Konami Reveals More On MGO Beta News

Konami has revealed some more nuggets of information about the Metal Gear Online beta that will be launched on April 17th in Europe alongside the incoming PlayStation Store update. It is set to run from April 21st through until May 6th.

The new info comes from PlayStation.Blog, where Konami's Brandon Laurino detailed the character creation and Sons of the Patriot systems.

Laurino compared the character customisation depth to that of an MMO, boasting a wide variety of skills to master (of which you can select four to specialise in). These include demolition, sniper mastery, close quarter combat, alertness, heavy weapon mastery, quickness, and knife fighting.

The Sons of the Patriots (SOP) system, on the other hand, provides gamers with real-time data on what all their squad mates are doing. This includes their status, where they are, and who they are fighting. Additionally, by scanning the opposing team's link you can intercept their SOP data and share it with your squad.

This is all achieved with the use of nanomachines that have been injected into soldiers so that they can be controlled on the battlefield by private military companies. It'll be another future imperfect in MGS4 then.

Other new information included a list of the weapons and items that will be available in the beta...

Items Standard issue, with character: - CBOX - BINO - S.PLUG.S In the map: - ENVG - DRUM

Weapons Primary, main weapons at base: - vz83 - P90( +Suppressor) - MP5, AK (+Grenade Launcher) - M4 (Suppressor, Scope, Datsight, Grenade Launcher, Grip) - M17 (Datsight, Scope, Grip) - SVD - MOSIN - M14EBR - DSR1 - M870 - SHIELD - RPG - SOP DESTAB

Secondary (Sub Weapon): - GSR - Mk.2 PISTOL - OPERATOR (Suppressor) - G18C - D.E.

Support (Others): - GRENADE - WP GRENADE - STUN GRENADE - CHAFF GRENADE - SMOKE GRENADE - ENEMY LOCATOR - CLAYMORE - SLEEP CLAYMORE - C4 - MAGAZINE

As has previously been revealed, the beta will offer four game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture Mission, and Base Mission. Capture Missions exhibit the standard capture the flag setup, whereas Base missions utilise a traditional base capturing format.

There will also be two maps for the beta. Blood Bath has both over and underground areas, while Groznyj Grad is a weapons factory that housed MGS3's Shagohod.

Last, but by no means least, is the catapult, which will propel players across the map and right into the action. Set to offer something similar to the Man Cannons of Halo 3, MGO's catapult will doubtless offer some rollicking good gameplay for beta players to enjoy.