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Sony Confirms Zipper Interactive Closure

Rumors about the demise of Zipper Interactive, best known for the long-running SOCOM series on PlayStation-branded devices, have appeared during last week and Sony, the current owner of the company, has now confirmed the immediate closure of the development studio. 80 employees working at Zipper will be affected by ...

2 April 2012
03:03 GMT

Sony Might Close Down Zipper Interactive, Developer of SOCOM and Unit 13

A brand new report has appeared on the web, saying that Sony is close to shutting down its Zipper Interactive studio, the developer behind the hit SOCOM franchise. Zipper Interactive was founded back in 1995 and, after making a few games on the PC, became extremely popular thanks to the hit PlayStation 2-exclusive t...

26 March 2012
20:21 GMT

A View of GSFC Instruments on MESSENGER

In early April, the MESSENGER orbiter around Mercury will begin its science operations. Here is a view of the instruments the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, developed for this first-of-a-kind mission.The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) probe i...

19 March 2011
06:58 GMT

MAG Gets Escalation DLC on November 2

Sony's Massive Action Game (MAG) will be on the receiving end of a brand new downloadable content pack, in the form of the Escalation expansion, which was previously tested during the game's beta stage last summer.MAG players have already received a lot of new changes to the multiplayer only first person sh...

1 November 2010
03:54 GMT

MAG Gets 2.0 Patch with PlayStation Move Support

MAG, Sony's online Massive Action Game, has just received a brand new patch, which, according to its developer, Zipper Interactive, completely changes how the online first person shooter is played and, for those that have already purchased the PlayStation Move, packs support for the motion sensitive technology.M...

1 October 2010
14:21 GMT

MAG, Demon's Souls and More Join PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits

The PlayStation 3, in order to help those customers that have recently bought a console, has its Greatest Hits specialty lineup, and has just revealed that seven new games will be joining it, and will be lower priced."We have some exciting news for those of you looking to expand your PS3 game library," revealed Sony ...

29 September 2010
03:17 GMT

New DLC for MAG Coming on the 22nd of June

The PlayStation 3-exclusive online first-person shooter MAG is getting a new piece of downloadable content on the 22nd of June. The Interdiction pack will cost ten dollars and will include a new game mode and three new faction neutral maps, Lake Bayano Spus, Sovot Motorway and Iron Cree Quarry, especially designed fo...

9 June 2010
04:56 GMT

New Tricks Coming to MAG for Free, Double XP to Follow

Zipper Interactive and Sony are announcing that all players who have picked up MAG, their online based squad bases shooter, will be getting fresh toys to play with in the game for free on March 25, as part of the so-called Trooper Gear Pack. The release is part of Zipper's commitment to provide support for MAG e...

22 March 2010
14:41 GMT

SOCOM 4 Moves to South Asia, Features Women in Combat

Sony, as the publisher, and Zipper Interative, as the developer, have announced that this fall will see the launch of SOCOM 4, a new installment in the long running series exclusive to the PlayStation 3 home gaming console. Sony had been talking for some time about a surprise sequel and it seems that the publisher is...

5 March 2010
04:19 GMT

MAG Gets Patched to 1.02, Medic Support Greatly Improved

Just a few days ago, PS3's exclusive massive online shooter, MAG, received another patch, bringing the game to the age of v1.02. The main changes Zipper brought to the title were directly related to Medical Support, as the biggest improvement made was to the field medic and the way the specialization worked. Fro...

19 February 2010
03:46 GMT

Mass Effect 2 Ends Just Dance Top Domination

Mass Effect 2, the space-based role playing experience with strong cover-based shooting elements delivered by BioWare and Electronic Arts, has managed to have quite the impact, despite being out for just a week in the United Kingdom.The videogame has managed to top the software chart and seems set for a good run, aft...

4 February 2010
04:54 GMT

MAG Developer Thinks Xbox Live Players Are Juvenile

One of the biggest titles the PlayStation 3 is set to receive early in 2010 is Massive Action Game, abbreviated as MAG. It is not only big because of its exclusive status but also because of the fact that it will allow military shooter fans to actually engage in battles involving up to 256 people at the same time.And...

25 January 2010
17:31 GMT

MAG Gets Open Beta, Goes Gold

MAG has generated a lot of attention since it was first announced, and, whether that's a good thing or not, it has done so with a single feature. The team-based, first-person shooter promised to deliver a battlefield of unrivaled proportions for its genre. The game's developer, Zipper Interactive, pegged it...

22 December 2009
06:37 GMT

Beta Stage for MAG Expanded to Accomodate More Players

Sony, as the publisher, and Zipper Interactive, as the developer, are announcing that they are expanding the amount of gamers who can get into the beta stage of MAG or Massive Action Game, their multiplayer shooter set to offer complex team-based and objective-oriented battles for up to 256 players.The new stage is s...

13 October 2009
13:31 GMT

Sony Details MAG Pre-Order Bonuses, Beta Access

Sony has announced that players who are interested in buying Massive Action Game, also known as MAG, its upcoming multiplayer shooter, now have a variety of options related to pre-ordering the videogame and getting access to the beta. The full game is set to be released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 on January 31...

9 September 2009
04:18 GMT

Sony's MAG Is Only Possible on the PlayStation 3

Sony caused quite a lot of hype when it announced one of its biggest titles prepared for the end of 2009, MAG: Massive Action Game. The title, which promises to deliver a Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter experience, will feature support for online battles consisting of up to 256 players due to a uniq...

6 April 2009
13:01 GMT

Massive Action Game Details Revealed by Sony

One of the overlooked elements in Sony's presentation at the E3 trade show was MAG, an upcoming massive multiplayer game which should debut exclusively on the PlayStation 3 sometime in 2009. Now Sony seems to be passing around a questionnaire about the game suggesting that, for the first time, it might be consid...

30 September 2008
18:31 GMT

Massive Action Game Coming in Spring 2009

The big unveil at Sony's E3 press conference was arguably Massive Action Game, a multiplayer oriented shooter which is due to revolutionize the way players approach team based online games. In an interview for Eurogamer, Sony representatives said that the game might be ready in time for a spring 2009 release. Th...

21 July 2008
16:06 GMT

Aug/Sept Issue of Beckett Massive Online Gamer Out!

It's on its way to retail shelves. What do you mean 'what is'? The latest issue of your favorite MMO game Magazine, Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine. The August/September - Vol. 2 No. 3 Issue 8 contains nothing but stunning insider feature stories which readers won't find anywhere else. This ...

25 July 2007
09:40 GMT


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