Metal Gear Online

[Hijacker]

Did anyone get a chance to play the beta yesterday when it went live?

I was going to, but I have to borrow a PS3 from my roommate's brother. His brother has been enthralled with the Wii up until a few days ago, go figure. So we couldn't wrestle the PS3 from him just yet. We're hoping to convince him today to let us borrow it for just a few days to give MGO a try.

[xekushnr]

http://www.konami.jp/mgo/us/index.html

Sorry.

Home has been delayed to Fall at its earliest as well.

[x240xdrifter]

Sorry.

Home has been delayed to Fall at its earliest as well.

argh, this delay thing is starting to get very old

[Hijacker]

Sean, I got work filters blocking me from going to the Konami webpage. What's the delay about this time?

[xekushnr]

We would like to thank all players for their keen interest in taking part in the beta test.However, we regret to inform you that due to extraordinary levels of traffic from all around the globe, we have been unable to run the service to the level we expected.As a temporary measure, we will be deferring the European public beta test and start it once we stabilize our server.We would like to apologize for all inconveniences as well as confusion caused.

We would like to add that due to the above reasons, we will be making the following changes to the schedule:1) Start date: Planned for 04/25/2008 24:00(PDT). While the start is planned for the weekend, it may change due to unforseen circumstances.3) Beta Test closure: This will now be on 05/11/2008 at 24:00(PDT) rather than 05/05/2008 at 24:00(PDT)

Sucks, but it may actually go live at some point soon. The site I got this info from said that it was really TBD as to when it would go live, but Konami seems to want to get it started soon.

As for Home:

Sony has sent word that the closed beta of its online Home service for the PS3 has been expanded through the summer, pushing the open beta into the fall of this year. The company does say whether more registrants will be invited into the beta, however.

"We understand that we are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but we have come to the conclusion that we need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today," said Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "Our overarching objective is to provide users with new gaming experiences that are available only on PLAYSTATION Home. Spending more time on the development and on the Closed Beta testing reaffirms our commitment to bringing a quality service, maintaining the PlayStation tradition."

Home has certainly seen its share of delays, and this is bad news for people who just want to mill about in their virtual homes, collecting trophies and organizing online games. We can only hope that the time will be used to make Home the best service it can be. If the open beta begins and the service blows everyone away, great. If it opens and the service is glitchy or underwhelming after all these delays, there could be a backlash.

Or, it's possible Sony and Konami are simply on an extended beer run this week.

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[x240xdrifter]

everything gets ****ing delayed, drives me nuts, speaking of which, thoses new COD4 maps would be nice

[xekushnr]

everything gets ****ing delayed, drives me nuts, speaking of which, thoses new COD4 maps would be nice

Man, you guys still havent got that? We've had them for at least 3 weeks. They are alright but its nothing too great, I guess. Creek is pretty fun for S&D and Killhouse is fun for Deathmatch. Broadcast seems to be the most versatile and is pretty fun for most modes, but especially S&D and Headquarters. I dont really like Chinatown, dont know why. I never like the darker maps, maybe thats it.

[x240xdrifter]

yup, we pretty much get shafted in every direction

[xekushnr]

Oh well, you can forget all about it in ONE WEEK FROM TODAY since the BEST ****ING GAME IN THE WORLD will be out for us to penetrate it with all of our filthy desires.

[Hijacker]

My lips are wet with desire!

[sr20fan]

Oh well, you can forget all about it in ONE WEEK FROM TODAY since the BEST ****ING GAME IN THE WORLD will be out for us to penetrate it with all of our filthy desires.

My lips are wet with desire!

[s13jus10]

apparently, they've now announced a projected release date for the beta this Friday, the 25th at midnight.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/868/868084p1.html

[TrustME]

Hate to revive this old topic, but I started playing MGS4 after a bit of a haitus (I should have it beat by tonight or tomorrow evening, so until then, no spoilers.)

But I am interested in playing MGO again, anyone in here still play?

[hatchback240]

i play, but not on regular basis. just whenever i get the itch. i suck to much to want to play on a regular basis

[TrustME]

i play, but not on regular basis. just whenever i get the itch. i suck to much to want to play on a regular basis

Lol, I understand that. I was that way about Halo. I did get on last night, however, for about thirty minutes. It was pretty fun. I'm probably going to start playing regularly again.

If you ever wanna play with another person that sucks, add and invite me: PWNcake

[hatchback240]

will do man. i wrapped up my all nighter last night with a lil MGO and confirmed that i do suck. and that its impossible to find a free match without the new maps....

[TrustME]

will do man. i wrapped up my all nighter last night with a lil MGO and confirmed that i do suck. and that its impossible to find a free match without the new maps....

LOL! I only found one... And it was lame cause the matches were only like... 2 minutes long and deathmatch... Sometimes I like Team Deathmatch... GAH

[hatchback240]

i found one with a map i could join. turned out to be straight knife fights, and everybody was 5 levels higher than me i got one kill on them hoes tho