Metal Gear Online

Metal Gear Online
Packaging for the Japanese stand-alone version
Developer(s)Kojima Productions
Publisher(s)Konami
SeriesMetal Gear
Platform(s)
ReleasePlayStation 3
  • WW: June 12, 2008
  • JP: July 17, 2008
Arcade
  • JP: December 20, 2010
Genre(s)Stealth, third-person shooter
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Metal Gear Online, also known as Metal Gear Online 2, was a stealth third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation 3. Released in 2008, it was an online multiplayer spin-off of the Metal Gear video game series. The starter pack of Online was available worldwide bundled with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, with a standalone release for Japan. The name Metal Gear Online is common with earlier online components for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. Metal Gear Online's North American and European servers were shut down on June 12, 2012.