Metal Gear Survive Has Microtransactions, Is Always Online

<p><em>Metal Gear Survive<&sol;em>&comma; the upcoming spin-off in the <em>Metal Gear<&sol;em> franchise&comma; is set to have microtransactions&period; According to reports&comma; the game will also need to be constantly connected to the internet&period; The news comes as <i>Survive<&sol;i> exits its Beta&comma; with the constant internet connection being reportedly due to creating a seamless transition between single player and multi-player&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the always online component&comma; Konami released a statement to GameSpot&comma; saying that the connection was a necessity for post-launch features&period; In their words&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<em>Metal Gear Survive&&num;8217&semi;s online connectivity requirements were built to support a seamless integration between single player and co-op&period; This will also enable us to provide ongoing content post-launch&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;133372" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-133372" style&equals;"width&colon; 1280px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-133372" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;01&sol;21111305&sol;Metal-Gear-Survive-Microtransactions-Always-Online&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Metal Gear Survive Microtransactions Always Online" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-133372" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Metal Gear Survive &&num;8211&semi; Konami&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Microtransactions shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be too surprising for players &&num;8211&semi; seeing as <em>MGSV<&sol;em> had a vast number of them&period; According to a number of reports detailing the microtransactions&comma; players will be able to be able to pay real money for in-game currency &lpar;called SV coins&rpar;&comma; and then use that currency to buy temporary stat boosts&comma; or increase the rate at which you earn &&num;8216&semi;Battle Points&&num;8217&semi;&comma; which in previous games have been used to unlock equipment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game was first announced at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;metal-gear-survive-announced-will-exist-mgsv-universe&sol;">Gamescom<&sol;a>&comma; with its first trailer being released at the time&period; The announcement came little under a year after the release of <em>Metal Gear Solid V&colon; The Phantom Pain&comma; <&sol;em>and according to an interview between GameSpot and Konami&&num;8217&semi;s brand manager Jennifer Tsang&comma; the game is set to be between 15 and 20 hours long&comma; depending on player&&num;8217&semi;s preferred play-styles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"X3hjRKGrC40" title&equals;"Metal Gear Survive Official Trailer - Gamescom 2016"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;X3hjRKGrC40"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;X3hjRKGrC40&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Metal Gear Survive Official Trailer - Gamescom 2016"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Metal Gear Survive<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s announcement also closely coincided with creator Hideo Kojima&&num;8217&semi;s departure from Konami&comma; which was shrouded in controversy and backlash&period; When it was first announced&comma; the game was set to offer a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fresh take” on the stealth that fans of the series have enjoyed&comma; according to Konami’s European president&comma; Tomotada Tashiro&period; <em>Metal Gear Survive<&sol;em> is set to be released late next month on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;metal-gear-survive-requires-a-constant-internet-co&sol;1100-6456151&sol;">GameSpot<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;