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Metal Gear Online, the online multiplayer component for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, launched earlier today on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. In the video above, you can watch our first 27 minutes with the game, in which we experiment with the three game modes — including a neat, Merc vs. Spy-esque asymmetrical mode — and customize our early loadout.
You can download and play Metal Gear Online now if you own the console versions of Metal Gear Solid 5 — PC players are going to have to wait until January.
