MGO Beta closed for now.

It appears Konami’s Japanese website was updated and here in Japan were having trouble with connection issues as you are all aware. Due to this service of the beta will be shut down temporarily for maintenance and repair. Konami obviously did not expect this much anticipation and demand for the premier of MGO Beta.

Stay tuned for more upcoming info and translations.

UPDATE:

Heres is the message translated:

"We would like to thank you for taking the time to participate in the "METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE ß". We have received a lot of feedback from users regarding connection issues. As we started service for the European region and considered the circumstances we will discontinue the "METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE ß" test temporarily. After we conduct the Japanese region stability test and are verified. We will resume operations for the beta test executions promptly. We sincerely apologize for the trouble and inconvenience this has caused. We deeply thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Schedule is as follows:

Beta testing will be discontinue other then Japan.

2008.04.21 15:00 Server maintenance:

(Could change to 2008.04.22 15:00. Users will be notified.)

Beta test end date has changed

From: 2008.05.06 24:00

To: 2008.05.11 24:00

If there is any other schedule change

or updates we will keep you posted."