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First real, tiny screen of Sony's 'Massive Action Game'

Comments (80) by Randy Nelson Jul 22nd 2008 10:58PM

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Online

Here, in all its compressed glory, is the first actual screenshot of Sony and Zipper Interactive's 256-player MAG: Massive Action Game. We say "actual" because it was clear to anyone with eyes that Sony had pulled another Killzone 2 with the MAG video debuted during its pre-E3 press conference. In other words, it was all pre-rendered.

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.

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MAG: Massive Action Game, massive action trailer

Comments (38) by Randy Nelson Jul 16th 2008 3:00AM

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Online, E3

You'll need to decide for yourself if you're massively excited about Sony's 256-player online shooter, MAG. Thankfully, you now have the above video – along with our liveblog info – to reference during your decision making process.

It should be noted that developer Zipper Interactive has seemingly taken a cue from Guerilla (with its infamous E3 2005 trailer for Killzone 2) and decided to saunter down the entirely pre-rendered CGI route with this trailer. We're fairly confident that the visual style will carry over to the final product, but everything else? The label reads: "Take with one very large grain of salt."

Oh, and 256-player online? We don't doubt it will work ... we just doubt our brains' ability to process 255 racial slurs and/or homophobic remarks simulatenously.


Sony unveils 256-player MAG: Massive Action Game

Comments (126) by Kyle Orland Jul 15th 2008 4:09PM

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, E3


At their E3 press conference today, Andy Beaudoin from Zipper Interactive (known for the SOCOM series) revealed a new project called MAG, short for Massive Action Game. The game will break up to 256 human players into eight-man squads fighting each other simultaneously in a total free-for-all. Characters will be able to advance their statistics as they play. More as we get it.

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Zipper developing another PS3 SOCOM title

Comments (11) by Ross Miller May 18th 2007 3:58PM

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, First Person Shooters, Online

Although there are already two SOCOM titles coming out -- Confrontation for PlayStation 3 and Tactical Strike for PSP -- Zipper Interactive, the original developer of the series, is working on yet another SOCOM title for the PS3, 1UP confirmed.

Unlike Confrontation, which is multiplayer-only, Zipper's title will include both single and multiplayer aspects, much like the series has done so far. The two previously-announced titles are being developed by Slant Six but is reportedly working closely with Zipper on them.

Gallery: SOCOM Confrontation



Gallery: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike (PSP)

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