Konami just announced Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence‘s online mode goes offline on April 3rd, 2007. The PS2-exclusive stealth-action game was released on March 14th, 2006, putting heavy emphasis on its new online mode through prize tournaments last year.
New in the expanded and renamed release of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater was the online multiplayer mode for up to eight players, where you choose “Team Battle” or “Snake vs. Enemies” and carry out missions cooperatively or competitively. — A Konami employee said the following:
“The last day of online service for Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence in North America will be April 2nd. Konami sincerely thanks all of the Subsistence online community for their dedication to the game and support of the Metal Gear Solid series. The Metal Gear online tradition of stealth, action and team play continues on the PSP system with Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops with all-new characters, levels and modes of play – don’t miss this incredible evolution of Metal Gear Online. Thank you for the Kojima Productions battle and thanks for the chance to work on that guide. I will miss the game and all of those times.” — Thanks for the tip John.