http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png http://kotaku.com/tag/mag http://kotaku.com/tag/mag Scuttlebutt has it that the Sony Computer Entertainment studio Zipper Interactive, maker of combat shooters MAG and the SOCOM series, lost several employees in a round of layoffs today. Reached for comment, a Sony spokesperson confirmed layoffs at Zipper, characterizing them as "normal business practice and a result of cutting back on production resources after the launch of two major franchises." Sony would not specify how many positions were lost. Update: Multiple tipsters have suggested that 33 people were let go. More »
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Many of the games being made for Sony's PSP successor, the NGP, appear to be build upon past PlayStation greatness. If that's how it goes, might we suggest a few more? More »
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In multiplayer shooters, I'm the worst, and peripherals offer the seductive idea of an advantage. CTA Digital's Assault Rifle Controller, for PlayStation Move, looks like something that could point-and-shoot me to pwnage, or at least not sucking. More »
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Alright, maggots, here is how you inspect, assemble and clean your Move-compatible Assault Rifle Controller, from CTA Digital. It's $59.99 and Amazon says it's due early next year. More »
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"Escalation," the three-way battle among all the factions of MAG, is available now on the PlayStation Network and comes at a discount for those who bought the previous DLC installment, "Interdiction" before Oct. 28. More »
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The 2.0 patch for Sony's MAG went live today, bringing with it PlayStation Move support and enough game tweaks and changes it could be considered a whole new game. More »
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Well, well, well, what do we have here? Some price drops on a few of our favorite PS3 games is what. More »
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It has been six months since Sony launched their massively multiplayer online shooter MAG and as with many online games, time has started to dwindle their numbers. More »
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I really enjoy playing old games. This will come as no surprise to readers that keep up with our Friday Old Games series. But when I do get in the retro mood, I almost always play on the real console. More »
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Zipper Interactive unzips its second free downloadable content for massive multiplayer shooter MAG next week, with a trio of special edition sniper rifles ready to make life more difficult for players with a love for wide-open spaces. More »
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The first batch of downloadable goodies for owners of the PlayStation 3 massively multiplayer shooter MAG will arrive next week, according to Zipper Interactive, bringing fresh outfits, disorienting grenades and all-new guns guns guns! That new stuff is all free. More »
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Sony's premier tactical shooter series is back in the hands of Zipper Interactive and ready to redeploy this fall with SOCOM 4. Featuring 32-player multiplayer, what does SOCOM 4 mean for the future of Zipper Interactive's MAG? More »
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Well-read sales analysis enthusiasts are already well aware that some of January's most anticipated games did not become January's bestselling games. While some new properties, like THQ's Darksiders, managed a top ten showing, some settled for the top 20. More »
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It's the year 2025 and a mandated world peace gives rise to three Private Military Corporations. The rise of the PMC also gives birth to the shadow war, a raging worldwide battle fought for profit and power rather than political ideologies. More »
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Tomorrow I'm writing up my review of Playstation 3's MAG. But today, today I need to earn my command stripes and spend an inordinate amount of time playing the game. More »
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Massively-first-person shooter MAG is a complex Playstation 3 game. More »
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War broke out on my Playstation 3 last night, slowly unfolding like a deadly blossom over the course of seven hours. More »
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I've got a copy of MAG sitting right here on my desk waiting to be cracked open. More »
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Video game retailer GameStop has deemed both Mass Effect 2 and Sony's MAG worthy of keeping its employees up past midnight to get them into gamers' hands. More »
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Sure Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine experience goes a long way in job interviews, but what about MAG command experience? More »
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One would expect the developer behind a PS3 exclusive with an enormous online component to talk up the PlayStation Network. Ben Jones of Zipper Interactive went a smidge further, calling Xbox Live the "more juvenile" of the two services. More »
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Zipper Interactive compiled its final batch of statistics for the MAG beta, finding which among the three factions in the MMO shooter was the most popular among more than a million people downloading the beta. More »
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Zipper Interactive has launched the promised open beta test for the PlayStation 3's MAG, but early server issues are causing frustration for players unable to connect. More »
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Super Street Fighter IV won't be the only game in town during next week's CES convention in Las Vegas. Sony's bringing Zipper Interactive's PlayStation 3 shooter MAG to the show, giving fans a chance to rub elbows and shoot bullets. More »
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First-person shooters are great and all. But they're no where near the size of real-world military conflicts. More »
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Zipper Interactive has announced a massive multiplayer open beta for the PlayStation 3's massive multiplayer shooter MAG. More »
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Zipper Interactive's upcoming game that is not another SOCOM has already racked up an impressive 18 million kills. And that's before MAG even moves beyond its public beta, soon to be nestled in the massively action-filled box art revealed today. More »
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Enjoying that MAG beta, PS3 owners? Bet you are. You're enjoying it so much that Sony have decided to extend the thing into early this week. More »
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More than 6,000 changes have been made to MAG as Zipper Interactive's MMO shooter moves into its fourth beta phase, which will be exclusive to GameStop preorder customers. More »
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The only reason I avoid multiplayer-centric games is that I don't get along well with other people. This is going to cost me in MAG. More »
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The public beta for Zipper Interactive's massive action game MAG got a few more willing testers today, as the program has expanded to the game's biggest enthusiasts: those who pre-ordered the game. In Canada. More »
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Preorder MAG from 7-Eleven and receive an exclusive recruitment kit and poster on top of potentially getting the game far too early thanks to the company's sporadic acknowledgement of street dates. More »
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Two new gameplay trailers give you a good idea of the Massive Action offered by Sony's MAG, but they raise one question: Are sniper hits not one-shot kills? Check video #1, that guy pumps about six rounds in his target. More »
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MAG's rolling out some exclusive in-game character models should you be of a mind to pre-order the game. GameStop and Game Crazy get two of them, the third is TBD. Amazon's confirmed for ... meh ... access to a PlayStation Home space. More »
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The only thing more exciting than playing in a massive, 256-player battle in MAG? Teaming up with another player who has no idea you have formed a bond with him that will last a lifetime. More »
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Glad this ends up being a trailer for PS3 multiplayer shooter MAG. For the first five seconds or so, I thought it was a Streets video. More »
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Kotaku has arrived in Seattle at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo for a weekend filled with news, interviews, hands-on time with all of the latest games, and enough Seattle's Best coffee to fell a rhino. More »
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Zipper Interactive and Sony are so excited about tomorrow night's first 256-player battle at the MAG-themed PAX meet-up that they're tossing out beta codes to followers of the PlayStation Twitter. More »
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If you applied for the MAG beta, you might want to check your inbox, because successful applicants are having their beta download codes sent out as you read this. More »
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