MAG Beta Starts Today

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Welcome back from the holidays, Zipper fans! As we mentioned before we went on break, today is the day that our 100% free and open MAG Beta program kicks off on the PlayStation Network!

MAG Beta Starts Today!

Hopefully, you’ve taken advantage of the head start we provided a few weeks back and already downloaded all the files you need so you can just log in and start playing the game immediately. If you didn’t get a chance to grab the goods quite yet, however, or are just now learning about the program for the first time, that’s okay too – anyone can grab the MAG Beta and its files at any time between now and the end of the testing phase on January 10 at 11:59pm.

Here’s a three-step refresher course on what you’ll need to do to get the Beta:

    1. Log on to the PlayStation Store, Select “View All By Title -> M Titles -> MAG” and download the MAG Beta file like you would any other freely-available PSN video or demo (298 MB)
    2. Launch the MAG Beta program from your XMB to download a special patch that will restart MAG once the update has been received (another 37 MB)
    3. After the reboot, the Beta will reconnect and download the actual game data so that you can play (1.8 GB – 2.3 GB depending on your region)

Remember, the MAG Beta is taking place worldwide – all you need to participate no matter where you live is a PlayStation 3 and an internet connection. Once you’ve logged on, get ready to enjoy two different game modes: 64-player sabotage and 256-player domination!

We hope you enjoy the Beta up until January 10, and we’ll see you again later this week in Vegas for our big MAG Goes Gold Community Event.

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  • I can’t get through the main menu to a game. How? Please, someone, anyone, do you copy? I need help if I am to play your beta. Please, tell me how to join a match.

  • I dont think thats very good… I wont be able to try it out due to a busy life but i hear about servers messing up? That is REALLY not good. If u hv to then let it be released later.

  • Ah, I rejoined the queue a couple of times and it finally loaded. Now that I’ve played it, it’s actually not bad at all. I like the open environments and overall feel. Let’s just pray the servers won’t be a constant hassle….hoff.

  • Server issues with a PS3 game? Didn’t see that one coming did you? LOL I’m looking forward to this game, but after the disaster Socom Confrontation turned out to be, I will wait until the game is running smooth before I purchase it. Thank god Zipper is in the driver seat.

  • ya, I’m loving this game so far. had the day off and been playing all day. hopefully this beta will help them iron out the server issues. but after a few login tries I play fine.

  • it finally worked today… it did seem a little better but nothing major. only got the error maybe once or twice.

  • Ok so ive been playing the Beta for mag since it was released and i have to say its a great game…it runs really smooth and is alot of fun but the only problem is that i find it hard to connect half the time..it always gives me Error messages…either 11:1 or something else….the point is its really great but i have to try to connect 4 times befor i can actually get in a game…r u going to fix this by the time the actuall game comes out?

  • Ya stop the eroor it bugs m a lot everytime even in the middle of games.

  • 12:4, 13:4, 11:1, 5:4, 11:2, The worst is getting disconnected during a game

  • I downloaded it…than went to install it but had no time

  • More Errors 5:5 13:5 11:1 and lot’s of other mostly Connection to server and games were lost.

  • To many errors.

  • im not sure on how to contact you jeremy, but yes i still cannot play the beta

  • I don’t care if it is a beta! At least have it working somewhat if you are going to go live with it. With the amount of games I’ve played that have been dropped, and the time i have wasted trying to log into a game, has already made up my mind on a buy!

  • Go here… MAG Beta Status: What’s Fixed, What’s Not, and What Will Be

  • It didnt work as a link here! Sorry!

  • Yea nice one Nes.
    Thanks for nothing…LOL J/K

    I’ve been playing most of the day with only 1 error message. I must have good internet…

  • 11:1 Please fix this.

  • Hey, the game is great. I love it. Thanks for making a good game, Zipper. I haven’t gotten to play in the 256-player matches yet. But I hope it’s as orgasmic as I anticipate.

  • I play it a bit.. before the errors stuff happen, its a good game & all, my problem for it was their kick a player part.. I know they have the kick a player, but that’s limited to those in your group :/ had a round where someone from another squad was doing nothing but team killing us & couldn’t kick him..

  • Totally excited for this.

    When can we get a sneak peak at the trophy list?

    Please tell me it’s not like Socom’s!

  • I am playing against valor right now and i can not spawn out of the chopper the counter keeps going down over and over again.

  • I was waiting to play this game all day, and finally I can, but I’m disappointed. The character movements are awful, I expected more from the gameplay, I didn’t like the fact that you have to choose first the grenade to throw it. This is not a game that you like to play over and over again like COD: Modern Warfare, that is an old game but you really enjoy playing online. I played MAG twice, and I don’t wanna play it anymore. That’s just my opinion

  • can we do something about the teamkillers or what

  • Is anyone else having an issue with the camera being zoomed in? It was working fine at first, but now the pictures is off the edge of my screen by an inch on each side. There’s no place to change it under the video settings.

  • do you have a setting for it on your tv

  • Ah yea, didn’t think about that, thanks!

  • Nope couldn’t find a setting on my hdtv. It’s a problem in game, but i don’t know why it started.

  • no prob

  • 9:4 ; 15:5 are a couple of more errors received. Last few hours have been good though.

    Hunter

  • Server issues, lost nearly 150 points worth of exp. Constant issues trying to reconnect to the game afterwards. Some of these issues existed from early beta, and havent been correctly until now. I realize this is still a beta, but how can I be sure that this won’t happen if I decide to purchase this game? It’s starting to look very unlikely that I even consider purchasing this at all. Shame too, because it would be a waste of a wonderful idea to server issues.

  • WISCO- | January 5th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
    Yea nice one Nes.
    Thanks for nothing…LOL J/K

    I’ve been playing most of the day with only 1 error message. I must have good internet…

    Dont make me throw a smoke granade at you! LOL

    The second link might work. Did you try that one?

  • I’ve been there.
    Just bustin’ your balls.
    Funny to see ya on the PS Blog.

  • Is there anyone in the queue’s now as there was none earlier?

  • After playing a few rounds last night for the first time, I have to say, I’m pretty disappointed and will not be buying this game – the menu is a mess and overly complicated, and once I did finally get into a game, although I will admit it did run very smooth, the graphics remind me of Battlefield 1942 (which came out how many years ago?) and the screen layout was quite messy IMO. With higher quality games like Call of Duty (not even talking about MW2, but even W@W and MW1), this is very much a step backward in FPS game play quality, and doesn’t does do anything IMO to showcase the abilities of the PS3 other than the power of the servers running the game. MAG will possibly be looked back on as a successful stepping stone for others to build on in terms of the numbers of players, but nothing more.

  • The game concept and gameplay is great, but a few things I think are needed to be different from all other FPS:
    -Grenade spamming needs to be eliminated. A way this can be done is to limit a player 2-3 grenades per MATCH instead of per spawn.
    -Spawn campers are still a threat. There are boundaries for teams on maps, utilize this by skewing them when the objectives change.
    -I don’t see that many sidearms or many attachments for them.
    -Maybe every 5 levels a player gains they get an additional skill point to distribute.
    -Climbing a ladder needs to be more fluid and faster.

    I don’t know whether I’ll be getting the game myself, but getting into the development business myself, I would try to make these changes if I were the one making it.

  • Why MAG developers don’t include a Single Player and Offline Mode on the MAG? That will going to cost them big time since most people out there only play these games on a Single Player and Offline Mode.

  • omg.. great game.. wish it was free forever wahahaha

  • I still have high hopes for this game, but my first impression was that it seemed an awful lot like BF2. I loved BF2, still have it installed, but I’m not looking for a clone on the PS3. The graphics seem average and it was very difficult to identify enemy players. It ran smoothly when I was able to connect, but if the sacrifice for performance is average graphics I say go back to the drawing board.

  • Wisc

    Ive been around the blogs since I created LOD. Im the Master now, so I have to keep my boys informed. You should see the comments I made on the Confrontation threads, lol!

    Anyways, I hope to see you more in MAG, and maybe we can even arrange another 1 on 1 showdown on Confrontation like the old days.

    P.S. I also thought it was funny when I saw your name on your first post there. I havent seen you for like a year, and all of the sudden you’re freaking everywhere! LOL

  • Started playing yesterday and I must say that I am impressed with what the team at Zipper has accomplished.

    Just a few things i noticed while playing that should be fixed:

    The sniper rifle (H M 90) is incredibly weak. It shouldn’t require 3-4 shots to the chest to get a kill with a sniper rifle.

    Controls need to be tightened up a bit. Everything feels too loose right now and it destroys some of the realism factor.

    Parachuting in as a spawn point is the coolest thing I have ever seen online. I hope more parachuting locations are included when the game is released though.

    Some sort of chart showing how much weight you are carrying compared to how fast you will move while carrying it would be nice.

    Graphics need sharpening (I do realize it is a beta and you are probably already doing this)

    I’m jumping into a queue right now. Ill post more suggestion when they come to me!

  • You know for all the COD references and people reaming this game for not being COD, I personally enjoy the game as it is. My biggest gripe is naturally the servers but for a beta I was expecting far worse.

    My biggest gripe with the players is everyone going off on their own. There is no feeling of teamwork. I lay bleeding on the ground, 12 of my teammates walk past and let me. No one is using comms to relay enemy positions or coordinate a plan of attack. This, however, is not Zipper’s fault.

    I applaud Zipper for this beta trial. It’s nice to get my hands on a game and run free on it. I have only a handful of suggestions/gripes.

    1) I hope the actual game will not require so long an install time. It seriously almost took me two weeks of installing (not straight of course). A quicker install would be fantastic.
    2) Servers. I know. I know. But still, had to say it.
    3) A slightly more improved training. Nothing fancy, but it would be nice to try things out before being flung in to the mix.

    Mr. Dunham, thank you and the staff over at Zipper for the hard work, and in spite of what the COD fanboys may say, I for one look forward to the final product.

  • I just have to say the skill tree is horrendous. A must fix! Have check marks after you bought something-not the illumination…ewwww. It would be nice to see the stats of the object your buying and comparing it to what you already have. I bought a scope for a sniper that ended up being worse for my accuracy than my stock/default scope.

    You definitely have to give more points more teamwork towards and just for accomplishing the goal. Many people just try to heal, kill, or do other things because they will get more experience for that. I read people on the mag forums agreed about this.

    10 pts for completing a rigorous goal, which took a lot of time. Or I could just follow people around all the time and heal/ revive them for 10 pts each(revive at least) and rack up more points.

    Overall, I see great possibility with MAG and it is very nice to see a game that hasn’t lost all of its originality and is a direct copy of COD(cough-R2-cough) Even though you are copying them with the skills/perks nonsense.

  • Then small things like:
    *Turrets in domination shouldn’t be able to see you and kill you if you throw a smoke grenade-that would be tactical.
    *Maybe*Be able to cancel the SLOW action of placing a claymore if you notice someone and you need to stop so you can kill them.
    *Overall just fix some clunkiness(I know it isn’t a word :)) to the game-in-game and to the menus.

    What I like:
    *Not copying COD so much-THANK YOU
    *Good enough amount of health, where you can actually have battles and not just die in .5 seconds because someone was more twitchier than you.
    *The teamwork and strategy.

    Also, it would be nice to see more depth into this Shadow War/MMO aspect. Don’t make it so “oh valor has controlled our spot lets win it back in X game mode.” And that’s how it is for the entire time the game is up. It would be nice to have a ticker on the bottom, when you’re not in a game, that keeps everyone up to date on your faction and the entire shadow war. Also, a tab in the main menu displaying a lot of stats and cool stuff to fill the universe/war. That would give it a real MMO feel, and players would feel loyal to their faction and would have a purpose in their faction.

  • why the domination mode is still not available ????? by the way can’t wait to get my pre-order copy, the game getting only better and better, just hope you guy will put a demo after so people can experience the game because you really appreciate the game after a few hour of gameplay.Keep up the amazing work !!

  • respawn time is ridiculously long!

  • 396
    You have to get to level 10 to play Domination.

    *Also, as said, fix the grenade spamming.

  • I forgot to include this earlier:

    You guys still have to fix some lag(overall it’s great though). – I still get damaged from shots after I’m in cover(very similar to COD’s horrible P2P online structure-battle of latency. ex. from COD- I thought I was behind cover but on his killcam I wasn’t or he shot me first when I thought we shot at the same time-hard to explain).

    Also, I would take out the abilities like “resistance to explosives.” That just ruins games and makes them a cesspool of nonsense(I would use a better word if Sony wouldn’t bleep it out).

  • the beta finally works 100% for me. its not something i would pay $60 for. since its online only, and i suck. if there was a single player, then i could play the single player without sucking

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