Video: 256-player mayhem in new MAG developer diary

Heads up, PS3 owners. Zipper Interactive has released a new dev diary video for MAG, the massive PS3-exclusive shooter that they’re readying for release later this year. Here, the devs give us a look at the challenges that they faced in setting up a game that brings together 256 different players.

Heads up, PS3 owners. Zipper Interactive has released a new dev diary video for MAG, the massive PS3-exclusive shooter that they’re readying for release later this year. Here, the devs give us a look at the challenges that they faced in setting up a game that brings together 256 different players.

In the vid, they touch on a lot of topics including level design, frame rates, and the considerations that they had to make to ensure that individual players don’t get lost in a sea of online compatriots and enemies. Lots of gameplay footage are interspersed with the interviews too, so check it out.

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