M.A.G. developer diary and in-game footage

  • Posted April 30th, 2009 at 10:45 EDT by
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Massive Action Gaming (better known as MAG) is a title Sony revealed last year at E3. This ambitious 256-player online first-person shooter caught a lot of PlayStation 3 owners by surprise and it wasn't quite known how it would be pulled off. Developed by Zipper Interactive -- creators of the SOCOM franchise -- MAG offers gamers an open world gameplay experience while still maintaining that small-scale battle atmosphere.

We've included the developer diary below as well as some minor in-game footage from Sony's Gamer Day.

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  1. hesmanes | hesmanes

    • 10:58am BST - April 30th, 2009

    I'm quite excited about this.

  2. bracomadar | bracomadar

    • 10:59am BST - April 30th, 2009

    Awesome!

  3. DrUmFrEaK

    • 11:00am BST - April 30th, 2009

    Looks ok..quality kinda sux..still waiting for more footage...

  4. mackrob07 | orochimaru07

    • 11:02am BST - April 30th, 2009

    getting crunk up in this game

  5. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 11:18am BST - April 30th, 2009

    cant wait i just paid off this game today im ready for the madness

  6. bilbo_bobbins | bilbo_bobbins

    • 11:20am BST - April 30th, 2009

    graphics look a bit old hat. But I must admit I will be keeping an eye on this one.Need more in game footage

  7. higgos22

    • 11:22am BST - April 30th, 2009

    i was really excited for this game then i played killzone tons during the holidays and well i just hope that when this game comes out it reignites my excitment for this game cus i wanna get it i just lost flare to get it i hope something excitiing at e3 is shown about this

  8. grimmz357x

    • 11:23am BST - April 30th, 2009

    ive been wondering how this game would turn out since they announced it

    hope it turns out to be a good game looks promising

  9. stokenash

    • 11:23am BST - April 30th, 2009

    Looks amazing, slightly better quality version here www.youtube.com/watch

  10. roflmuffins8 | blubberwhale

    • 11:36am BST - April 30th, 2009

    The graphics look bad because of the resolution of the videos. When you watch the gameplay trailer in HD on Gametrailers it looks a lot better.

  11. O_G_H

    • 11:37am BST - April 30th, 2009

    @7  Stop posting with no punctuation!  My GOD, that's annoying as he**! 

    Anyway, I expected a game with 256 players to have low-spec graphics.  That's how Zipper works (SOCOM, SOCOM II) low spec graphics, tight online gameplay.  Done.

  12. mickice | Mickice

    • 11:49am BST - April 30th, 2009

    I love the Playstation Logo that shows at the end of the second vid, it reminds me of the 360 logo after every 360 vid. But this time round it's not just an X, lol, It's X [] ^ O.

  13. radgamer420 | mistercrow

    • 11:56am BST - April 30th, 2009

    The graphics look mediocre but being an online game with 256 players I guess something had to take a hit.

  14. jigglespsu

    • 12:14pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    Graphics aren't everything in a game.  Warhawk was really arcade-like but it was still the best varied combat game I ever played because of the fact that they concentrated on gameplay ... not eye-candy

    I just hope they get this right

     

  15. tristan88888888 | Tristan88888888

    • 12:14pm BST - April 30th, 2009

     after reading a preview from joystiq it would seem they nailed it. looking forward to seeing more on this game.

  16. regissreg | Zapp

    • 12:46pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    Well im a sniper at heart, And 256 online at one time thats just more targets for me to snipe. I just hope that when they said that they had to make sacrifice for the 256 online, That it does not include Servers.

  17. masonmcglasson

    • 12:59pm BST - April 30th, 2009

     snipers better be one shot kill, I hope they make the leveling system like world of warcraft/everquest... Upgrade talents, skill points, guns etc, earn money to buy supplies, etc.

  18. iHustle- | iHustle-

    • 1:16pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    should b really good

  19. joeyjoejoeshababadoo

    • 1:19pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    @16. If there is one thing that Zipper can do right. Its making deticated servers. They have been doing it since SOCOM 1. I mean they couldn't even do it for COD 4. I would like to see what Zipper can achieve on the PS3 though, seeing how they were extremely limited on the PS2.

  20. Javonne

    • 3:00pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    I...can't...wait for this game, it looks like a better version of warhawk to me

    and I love the new PS3 logo

  21. MarcRecon | MarcRecon

    • 3:24pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    If they can pull if off.....wow

  22. ptmww3

    • 3:27pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    Only thing left for exbox. the multiplayer!  Now 256 steps to crush it!!!

  23. lordAlucard | Sympozium_666

    • 3:31pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    If like Warhawk its gonna be fun 10x if Capture the Flag is included !!!

  24. Nekratal

    • 3:44pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    look kinda SHlT when u actually see the in game FPS - dissapointed and what is even more a dissapointment is that its a FPS - should have been a TPS instead need a prober TPS after slant six ruined the socom franchise.

  25. SPOTTED | SPOTTED

    • 4:06pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    MAG=FPS????  What a let down.   Boooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! 

  26. Burningmonkey

    • 4:19pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    This is a great idea =).

  27. DuffBeer | Ghost_Duff

    • 4:27pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    Anyone got any idea when its out ????

    and how  is the ranking system going to work ??? 

    Is the great players always going to be to rank? and the bad players be the pawns

     

    in the battlefield ?

  28. SPOTTED | SPOTTED

    • 4:40pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    When I click on game details for MAG (on this site) it says that the game has a genre of THIRD PERSON SHOOTER.  Now, when I read this article it says that is is FIRST PERSON!  Which is it?  Could it be both?

  29. cilginturk1993 | CilgiN_H

    • 5:22pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    i think dis is gonna be similar to cs

  30. hood | hoodrich902

    • 6:20pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    i hope the communication has been well thought out imagine competing with 255 people over the mic O.o

  31. PS3fan78

    • 6:34pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    Battle field Bad Company graphics, But gameplay looks good sooo who cares 256 player thats something u  won't find any where else. Can't wait

  32. Mo-green28 | Mo-green28

    • 7:18pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    Man Im going to get it but i'm so upset that this is... Wait for it... ANOTHER FIRST PERSON SHOOTER. jeez I hope this has something in the gameplay that stands out, because the only thing that's making this exciting is the 256 players. Gameplay wise i'm hearing is not looking so good.

  33. iceveiled

    • 7:19pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    My only concern is servers will be more like 8 vs 10 and so you're running around this huge map looking for somebody to shoot.  I can't imagine there being an abundance of servers that are filled to capacity.  I can't even imagine any servers being  at half or a quater capacity....

    Hopefully I'm proven wrong.

  34. 6toes

    • 7:52pm BST - April 30th, 2009

     This looks pretty awesome.  Psyched for this game now.

  35. TekkenLord | HitMan00

    • 8:12pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    looks pretty average, nothing to get all hype for.

  36. phantom_52 | phantom_52

    • 8:17pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    LETS DO THIS! Its going to be awesome!

  37. belend01

    • 9:25pm BST - April 30th, 2009

     YOU GUYS R toooo picky chill out with all your demands this game holds up to 256!! Live players would you have ever thought this was possible.....NO so SHUT UP IM GETTING this game for sure  M>A>G>

  38. fdny21 | cutthroat21

    • 9:31pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    @ 27

    Zipper said they want the game out by fall. Here's some info about the game and rank up system.

    http://ps3.ign.com/articles/977/977670p1.html

  39. Ljwinter | Ljwinter

    • 10:31pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    looks cool but would be better if it was 3rd person. When are developers going to see people rather play games the size of 18-24 instead of these massive ones?

  40. x_HAWX_x

    • 10:52pm BST - April 30th, 2009

    Meh i played too many FPS . Busy with R2 and nayway this is a subscription based game so BLEH !

  41. Strudel | Strudel

    • 12:15am BST - May 1st, 2009

    Lag much?

  42. Shadowgate

    • 1:27am BST - May 1st, 2009

    I will be head shoting all of you day 1..........

  43. Phantasmn | PHANTASMN707

    • 5:01am BST - May 1st, 2009

    Keep the MAG info coming Dave! :D

  44. caveman7

    • 6:20am BST - May 1st, 2009

    As much as I would love to see this game succeed, I don't think it will.  The people looking for a strong stratey based game will find it too chaotic and the people looking for just another shooter with lots of people on the screen will find it too complicated.

  45. g-r-i-p-w-i-n-g | gripwing

    • 1:03pm BST - May 1st, 2009

    Looks ok..quality kinda sux..still waiting for more footage...you have it in one drumfreak. it has huge potential so lets hope they tweak the graphics to clean of the rough edges.. :D

     

  46. Yuk-Yuk | Yuk-Yuk

    • 1:05pm BST - May 1st, 2009

    I think this game looks amazing but I would of liked a 3rd person view better.

  47. DemonOfRazgriz07 | DemonOfRazgriz07

    • 3:10pm BST - May 1st, 2009

     i had no idea this was gonna be a FPS.. i remember the original details at E3 '08 when this was unveiled that it was to be a TPS. this is great tho in my opinion! FPS FTW :D

  48. A-HAAA

    • 9:21pm BST - May 1st, 2009

    i hope this is not a lag fest

  49. Bigdoggy | Gypscrew

    • 1:02am BST - May 2nd, 2009

    this in no way looks like warhawk. I really wonder what some of you are smoking. MAG looks more like what battlefield bad company should have been. I have always likedbattlefield games, they are the best in every way. this game looks like a beefed up battlefield game, not warhawk. LOL

  50. sol-lekz | Sol-Lekz

    • 1:55am BST - May 2nd, 2009

    this game is looking good

Related information

  • Related game: MAG

    Release date (US):
    January 26th, 2010
    Developer:
    Zipper Interactive
    Genre:
    Shooter - First Person
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