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After the release of Metal Gear Online: Gene Expansion, an expansion pack for Metal Gear Solid 4’s multiplayer component, things have got a little hairy for Konami.

Due to the large volume of traffic, heavy server load has resulted in a host of problems for players trying to access the new multiplayer content, including the inability to access the ‘MGO Shop,’ ‘Ranking Display’ and the ‘Community Support Page.’

Simply trying to login to the service has been problematic, while Konami have been issuing refunds to player accounts after payments made were processed incorrectly, one of the main sources of the server load.

You can read the full list of issues, to which Konami have ‘no permanent solutions,’ but are currently trying to fix.

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced an expansion pack to Metal Gear Online, Metal Gear 4’s multiplayer component, entitled ‘Gene Expansion.’

The expansion pack features new characters, such as Meryl and Johnny from Metal Gear Solid 4, as well as a new Survival mode where players need to stay alive as long as possible against increasingly overwhelming challenges.

A ‘Reward Shop’ has also been added to trade points for new equipment, while players are now able to create female soldiers as their custom character.

New maps also feature in the expansion with the likes of ‘Coppertown Conflict’ featuring wide open streets, ‘Tube of Tombs’ comprising underground, labyrinthine passages and lastly ‘Virtuous Vistas,’ including locations ideal for mid- to long-range combat.

Gene Expansion will be made available on Thursday, the 17th of July, at a price of 9.99 Euro.

Hot on the heels of Sony’s announcement that the Metal Gear Online Beta would be available across Europe on the 17th of April, Konami has issued a press release detailing the beta.

Konami announced that Europe would be included in the public beta program for Metal Gear Online. It also confirmed that the Metal Gear Online beta would be available via the PlayStation store from the 17th of April, with online tests running from the 21st of April to the 6th of May.

Metal Gear Online is a new Metal Gear title that is designed specifically as a multiplayer online experience. It will be released worldwide as part of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots on the 12th of June.

Players will be able to sample the multiplayer experience and co-operative team based play of MGO through the beta. If you download the beta you can explore two maps, Blood Bath and Groznyi Grad.

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Konami has detailed the products and packaging which will be available for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. MGS4 will be hitting store shelves on the 12th of June.

In a post on SCEA’s PlayStation blog, Konami Online’s Brandon Laurino detailed what the Standard and Limited Edition of the game as well as the MGS4 PS3 bundle would include and announced the MGS4 Limited Edition PS3 bundle would include a gunmetal grey PS3.

Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 Bonus DVD plus MGO Beta

Konami announced that the Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 free pre-order bonus offer DVD with MGO Beta Unique Product Voucher Code insert would be available through participating retailers for gamers that pre-order the MGS4 Standard Edition or the MGS4 Limited Edition. Stocks for this special offer are limited and gamers have been urged to check with retailers when the stock will be available.

The Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 DVD contains extensive original video content, with the focus mainly on how the ‘Snakes’ (namely, Big Boss (Naked Snake), Liquid Snake, Solidus Snake and Solid Snake) are connected. The DVD also contains a compilation of all the MGS4 trailers as well as a special Prologue video to MGS4.

Gamers will find an insert in the Metal Gear Saga Vol. 2 DVD case. This insert will contain a Unique Product Voucher Code which will enable gamers to participate in the Metal Gear Online Beta. Gamers will be able to download the MGO Beta from the PlayStation Store from the 17th of April to the 5th of May, with game play being available from the 21st of April to the 5th of May.

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