“MAG”, the ambitious new online military shooter game that will be able to feature up to two hundred and sixty five players in a single game, has seen its release date pushed back to January next year.
The original release date for the game was June this year, but while that obviously did not materialise, Sony Computer Entertainment America, the company behind “MAG”, were initially dismissive of online stores that started listing the game as being delayed until next year. “We have made no announcements in regards to “MAG”’s launch date,” a Sony representative said in a statement just last month, insisting that “Retailers are speculating.” Well, it seems that speculations were dead on, as the news broke just yesterday that the game was indeed being delayed, the confirmation this time coming straight from the horse’s mouth. “The team at Zipper and SCEA are happy to announce that “MAG” will hit North American retailers on January 26th, 2010,” an official post on PlayStation Blog revealed yesterday. There was no reason given for the game’s delay. “MAG” gives up to two hundred and sixty five players the chance to take sides in a military conflict, viewing the game’s setting from their particular side of the battlefield. Users who play Commanders will get a top-down view from which they can direct their troops, while those users who choose to play lower level soldiers will get a first person point of view straight from the front line. Next month’s Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle is set to feature a MAG community party to no doubt further the hype for the new game.
