Front Mission: Online (フロントミッション オンライン Furonto Misshon Onrain) is a massively multiplayer online (MMO), third-person shooter video game developed by and published by Square Enix Co., Ltd., and was released in Japan on May 12, 2005 for the PlayStation 2, and on December 8, 2005 for the PC. Like other Front Mission titles, Front Mission: Online is part of a serialized storyline that follows the stories of various characters and their struggles involving mecha known as wanzers. The game was discontinued in late May 2008.