Konami have today announced the Bomb Mission Mode for Metal Gear Online on the PS3 platform. The mode sees players on the offensive team planting timed bombs in special target location and protecting them until they detonate, and players on the defending team attempting to disarm the bombs before detonation. Unabridged rules and screenshots below.


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Bomb Mission Mode Rules
A battle to destroy or protect target areas on the map. The attacking team will claim victory if they can plant time bombs in the target areas and protect them until any one of them detonates.

The defending team can win by protecting all of the target areas on the map until the timer expires. The defending team can use Coolant to nullify planted time bombs. The attacking team can only have one bomb at a time.

The defending team can use Coolant to nullify a bomb, or defeat the player with a bomb and then eliminate it by leaving it on the ground for a set period of time. When the bomb is eliminated, it will reappear at its original location. To win the defending team must either hold the base until time runs out, or eliminate all of the bombs.

— Connor Beaton