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First MAG Gameplay Footage: 256 Players, One Big War

by Nick Breckon, Apr 29, 2009 4:11pm PDT

Related Topics – PlayStation 3

Here now, the first HD gameplay footage of Zipper Interactive's 256-player online multiplayer shooter, MAG: Massive Action Game.

MAG is set to hit the PS3 before the end of March 2010.

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By: araczynski x Show Full Post

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strangely, the trailer strikes me as watered down coffee. something about the effects/colors just seems minimal (understandably perhaps).

Apr 30, 2009 12:30pm PDT

strangely, the trailer strikes me as watered down coffee. something about the effects/colors just seems ... : araczynski

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so is the game the military bit or the screen switching bit where you get points for pissing off your target audience?

Apr 30, 2009 9:53am PDT

so is the game the military bit or the screen switching bit where you get points for pissing off your tar... : JohnsonBrown

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This trailer is a complete ripoff of the Battlefield 2 intro, and 300x less interesting.

Apr 30, 2009 9:51am PDT

This trailer is a complete ripoff of the Battlefield 2 intro, and 300x less interesting. : wreck2

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Oh DICE how I hate thee for dragging your feet on Battlefield 3. Let me count the ways...

Apr 29, 2009 5:15pm PDT

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Oh DICE how I hate thee for dragging your feet on Battlefield 3. Let me count the ways... : Dr_Cube
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- Bad Company 2 is gonna be awesome, screw BF3. That been said, if MAG looks better and comes out around ... : phinn
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  BF Badcompany2 is pretty much BF3. That being said, BF3 will come out in 2010. : Sgt_Boomstick
  - LOL! you sir, are so wrong. : wreck2

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What a stupid and annoying trailer. Who's doing the marketing? Let people actually watch the game, not 2 seconds at a time.

Apr 30, 2009 9:39am PDT

What a stupid and annoying trailer. Who's doing the marketing? Let people actually watch the game, not ... : Edges

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This game's only selling point is the number of players it supports. Does anyone see anything remotely new or exciting in that gameplay video?

Apr 30, 2009 2:19am PDT

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This game's only selling point is the number of players it supports. Does anyone see anything remotely ne... : slackshoe
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- I don't think I've even seen more than 32 players at once in the whole video :) Looks nice though, they ... : WesleyTack
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  Thats not even a selling point. Don't get me wrong I love the PS3, but the PSN network boils down to a l... : f4lln
  - Do ppl talk on PSN?? 90% of the ppl I talk to say its practically dead silent online. I'm gonna get a... : MOB712

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I predict that this game will simple boil down to nothing more than a giant team deathmatch, organisation and true teamwork is going to be largely ignored for simple run and gun action... oh well.

Apr 30, 2009 9:15am PDT

I predict that this game will simple boil down to nothing more than a giant team deathmatch, organisation... : Arcipello1

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256 players wow! So there will be 112 snipers on each team and 32 people trying to complete the actual objectives.

Apr 30, 2009 6:53am PDT

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256 players wow! So there will be 112 snipers on each team and 32 people trying to complete the actual ... : devo4u
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- no... 32 people waiting for the airplane to spawn. : g.lee
- This is so true. I hate snipers in these types of games for this very reason. There is a gamer personalit... : Sgt_Boomstick

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Single-platform releases are a throwback and the height of idiocy.

Apr 30, 2009 6:37am PDT

Single-platform releases are a throwback and the height of idiocy. : be0wulfe

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I must be the only one who thinks that 256 players on the same map sounds like a nightmare. Unless you really enjoy a lot of respawn time and Rambo-style gameplay, I don't think you'll find a lot else to offer here. Good luck trying to form any sort of tactics or strategy in a team-based way.

Apr 30, 2009 5:50am PDT

I must be the only one who thinks that 256 players on the same map sounds like a nightmare. Unless you ... : Khellus

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*Yawn*

Apr 29, 2009 4:37pm PDT

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  no Intriguing Ps3 games? : quadalupeupe
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    Helping meet the quota of PS3 bashing required on Shack no doubt. : J33ves
    - I own a PS3 and I'll hapily bash it, because it really does deserve it. : Milleh

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SCREEN SWITCH
SCREEN SWITCH
SCREEN SWITCH
gaaaah

Apr 30, 2009 2:06am PDT

SCREEN SWITCH SCREEN SWITCH SCREEN SWITCH gaaaah : Syrek

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Hopefully their mp game browser is better than the arcaic version that was in the last socom.

Apr 29, 2009 5:16pm PDT

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Hopefully their mp game browser is better than the arcaic version that was in the last socom. : byorn
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- The last SOCOM game? As in the one not made by this company? : J33ves

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So is this like Planetside?

Apr 29, 2009 9:45pm PDT

So is this like Planetside? : Legion116

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It will be interesting to see how Zipper implements things like communication, squads, orders, infantry/unit support, and objectives. Basically what I am saying is this had better not be a cluster-fuck of MP5 bearing 21 year old suburban assholes; They tend to be afraid of games with organization mechanics.

Please?

Apr 29, 2009 4:27pm PDT

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  - i spent so much time in socom 1 and 2 online, oh man... those were some amazing times. : Demius

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256 player? Sweet
Ps3 only? Fuck you

Apr 29, 2009 9:15pm PDT

256 player? Sweet Ps3 only? Fuck you : et72

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Same Zipper that did Mechwarrior 3? Which was a pretty nice singleplayer game but had completely broken multiplayer network code?
Then again that was a while ago now, and if they are making the 256players a bullet point then they're at least going to make an attempt to do it right.

Apr 29, 2009 5:02pm PDT

Same Zipper that did Mechwarrior 3? Which was a pretty nice singleplayer game but had completely broken m... : confuseatron

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I'm sure if done right it'll be an amazing game. Cause I would like to trow a grenade and kill 8 people at once.

Apr 29, 2009 4:36pm PDT

I'm sure if done right it'll be an amazing game. Cause I would like to trow a grenade and kill 8 people a... : Narutomaki

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meh. I think it's time to put away the old gamer card. I wasn't impressed by that at all, but im sure everyone else will be.

Apr 29, 2009 4:23pm PDT

meh. I think it's time to put away the old gamer card. I wasn't impressed by that at all, but im sure e... : burning eye