Metal Gear Online patch released

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 9 February, 2011

Detects fraudulent network connections.

Konami has released a patch for Metal Gear Online, the free online component of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots that was released just shy of three years ago.

It's designed to "detect fraudulent network connections, which will slow down the gameplay during the session". Presumably the patch will block those fraudulent network connections and thus speed up gameplay.

Other changes include:

  • Specification Changes Drebin Points for weapons have been adjusted.
  • Weapon parameters have been adjusted.
  • Skill parameters have been adjusted.
  • Skills for Unique Characters have been adjusted.
  • Player Character movement has been increased overall.
  • Idle Kicks have been implemented for Auto Matching.

Going forward, Konami will regularly update the game's background music with tracks from the Metal Gear Solid series.

Metal Gear Online was released on 12th June, 2008 - the same day as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Dan Whitehead awarded it 7/10 for Eurogamer.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • ZizouFC #1 1 year ago

    Better late than never!

  • Moonprince #2 1 year ago

    7 / 10? lol...

  • Huxamalay #3 1 year ago

    Come on Konami, add Trophies soon please?

  • Craven #4 1 year ago

    @Huxamalay

    It'd give me an excuse to play the game again, for sure.

  • jtodroc #5 1 year ago

    I have Metal Gear 4 but I've never actually played Metal Gear Online, only ever played the beta. The video on the article makes it look like it takes far too many bullets to actually kill someone. It looked a video of the PS3 version of Black Ops (at the height of the connection/lag problems, its actually much imrpoved now)where you're shooting at someone for ages, then they turn around and kill you with a couple of shots.

  • Trinod #6 1 year ago

    Quite stupidly i stopped playing the game half way through in order to wait for the trophy support...it looks like im never going to finish huh

  • Skire #7 1 year ago

    That is just retarded Trinod. MGS4 is one of the best experiences I had on my PS3. Not playing one of the best games ever because of the lack of trophies? Come on now..

  • Kaminari #8 1 year ago

    Are Konami that desperate?

  • chasejamie #9 1 year ago

    It would be nice if you could just log on with your normal Sony account instead of using the shambles that is the Konami ID.

  • WJF #10 1 year ago

    'It would be nice if you could just log on with your normal Sony account instead of using the shambles that is the Konami ID.'

    So, so true.

    I only recently picked up a PS3, so I've been blasting through the exclusives (which are, almost without exception (hello Killzone 2) excellent). At 10pm last Sunday I though I'd try out MGO to see if it was as decent as Uncharted 2's multiplayer.

    2 hours spent patching, installing, getting told to go online to register, going online, finding out I had to go to ANOTHER computer and check my emails, finally completing the registration, and then waiting in an abandoned lobby for 20 mins at the end of it all, I gave up.
    Edited by WJF at 09/02/11 @ 16:01

  • Mnia786 #11 1 year ago

    MGO's menus and load screen were utterly pathetic but the game modes is what made it unique. Nothing better than team sneaking - quite simply the greatest original game-mode for only games in the last decade IMO.

    The problems with MGO were the Konami ID shite, the fact you had to download and install maps you did not own in order to actually get online (but didnt get to play on...), only 1 Konami ID per PS3, maps loaded before the lobby voted to play a map or not, the spawn rape and utterly broken head-shot detection.

    Yes, I know this seems alot but the fact it takes more than 2 bullets to kill someone (coughcoughcodcoughcough) and a mix of unique game-modes and weaponry made it quite amazing imo. Not to mention the SOP system to see what allies (and enemies if you injected!) were doing. Fucking brilliant and hope they patch the short-coming with Rising...

  • Lucodeath #12 1 year ago

    I didnt even know there was an online service for it, must check it out.