Recently we had the incredible opportunity to share with you a first look for the MAG project at the SCEA E3 Press Conference. We’re thrilled with the early responses from everyone and have been amazed at all the creative speculation about the game. If you haven’t seen the news, MAG is a new online shooter coming in 2009 where up to 256 players wage battles as 8-person squads in a new and unique World. You can watch the press event here or download it from the PLAYSTATION Store.
Though it’s early to talk in depth about MAG, we can definitely quell some fears we’ve already heard from you about how MAG will need to compromise on gameplay to support its size. Well, it may be massive but it is an action shooter at its core. You can run around and shoot enemies, throw grenades, and drive vehicles just like any other shooter except with MAG you’ll do it with up to 256 players. The team at Zipper was one of the pioneers of online gaming on consoles with the SOCOM franchise and they’ve used this knowledge to create a brand new server architecture to make an original game like MAG possible.
Here’s a sneak peak from one of our internal play sessions:
We’re anxious to talk more about MAG and all its features as soon as we can. Until then, stay tuned to the PlayStation blog for more details and official news.
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M.A.G
Massive Action Game
the name is alright
it doent bug me at all when you call it M.A.G.
this game will pwn big time.
Will it be possible to see all the players who are online at once? Like on a large open battlefield.
Will it be viewed from first person or third person?
Will there be a story or just pure action?
I would love to see all those people shooting at each other from a hilltop in the game. And it would be even cooler to call in a tactical nuke on them blowing all 200+ players away :D haha!
TouchyEd;
Because it’s a free forum and it was announced in GamersDay a while back that a true SOCOM sequel was in the works. Its disappointing to hear that Zipper is not working on the title.
If you don’t like what I’m saying, stop feeding me.
i just want to know
will this game be FP or TP?
i think we should have the option.
TP then its like another warhawk
@ 48 Kedaro | July 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Haze is a great game?
Wow, that’s all I can say…
Dunno if this has been answered already but are you planning this game to be subscription based or free to play once you buy the full game.
Thanks
BTW, the questions I posed was -not- intended for an uninformed blog reader to answer. It was intended for a representative at Sony to respond if they choose too.
Now, go ahead and get your last word… I’m no stranger to the forum, I know you need to have it. You know who you are… TE…
Will this be an fps, tps or both or is it too early, and what about a a beta test here? Anything. BTW it looks good, can’t wait.
Oh yea, it might be a good idea to change the name of this game. Massive Action Game is pretty cheesy!
I am really looking forward to learning more about this game. In the mean time do NOT announce a release date until you are 100% sure you can keep it. If there is any doubt as to whether or not you will be able to make it, do not announce a release date. Thank you.
To those IDIOTS on here bashing this game especially with the little information we have about it….. GO F*** YOURSELVES!!! Im going to buy it and play it before i make a final judgement on it and i suggest you morons do the same!
I can’t wait to purchase this game! Whatever you guys do make sure there is ZERO LAG! Because with a name like M.A.G. the word LAG is an immediate setup joke. Please focus on making the online experience optimal. I look forward to seeing where this title is going. Keep up the good work guys :)
under no circumstance should a game have the word “Game” in its title. (MGS4 you are forgiven). I would revise the name to something like, i don’t know, SOCOM : TOTAL WARFARE or something like that
MAG is a brand new IP and is not part of the SOCOM franchise so it won\’t have that as part of the name.