Metal Gear Rising PC no longer requires always-on internet [Update]

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has finally arrived on PC, but users have noticed that the game won't allow offline play. Whether it's a DRM or bug within Steam remains to be seen.

Ozzie Mejia

January 9, 2014 5:30 PM

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UPDATE: Konami has issued a Tweet indicating that the issue is, in fact, a bug. It has since been fixed. You can now play the game offline.

ORIGINAL STORY: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance released on PC earlier today. Unfortunately, Steam users have run into a major issue that doesn't allow the game to run offline.

Kotaku points to the problem, noting that MGR will not run when Steam is in Offline Mode. Worse yet, if users lose their internet connection in mid-session, they'll wind up kicked out of the game.

One would assume this is some sort of always-online DRM, but Platinum's Creative Director, JP Kellams went on Twitter to disavow any knowledge of such a restriction. Replies have pointed to a potential bug within the Steam API, which could mean this is merely one terribly inconvenient bug.

Shacknews has reached out to Konami for further clarification.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?