Monday
Jun082009
MAG Drops Into Action At E3 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Since E3 2008, Sony and Zipper Interactive has kept quiet about their upcoming title MAG
. This online shooter is set to go above and beyond the any standard shooter on a console with one thing - 256 online multiplayer. Zipper Interactive has been known for SOCOM series. They were the ones to bring the first PlayStation 2 online game. A lot of gamers were skeptic on the ability to run MAG
with a 256 player match smoothly without any logs, drop outs, or difficultly in matching up with others. Sony brought the game to E3 2009 to continue to convert more skeptics.
GamerIntel had some hands on game play for a while and quickly after the first five minutes there were some quick thoughts. With 256 players in the game, it worked and worked without any lag. To have some control between both sides, the 256 players are divided into platoons of 64. All with a goal to meet in the middle. The feel of the game felt as if MAG
was Battlefield running on the PC. The controls were easy to figure out after a few minutes. Respawning is very similar with Battlefield and set at respawn waves. Overall the game felt very close to Battlefield with just a lot more players. MAG
is set to release later this year exclusively for the PlayStation 3. [Source - Sony]
. This online shooter is set to go above and beyond the any standard shooter on a console with one thing - 256 online multiplayer. Zipper Interactive has been known for SOCOM series. They were the ones to bring the first PlayStation 2 online game. A lot of gamers were skeptic on the ability to run MAG
with a 256 player match smoothly without any logs, drop outs, or difficultly in matching up with others. Sony brought the game to E3 2009 to continue to convert more skeptics.GamerIntel had some hands on game play for a while and quickly after the first five minutes there were some quick thoughts. With 256 players in the game, it worked and worked without any lag. To have some control between both sides, the 256 players are divided into platoons of 64. All with a goal to meet in the middle. The feel of the game felt as if MAG
was Battlefield running on the PC. The controls were easy to figure out after a few minutes. Respawning is very similar with Battlefield and set at respawn waves. Overall the game felt very close to Battlefield with just a lot more players. MAG
is set to release later this year exclusively for the PlayStation 3. [Source - Sony]
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