That new Metal Gear Solid collection won't include Metal Gear Online, but it will have Peace Walker's essential online co-op

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Games Action That new Metal Gear Solid collection won’t include Metal Gear Online, but it will have Peace Walker’s essential online co-op News By Justin Wagner published 14 February 2026 Konami giveth, and Konami taketh away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Konami) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? 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It’s great news if you’ve been holding out for PC ports of these games all these years, but it doesn’t mean you can expect the full experience people originally got—Metal Gear Online, the multiplayer spinoff which came bundled with MGS 4 back in the day, won’t be included.You can find direct confirmation on Konami’s website, which explicitly clarifies in a footnote that “Master Collection Version of the Patriots does not include METAL GEAR ONLINE.”It doesn’t come as a huge surprise, as MGO’s servers shut down over a decade ago. But all is not lost if you crave some PS3-era Metal Gear action with a buddy; the new collection will include co-op missions and a versus ops mode for Peace Walker. There’s no cross-play though, so hopefully your tactical espionage-minded friends are all on PC. Related articles Metal Gear Solid Master Collection 2 is confirmed, and yes, that means Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally coming to PC Konami veterans say they had to resurrect Metal Gear because no-one’s getting any younger, are they: ‘Given our age… now was the time’ Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 got its final big update, if you want to bolt 61GB of 4K textures onto MGS3 and, thank God, finally switch the cancel and confirm buttons in MGS1 I’m mostly interested in this collection as a way to finally play Metal Gear Solid 4’s campaign, so I’m not too bummed, but I’m sure there are more than a few MGO sickos shaking their fists at the heavens right about now. As PC Gamer Australian editor Shaun Prescott noted in his news article on the announced collection, MGS 4 remains difficult to emulate even all these years later, so a native port like this is the average PC gamer’s best option short of scrounging around for a used console.It’s been a long wait for most of them, but