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The next Metal Gear Online will be developed in LA, says Hideo Kojima.

The end of Konami's stealth-meets-shooting multiplayer offering is nigh. It never became an persistent online juggernaut like Halo or Call of Duty but it did manage to grab a dedicated core of players. And those people? They may not be dealing with it too well, if the picture above is any indication. Call it denial,…

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Metal Gear Online Is Dead

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Launching back in 2008 with Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Online, the online Metal Gear spin-off, had 1.3 million members at one point in 2009. This summer, Metal Gear Online is going offline. The game's service is finished, Konami stated today.

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From Metal Gear to Stripping to Fugitive to Porn

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Earlier this year, pin-up Minako Komukai was on the run from Johnny Law. She stood accused of purchasing drugs from a group of Iranian dealers and fled to the Philippines. A warrant was put out for her arrest, and Komukai was an international fugitive.

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See Metal Gear Arcade In Action

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.html Konami is looking to squeeze a little more cash out of the development of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots by taking the online portion of that game to Japanese arcades.

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Metal Gear Arcade Out In 2009

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Announced at E3, Meta Gear Arcade is slated to come to Japanese arcades this year. This week's Famitsu magazine has a short piece on the game — few, if any, new details, though.

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