Eurogamer goes to WAR

By Eurogamer staff Published 22 December, 2009

Massive MAG event announced.

Eurogamer needs you! Specifically, we need you to kill our enemies.

Ahead of the launch of MAG for PlayStation 3 at the end of January, we need 64 of our best and most handsome and talented readers to represent us in a massive battle against our bitter and extremely evil rivals at another website.

You will get to play the game online early next month as part of the open beta, and then take those skills into battle on our behalf at a Central London venue, where you will be pampered with free food and drink and invited to play against our evil enemies in Sabotage and Acquisition battles.

After that, you will join forces with our aforementioned enemies and take the battle to 128 unspeakably evil super enemies from the US, all of whom probably have one of those rubbish little tuft beard things. Remember: the enemies of our super enemies are our friends. All 64 of them.

Not content with that, all 64 of our guys will get a limited edition copy of MAG to take home and finish the fight. Wait, that's the other lot. You may also find yourself starring in a special Eurogamer TV Show covering the event.

More details to follow in the New Year! In the meantime, why not remind yourself what MAG is all about in our beefy hands-on preview?

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  • Ged42 #1 2 years ago

    I'll give this a go, I'm rubbish but if you need some cannon fodder I'm it. :)

  • JamieR #2 2 years ago

    Can't wait to watch that event Eurogamer is gonna kick ass

  • Triggerhappytel #3 2 years ago

    I will try out for this too - DLd the beta from the US store, but was dismayed to see that it's not live until next year now.

  • merkdot #4 2 years ago

    no-one here actually plays games though.

  • El-Dev #5 2 years ago

    Tempting, good idea as well.

  • morriss #6 2 years ago

    Gimme a PS3 and I'll join and win. :)

  • Whatsfor #7 2 years ago

    Whats the pension like?

    Any healthcare benefits?

    How much annual holiday leave?

    Do we get overtime for weekend work?

    Etc etc...

  • spliffhead #8 2 years ago

    Bring it!

  • slimspudly #9 2 years ago

    put me down for it ;)

  • lucky_jim #10 2 years ago

    This sounds like great fun. I'm not part of PS3-land but I'm sure "ah boys" will "do us praaaaad" and all that.

  • psychokitten #11 2 years ago

    I didn't see this! I may have already promised a staffer I'd join after I had some beverages, but I'll keep my promise.

    Bring it on, evil-doers, we'll smote you good.

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #12 2 years ago

    Tempting - but how is EG going to filterthose thom are actal logical thinking team players from the ones that scream 'I PWN YOU!' down the headset and then scream blue hell down the mic at the rest of the team when they die constantly to 'solo play'?

    Sounds like all the trappings to a bad MMO PUG group to me

  • Nillsens #13 2 years ago

    Just don't lose to the yanks!

  • Climhazzard #14 2 years ago

    ooooooo think im going for that then :)

  • Murton #15 2 years ago

    Seriously looking forward to seeing this action. Any chance Digital Foundry could take a look at what's going on behind the scenes with MAG, many modern FPS titles seem to be decreasing the number of the people supported in multiplayer, especially on the consoles so it would be really interesting to see what MAG is doing different compared to every other game out there.

  • jewishjenkins #16 2 years ago

    I'd love to be involved, if i'm not too late that is. Go eurogamer!

  • klown-fish #17 2 years ago

    I'm in! :p

  • elephant_stone #18 2 years ago

    If you have already got the Beta can you join the EG clan?

  • CaptainCortez #19 2 years ago

    I wasn't sure whether to get this game or not, but I've heard promising things, and thankfully I'm pretty rad at all games. I'm not an arrogant person, but I can be when it comes to saying how good I am at most games.

    I did Killzone 2 on Hardened I think it was called, and that was when I first got it. It was pretty mental though. Definitely the last few checkpoints in the game, but hey I pressed on and won!

    Did Modern Warfare 2 on Veteran without too much trouble, and I teamed up with someone to do some of the later levels of spec-op's, and ended up blazing through the Gulag mission, doing it in 40 seconds.

    I have about 706 trophies, 4 or 5 of which are platinums, and same goes for the games which are around the 80% mark. Got Batman at 75%, but that's pretty hard in the challenge rooms, so I haven't bothered with that too much, as it just gets crazy. The only time I got the trophy for not being attacked once, and getting a perfect on it, was when I was drunk. Couldn't do it when I was sober at all, so maybe a 5 second delay helps, haha.

    Anyway, this sounds like the ideal event to try out MAG, and seeing as shooters are one of my specialties (the other being action games like God of War and Devil May Cry), I'd be proud to fight for Eurogamer!

    I may not have been a member on here for very long, but I've been a reader of the Eurogamer articles for a lot longer, and attended both of the eurogamer events (and believe it or not, still have my Expo 2009 wrist band on......I like the bright orangeness of it, haha.

    So yea, if I get to go, thank you very very much, as this sounds like an awesome event. If not, then I hope those of you who do go, have a rad and awesome time!

    I'm not that bad looking either, so I think I'll do Eurogamer well. :p

    Haha.

    Thanks a lot anyway, and happy new year everyone! I hope you've all recovered by now. I had one, and it wasn't nice, so I slept all day to make up for it, and then woke up at 6pm, to go out at 8pm to see Sherlock Holmes.

    It was pretty good, but had a lot more crime solving than action, unlike what the trailer offers. I'd still recommend it, if you're a fan of slightly spooky crime stories. ;)

    TriggerHappyTel - Weren't you on the playstation forums years back? Possibly even when they were still blue and orange? You should know my handle. If not, my old one was Dante365.........that's very old though. Been Cortez for years.
    Edited by CaptainCortez at 02/01/10 @ 07:14

  • costa_k #20 2 years ago

    I'd like to have a go,though friends that have been on the beta don't think much of the game.

  • oreillymj #21 2 years ago

    MESSIAH999 + 1

    You can see this easily in MW2 where a small clan who communicate with headsets will wipe the floor against a team of renegades.

  • Lee_Morris #22 2 years ago

    I'll give it a go as I was planing on getting the game anyway

  • XanderFish #23 2 years ago

    @CaptainCortez

    "I'm not an arrogant person"

    Those 10 paragraphs say you are

  • Fur_Cough #24 2 years ago

    @messiah99

    I see your concern, but I believe the design of objectives etc in MAG will counter this. It would certainly be possible to create a game where the rewards for achieving objectives were appropriately weighted against the rewards for individuality or "aimlessness" (if you excuse the pun). Very excitied to see whether they've got it right. By the looks of things, I think they may have done.

  • mingster #25 2 years ago

    tried the beta and decided it absolutely is impossible to play without a decent squad & team leader as well as squad members who are willing to take orders and follow the objectives. You cannot just drop in and play this with randoms.

  • DarkBytes #26 2 years ago

    thought this was today ?

  • CaptainCortez #27 2 years ago

    @Xander - I said games are the exception, or did you magically fail to read that? Funny man. Pay more attention, as I don't really care about children making supposedly smart comments. Toddle along my friend.

  • XanderFish #28 2 years ago

    @CaptainCortez

    But I don't really care for children bragging about their gaming "prowess" so does that mean you should toddle along? Or have you magically failed to notice all the people marking you down? Thanks for calling my comment smart though, appreciated.

  • Weezer #29 2 years ago

    If they're up against CVG, they have some top men over there.

    Top. Men.

  • CaptainCortez #30 2 years ago

    Xander, are you only able to argue? You have to copy what I say, too. Think for yourself, kid. Also fyi, nobody else said a thing. Eurogamer want the best, which is why I said what I've accomplished. Anyways, that's enough. You should learn how to be friendly. Having the last say is childish, but as you're so predictable, go on, reply again. I get on with everyone I meet in life, as I'm a nice guy, and don't go out of my way for attention, or cause trouble wherever I go.....unlike you, my friend. Piece of advice - Be nice to people, and they might return the favour.

  • Lee_Morris #31 2 years ago

    Arrrggghhh how do I sign up for this competion?

  • CaptainCortez #32 2 years ago

    I think Eurogamer either update this page, or put in an entries page later on for it Lee, but I'm not 100% sure.

  • rauper Verified Managing Director, Eurogamer Network #33 2 years ago

    Some more details... http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/mighty...

  • XanderFish #34 2 years ago

    All I did was say you were arrogant, now you've hurt my feelings :(