Following the frankly terrible organisation of the MGO beta scheduled to be released yesterday, Konami have taken a step back and changed their plans. (Sorry for the Metal Gear-heavy news recently, but there’s a lot of updates regarding it right now). The servers crashed everywhere apart from Japan yesterday, it appears that despite Kojima’s disappointment with the game, there’s a hell of a lot of people who want to play it. For Europe (and I believe it’s the same with the US), the start date has now been pushed back to the 25th April 2008, and will end on 11th of May 2008. I bit of a disappointment in the delay, but it is understandable. Really, they should have done what Halo 3 did with its beta and release it in different areas at different times, but it’s a lesson learnt (hopefully).
They’ve also worked out their servers for the Konami ID sign up, so if you haven’t got yours yet go for a Quick Registration and get one before Friday. It’s surprising how many different ID’s you need, and to be honest the organisation of this beta hasn’t been up to scratch. Is this an indication of what’s to come when the full game is released…?
