MAG deploying in North America on January 26, 2010

Me neither, I have been in so many beta's so far this year I was really hoping to get an invite to this one. Maybe when the next wave of invites go out.

me either. I must admit I am curious about this games.

Did they send those invites out over the PSN or via standard e-mail?

Via E-mail, Sony never sends anything via PSN

I understand it is sent to both. Whatever email you provide when seeing up your PSN account.

yea I've been in NUMEROUS so I figured I'd be a shoe-in for this one...but not yet....and Eagle they NEVER contact you thru PSN for Betas....ever get one of those dont trust it...its going to be in your email thats setup for your PSN account

Yeah....No I couldn't remember where I got the beta invites for Uncharted and LBP from and I just wanted to make sure I had all my bases covered since I really wanna give this game a try. Thanks for the replies though!

Come to think about it I have a Qore Subscription....I better get an invite off the strength of that ALONE!!! lol

I will also be going SVER. It's going to be badass.

I'm Leaning Towards RAVEN....

I think most people will be inclined for S.V.E.R. and Raven. So I guess I'll join Valor so that we have some support for the third faction in here as well.

I kinda anticipated most people would pick Raven (which, is the faction I kinda want) and probably would go second for Valor, get the Call of Duty refugees.
But, it's interesting what you guys are saying, looking like SVER is getting a bit of

Raven for me, I'm all for technolgically advanced warfare, and these guys are the most futuristic. Hopefully it's not filled with 10 year olds screaming in my ear, if that's the case, valor is always there...

Maybe MW2, but not the other two because they aren't on PS3.

I honestly doubt this was scared off by anything. Given the scale of this game, the slight delay is welcomed. I want it to run like a dream.

Yeah the potential lag issues worry me a bit. connection is bad enough on Call of Duty. Fingers crossed.

I would believe MW2...dont want to be TOTALLY Eclipsed by that ya know....but I'm guessing its so they can get more Beta time to get the code JUST right....

Look the reason cod lags is cus its running on one of the players ps3 ( or whatever)
This game MAG will be running on a giant slant six server reducing the chance of lag a whole lot.
Man i wish i got invited to the Beta i never beta tested anything : ( but hopefully that will change i just signed up for The APB beta hope i get in

Why not get both.....

Just a thought.

Don't think so. MAG has garnered enough interest from players and Zipper has enough reputation to hold its own. This was certainly a business decision from Sony to avoid competing with itself. The Holiday season is the release window for most games, as you know. If, for example, Valkyrie Chronicles had released earlier in the year instead of in the middle of the Holiday season last year I am sure it would have fared much better as an exclusive. For the PS3 U2 and R&C will dominate the charts (and wish lists) this season. By late January most people will have finished them just in time for MAG to pop up.

i hope they just wanted to finish the game, and if beta tests say more work is needed i wouldnt mind a later release date if it means a better product at launch.

What about you....MARTY?

Is that all you've got?

"Oh, I'm just a lonely engineer, don't mind me. My name's Marty and well, I don't do much and I still live with my Mom but, you should really check out our basement!"

Spah's sappin' mah point!

Seriously though - you should come over and check out my basement sometime. It'd be a good excuse for you to get out of yours. :D

whats the deal with pickin on marty over this. people did that on another forum too.
he has a valid point.
and if you read the joystiq post, even they feel the same way:
quoted:
'''at least now Zipper's got a bit of extra time to nail down an actual title for the game.'''

i would quit the fanboy replies and understand that marty just has a simple question that happens to be a bit funny also.

You're always bagging out the name but have you ever looked at your own avatar? Team Fortress 2: A game where two TEAMS complete objectives that often revolve around their own FORTRESS'.

I read somewhere, and saw in one of the videos, that it could be called MAG: Shadow War. A quick Google search provides articles and forum posts.

The title Shadow War is based on the three factions, which are all mercenaries, battling each other without alerting civilians.

No, blowing off your own appendages is worth bonus points in this game.

Extreme Thumb War

I hope the battlefield will be littered with thumbs everywhere!

shut your dirty mouth

Graphics aren't everything. A lot of people still go back to play PS1 and PS2 games like myself and enjoy them.

I can guarantee you will never see a 200+ player game running on the Unreal 3 Engine or Infinity Ward's COD engine and if you did you would notice an extreme
decrease in graphics quality. Zipper compromised graphics for player count for MAG and its gameplay design, it is not a bad thing.

Call of Duty MW2 is more of an Arcade pick up and play shooter which I look forward to buying and playing. I've been a fan of the CoD series since the first one on the PC...Infinity Ward focused a lot of attention on arcade style gameplay rather than a deeper multiplayer experience.

MAG has a true ranking system that isn't just there for show, if you are high ranked you are able to give out orders to your squad, your squad will be awarded xp for completing those orders. MAG has a persistent world that changes. While you aren't playing, other players in the faction you've chosen are still competing to change the faction's standing so you might return to play a day later and the faction you are in might have a better or worse standing.

You are really competing with the other factions, a faction that has a better standing after winning battles and gaining territory will receive perks like better XP gains and better respawn timers.

I can't wait to play MAG I've been waiting for a game like this on consoles. Planetside was awesome back in the day on PC.

left 4 dead graphics had no impact on the fun factor for me...

my guess is it will be around the same time as to get as many people playing at once as possible...

ah okay, thanks.

one more thing, SVER ftw =P