Metal Gear SCENE expansion for March News

PlayStation 3 News by Oli Welsh

19 February, 2009

Konami has announced the third expansion pack for Metal Gear Online, MGS4's tactical multiplayer component for PS3. The SCENE expansion will be released in March and include three new maps and two new characters, as well as some new gear options.

The characters are warring fops Raiden and Vamp, who MGS4 players will remember from a series of charged confrontations in Hideo Kojima's epic.

The three maps are Outer Outlet, Hazard House and Ravaged Riverfront - respectively, an industrial wasteland, a mansion, and a clock tower with overground, underground and underwater areas.

Interestingly, you'll be able to use PayPal as well as the PSN wallet to pay for SCENE, and will be able to pre-order the download a week before release via the in-game shop or Konami's online shop. Pre-orderers will receive "the hilarious classic 'cardboard man' head gear" as a free gift.

Look out for a trailer preview of SCENE in a week's time.

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JohnnyWashnGo

19/02/09 @ 10:44

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Still not played MGS Online yet although I have played through the main game half a dozen times to get the enblems ;)

DFawkes

19/02/09 @ 10:53

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"Interestingly, you'll be able to use PayPal as well as the PSN wallet to pay for SCENE"

Interesting that you can use the PSN wallet at all, it's about bloody time! Unless that's a mistake.

chessboxer

19/02/09 @ 11:32

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I haven't played MGO in a few weeks but it's very easy to lose 4 hours on the game. It's one of the better TPS around. I wonder what level most of the hardcore players are up to now (I still think I'm Level 4).

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19/02/09 @ 12:26

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"Interesting that you can use the PSN wallet at all, it's about bloody time! Unless that's a mistake."

Agreed. MGO was the worst sign-up I've ever had to do, then they take the piss by throwing countless nonsensical site pages at me just to get on it. Then the audacity of trying to buy the expansions!

*Goes to buy a wireless keyboard*

Toadie48

19/02/09 @ 12:48

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Will the expansion for March try and reduce some of the un necessary in-game cutscenes that go on for like 2 weeks ;)

xXBrombeerXx

19/02/09 @ 12:55

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I didn't even know MGS4 has two expansions let alone an online play. I have to look into that sometime...

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19/02/09 @ 13:19

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Can you dump the MGO login requirement as well? I loved the Beta of MGO but I never actually tried the final version even though I have the game.

dnimkrad

19/02/09 @ 13:43

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i got the beta but never got round to playing it, the mess that was the sign up system, still puts me off mgo now, updates are vaguely tempting but still don't fancy the konami id/mgo id/konami shop etc

Widge

19/02/09 @ 15:39

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Until I can just go in, click "play multiplayer" and be in, I'm probably never going to check this.

They could really do with adding more stealth gameplay types which bypass the general fighting and emphasise on patrolling and co-ordination. Most of the exisitng modes of play can be found in other games and done better there too. I'd love to see something where a small squad of octocamo people have to achieve some objectives while remaining unseen. Things like SOP, tagging enemies with transmitters would become much more useful then. Especially on an expansive map.

In essence, asking for MGS single player gameplay in multiplayer!

Polysics_2004

19/02/09 @ 16:52

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@Widge - You do realise that half of the things you just said are already in MGO, right? Your "team of octocamo" mode is called "Team Sneaking". There's also Stealth Deathmatch which gives everyone stealth and you can tag an enemy's SOP by injecting them if you have the right skills.

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@widge as polysics said all that u mentioned is all ready in MGO but u r wright about the signing up 4 the game, tho once you have signed up to konami u can have it auto sign in so no need to keep typing in your password.

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19/02/09 @ 18:58

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Great! I knew it was coming and it ties in nicely for them with the MGS4 platinum price drop.
I am an avid fan of MGO but doubt I'll be getting this expansion in march due to Killzone and RE 5, too damn much at once!
(by the way I think the online shop link is broken in that article)

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