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Some glitches will make an a map become unplayable or an enemy become undefeated, but then there are the glitches that will result in a nuclear disarmament. That seems to be the case regarding a minor glitch that affected the world of Metal Gear Online 3, the multiplayer component of The Phantom Pain.

For those unfamiliar with Metal Gear Online 3, part of the online gameplay requires players to sneak into an enemy base and disarm their nuclear weapons. Once all nuclear weapons have been dismantled by the community, a special event is triggered that will honor this achievement.

According to METAL GEAR OFFICIAL (the official Twitter page of the franchise) a Nuclear Disarmament event was triggered by a glitch in the PC version of the game. They are currently looking into how it happened and how they can resolve the issue .

The nuclear disarmament event was triggered in the Steam version of METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN on Feb 2nd at approximately 12:00 GMT. We are still investigating, but can confirm that the event was triggered while the nuke count hadn’t reached zero. (1/3)

— METAL GEAR OFFICIAL (@metalgear_en) February 4, 2018

News of the glitch along with a vow to resolve it has not been meet well with the games community. Many our outraged that resources have diverted to fixing this glitch while other issues have gone unresolved. There have also been theories floating that Konami has been trying to suppress any attempts to unlock Chapter 3 from the single player story (a section of the game that had been cut).

You can check out some of the outrage in the following tweets:

The way this is being treated is unacceptable. You’ve neglected to fix any of the glaring issues for over 2 years and now that disarmament was technically reached, you go out of your way to tell us it doesn’t count. You do nothing when people abuse the system to gain nukes (1/2)

— Naffets (@Naffze) February 4, 2018

So a hacker or a glitch caused Disarmament and now you care? Most PC players who finally got it probably preferred getting it this way than never getting it at all. When will you “investigate” and “confirm” that there is a server glitch that prevents it from ever happening? (1/7)

— Hastatus (@HastatusAtratus) February 4, 2018

The Secret Nuclear Disarmament Event has been broken for a very long time. Old unplayed accounts have nukes and yet never get put into the nuke tab. These nukes can never be disarmed by active players. My proof: https://t.co/XO6H4HreM3 (7/7)

— Hastatus (@HastatusAtratus) February 4, 2018

Conspiracy theorist believe there is a chapter 3 and it will be unlocked if we reach peace day. Chapter 3 was never finished, they need to let it go. It’s been early 3 years. Lol

— Paul Gonzalez (@paulgz87) February 4, 2018

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the tenth game in the series and follows the events of Ground Zeroes. After the attack on Mother Base, Big Boss awakes from a coma only to establishes a new mercenary army while seeking revenge against XOF.

You could check out our review of The Phantom Pain for more details about the game.