on the ‘Persistence’ disc of Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence and was later released as a standalone release for Japan exclusively. A variety of modes that are staple to the online shooter genre, like Capture and Team Deathmatch and the obscure sneaking mode. This casts one player as Snake and rest as guards. Snake must sneak in and grab a microfilm, the guards must defend it.
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What it launched against

Metal Gear Online launched on 31 December 2006, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, MotorStorm, Ys Origin and Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.

Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, MotorStorm, Ys Origin, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.

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When did Metal Gear Online come out?
Metal Gear Online was released on 31 December 2006 for PlayStation 2.