Well, we haven't even been able to login and try out the Metal Gear Online beta yet and Konami is already delaying the release in Europe and America. Originally planned as a worldwide release, the Metal Gear Online beta is now only available in Japan.

According to the official Japanese website, Konami has delayed the release of the beta in all regions outside of Japan until they are able to stabilize the servers to reach demand in the land of the rising sun. After they are able to control the user demand in Japan, they will open the beta to other outside regions. Unfortunately for us, there is no set date as to when this will occur.

If there is any good news coming out of this delay, it appears that Konami will be increasing the beta period for an additional 5 days. What was once originally planned to last until May 6 will now close on May 11.

IMPORTANT NOTICE for all
METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE BETA players

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 start of the US public beta test until we are able to 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) Starting date: TBA. We will be making another announcement on 22/4/2008 23:00(PDT)
2) Beta Test closure: This will now be on 11/05/2008 at 24:00(PDT) rather than 06/05/2008 at 24:00(PDT)

IMPORTANT: Please note that your voucher code will only be valid up until 05/06/2008, so please make sure to register them by then.