The servers for Metal Gear Online will launch simultaneously with the release of Hideo Kojima’s highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, MGO creative director Kotaro Oki announced.
The Metal Gear Online Twitter account translated a recent interview that Oki had with 4Gamer into English, and when he was asked when the servers would be live for MGO, the creative director confirmed that users would be able to jump immediately into the multiplayer experience.
“Service will begin when MGSV: TPP is released,” he said. “MGO is the multiplayer mode of TPP. We advise players to likewise play the single-player mode, and enjoy the MGSV universe as a whole.”
Yesterday, a Junker HQ user, Marc, translated the interview and suggested that Metal Gear Online might not be live on the same day as The Phantom Pain’s release — like Rockstar Games launching the servers for Grand Theft Auto Online two weeks after the initial release of Grand Theft Auto V.
Oki also revealed some of the features and mechanics that have been implemented in Metal Gear Online, including the ability to take selfies (as seen in the world premiere trailer of MGO) and The Phantom Pain’s dynamic weather system affecting different matchups.
Running on Kojima Productions’ Fox Engine, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is rumoured to launch in Q2 of 2015 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.