First real, tiny screen of Sony's 'Massive Action Game'
by Randy Nelson 
{ Jul 22nd 2008 at 10:58PM }
MAG senior producer Rade Stojsavljevic posted the shot to the official PlayStation blog, calling it "a sneak peak from one of [Zipper's] internal play sessions." Stojsavljevic also said that the dev has used its experience working in online games with the SOCOM franchise to create an entirely new server architecture for MAG capable of supporting its, well, massive amount of players.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
ChuckJ @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:03PM
Are there even 256 PS3 owners?
j/k
Playboy X - PSN: ummfada @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:13PM
but there's a billion Wii owners, and this is what they're playing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XR7LaJLLf8
Jacksons @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:44PM
When the full-body-shake drumming came in, I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.
arkweld @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:23AM
there might be 256 PS3 owners in total but I only know 3 of them so that's going to make the squad a bit uneven. That would mean you would need other random players to fill your ranks and just like Live, PSN online is a douchefest. That means unless you know 7 other players for a reliable squad, you're going to have to dip your headset into the primordial ooze and hope you pull something out with an IQ above an amoeba.
Yeah that sounds fun.
Hyams @ Jul 23rd 2008 8:36AM
Well, you'll be put in an 8 man squad. I'm guessing they'll be some sort of option to have all your friends put in a single squad.
Deric Lee @ Jul 23rd 2008 10:31AM
Can't wait for the 8-man team killing squads.
Jared @ Jul 23rd 2008 4:10PM
That video was epic. As for the screenshot, doesn't look that impressive.
Xoviet chiK @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:04PM
If Metal Slug has taught us anything, Flame Throwers are the most effective weapon against paratroopers.
This game sounds wicked, can't wait to see more.
Lekko @ Jul 23rd 2008 3:57AM
Also tanks: Don't forget warhawk
horngreen @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:06PM
Man I can't wait this this baby drops in 2019!
unboring @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:17PM
supposed to drop spring 2009 actually, looks farther along then i thought it would be
zuburi @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:30AM
Yes. Nice to know that this screenshot - the only piece of real gameplay - shows you that the game is farther along than you thought it would be.
BananaBoat @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:54AM
Can't forget that planetside had parachute drops as well.
Please be good MAG...please get a better title...
Hyams @ Jul 23rd 2008 8:39AM
Apparently they're already running beta tests? I guess Zipper have been working on this game secretly for quite a while.
theturtle363 @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:06PM
Looks similar to Bad Company, same sorta hazy smoky feel
uh-oh polio @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:12PM
This games gonna be incredible. I hope we can go into first person.
Isaac @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:12PM
This game has MASSIVE potential.
Don't fuck it up sony.
ThePerfectCompanion @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:29PM
Lol the irony of that request...
el serpiente @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:40AM
What was ironic about it?
F1 & The Way PC used to be. @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:12PM
It seems fun but what is with Sony and not showing realtime gameplay?
tamanchama @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:21PM
your avatar is an abomination.
F1 & The Way PC used to be. @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:36PM
My avatar is the inevitable!
Nightvortez @ Jul 23rd 2008 12:46AM
In all fairness, the trailer was meant to demonstrate how the 256 player system was suppose to work, I mean to capture a giant battle in real time and what would happened through it would be a pain in the ass to set up and execute. What's the difference anyway? Not like they were showing off the graphics in the game, which weren't even that great in the CG trailer.
I'm sure we'll get more gameplay as time goes by, if this is Zippers big game then it's been in development since 2005.
Killjebus @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:12PM
Right Joystiq, Sony should not use pre-rendered trailers for sneek-peeks at just announced games because NOONE ELSE DOES IT...EVER.
Please Joystiq, just stop with the Sony hate its older than Dubya's mum's granny panties. Besides, did KZ2 show that Sony 1st party devs are capable of hitting the target render?
You claim that you don't want fanboy Wars but then you post this inflamatory comment that is full of bias.
Many games still show pre-rendered trailers especially ones that are JUST ANNOUNCED and TEASERS.
That one compressed screenie looks mighty good.
Oh, and by the way...that pre-rendered trailer does not even look as good as KZ2 or MGS4.
Co @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:14PM
You know, your pleas to Joystiq to "stop the Sony hate" look even more pathetic with one click onto your screen name to look over your previous posts.
ThePerfectCompanion @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:30PM
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It's not sony hate. It's simply calling out sony on its typical pathetic practices...
unboring @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:34PM
i completely agree, its kindof like xbots are republicans and joystiq is fox news.
Killjebus @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:37PM
Coming from you two...I take that as a compliment.
SPOOOOCK! @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:41PM
It's more like PS3 fanboys are republicans and Joystiq is an unbiased news station. :p
unboring @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:51PM
no its not like that at all? ps3 fanboys would be closer to canadian liberals in my opinion, 360 fanboys are more like right wing conservative republicans with abit of illiterate.
WRE: I own all 3! (4 if you count the DS.) @ Jul 23rd 2008 12:14AM
Says the guy that just fucked up the easiest contraction in the English language and made "a bit" one word.
zuburi @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:32AM
I wish all of you would fuck off back to NeoGAF or Gamespot or whatever hole you crawled out of. (WRE excluded)
el serpiente @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:35AM
Oh, look, it's the guy who nitpicks grammar when he has nothing else intelligent to say. HEY THAT GUY! *waves*
WRE: I own all 3! (4 if you count the DS.) @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:52AM
*Waves back*
Come on, you don't think that "inventing" a word while calling people out on illiteracy is deliciously ironic?
Co @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:13PM
Wow a shooter.
You shoot things.
Tom18230 @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:19PM
And you were expecting something else....?
Vidikron (FU) @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:31PM
Do you know how pathetic that looks with one click onto your screen name to look over your previous posts?
ThePerfectCompanion @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:38PM
@ vid
You realize how pathetic the fact that you clicked on his profile just to read what I'm sure was a thrilling history of his posts on Joystiq is?
Why So Serious vid?
Vidikron (FU) @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:43PM
@TPC
Ummm... I didn't actually click on his post history, I was making a joke. Look above at his first reply to Killjebus.
DangerMouse @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:54PM
Wow Cheddar Chex Mix.
Martin Bormann @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:20PM
How did anyone think that what was shown during E3 was anything other than a trailer?
unboring @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:29PM
i completely agree, its kindof like xbots are republicans and joystiq is fox news.
theturtle363 @ Jul 23rd 2008 12:40AM
we can only take a post as stupid as that once
leobebes @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:26PM
I think its fair to say that the PS3 is the FPS console. Other than Little Big Planet they are slowly unseating the 360 as the FPS console. The 360 is now the RPG console and the PS3 is trying to attract the frat, shoot first, dickhole demographic.
Am I right fanboys?
Brandon @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:29PM
Not when you factor in PSN stuff, which in my opinion Dickholes wouldnt understand some of that stuff. It would go over their head.
ThePerfectCompanion @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:35PM
Not really
ps3 is definitely more FPS oriented than even I expected this generation.
The 360 is clearly diversifying itself and the games library. Really with Lips, Viva, and all the other family oriented games that MS is trying to push can you honestly say that the 360 is the "shooterbox"?
That being said though why is there all this hate towards FPS? The market is clearly there. Obviously people love shooting shit up including people, demolishing buildings, and vehicles.
Hence most FPS games sell decently well or if they're HALO status extremely well.
But I do think the 360 while have a lot of FPS has managed to make itself a more diverse system and therefore I consider it simple a GAMES Console.
Maverick Saturn @ Jul 23rd 2008 10:08AM
PS3 has already diversified, it doesn't need to diversify any more then it is, what it needs is those diversified games to be great, but seeing as FPS is the showcase of this gen, other genres rarely get seen, look at all the highest rated games on PS3 and 360, they are mostly FPS titles.
haha @ Jul 23rd 2008 10:17AM
Possibly so.
Played MGS? There WILL be guns.
Lots of them.
Brandon @ Jul 22nd 2008 11:32PM
The game looks to be farther along that I expected. I was dreading that with the trailer the game was still in the idea stage. Luckily sony seems to be getting the idea that one shouldnt show games that are too far off into the future.
theturtle363 @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:29AM
the flux capacitor!