Judging from what we read in the comments and the response to our MAG leadership trailer earlier this month, your trigger fingers are itching to wage into battle in the biggest multiplayer shooter ever seen on a console.
Enabling 256 players to occupy the same battlefield is no small feat, and Zipper Interactive now needs to test the game’s servers. This is where you come in (cue Uncle Sam poster).
To sign up for the MAG beta, head to eu.playstation.com/competitions and follow the instructions. That’s it – no questions or puzzles, just one big beta free-for-all.
A few things to consider:
- Up to 16,000 Promotional Codes will be distributed via email on a first come, first served basis. They will be sent out in weekly batches, so don’t give up hope if you don’t get yours straight away
- This is a beta, not a demo. This version of the game will contain bugs and other problems; these will be fixed before the game’s release
- The beta will be open for six hours a day, Monday to Friday. These times are 5pm to 8pm and midnight to 3am, GMT (although they may vary)
- Check the terms and conditions at eu.playstation.com/terms before applying to see if your region is included
- You cannot sign up to the beta via the PS3 browser. Sign ups are currently PC (and Mac) only.
I’m looking forward to seeing your foreheads at the centre of my cross hairs.












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448 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 12:49 pm by Indie-Boosh
Awesome!
Hope i’m one of the first 16000 that registered, glad it was my day off today otherwise I’d probably have been to late =)
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 12:50 pm by xshane
Did it! Do hope I get in. Looking forward to this game
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 12:51 pm by KeizerKuzco
@48 I guess it depends if you’re already logged in with your PSN ID on the blog or not when clicking the link; I wasn’t so I was sent to the general UK site, now that I am logged in I’m always send to the NL site…
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 12:51 pm by Russvik
Could Sony please explain why German User and Austrian User cant join that competition? How do we Beta-Test other Games than? Sorry but i dont believe thats German Rules, much Games are Testers by the German-Community. Please explain why u don’t let us with in? Germany are allways getting the Most stuff As the last in the List of Country. It [DELETED] me off, sorry! Your own Rules block u!
Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 12:54 pm by Elliott "Shijima" Martin
I don’t believe it’s to do with a legal issue having gamers test Beta Trials in Germany, I believe it has more to do with ‘competition’ rules (something that will be familiar to people from the UK after high-profile incidents in the news in recent years). I’m afraid I don’t know enough about it all to comment further, I am just relaying what was told to me.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:01 pm by Saber_IV
Do you know how many people have signed up so far? Already reached the 16,000 yet?
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:02 pm by tylerstyle
And once again, I have to hate, where I live… Stupid German Laws. Can’t it be somehow remedied? Isn’t there a way you could implement some kind of Age verification System, so that we, the adult gamers of Germany can join the rest of the world?
I’m getting sick and tired of this Crap.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:05 pm by Randext
Signed up!
Thank you! Finally my first beta!
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:05 pm by thegreatadam
It won’t work! Everytime I click the link it comes up with 404 – unable to open page. What a joke, this is well unfair.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:05 pm by AcidCrashX
great great great. hey elliott whys your nickname shijima? you a fan of ninja scroll?
Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:22 pm by Elliott "Shijima" Martin
Spot on my friend! My favourite Japanese anime film of all time.
I just really like the name of that character and it has stuck ever since…
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:07 pm by candystripesdcfc
Keep getting an error code on the link.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:08 pm by gitivo
page not found anyone else getting that is ireland not allow to access this beta?
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:09 pm by KingOfNexus
Thanks zipper and EU blog! Finally the EU gets in on something for once!
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:13 pm by candystripesdcfc
Some help Shijima please 404 error for irish folk.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:14 pm by BritishBlue
Signed up straight away, hope I get in, I’m really looking forward to MAG!
Tough luck for the Germans though…well, you lot voted in the bloody censorship brigade now you’ve got to sleep in the bed you made. No point in blaming Sony.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:16 pm by Fordhandsfree
Hi there
The competition link doesnt work, keeps saying 404 error page couldnt be found, would that be due to me using my ps3 internet browser? Has anybody else got this problem? Would really like to participate in this beta.
Thanks
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:19 pm by Fordhandsfree
Sorry, ive just read through some comments and noticed a few people are getting the same error, its well annoying!
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:21 pm by loonytoon1982
Cheers Shijima,
Signed up and hopefully get a code. Time to play the waiting game but I’ll not get my hopes up until that game is booting up and I’m firing my gun
The time frame isn’t the greatest but if people want to test it they will ignore that and play it anyway
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:27 pm by xKillerMonkeyx
Question when does the EU beta start, like will we be able to play as soon as we get the code
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:28 pm by Roxas598
MAGnificent (did you see what i did there)
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:33 pm by julianszz
I cAnt Wait Dam :$
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:34 pm by HighTony
Where are my manners?! I signed up an hour or so ago and didn’t say thank you for the opportunity. Thanks. =)
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:36 pm by shergzTEC
everything went through ok,hope i get in cant wait.
thanks.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:37 pm by Saber_IV
For people still having issues accessing it you have to makes sure you have filled in your account details on playstation.com itself and you may also have to register (you need your serial number).
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:37 pm by Ziggy-Moff
Cool, nice to see an EU mag beta, really looking foward to trying the game.
I would be very shocked if any of us on the 1st couple of pages didn’t get in due to the fact it’s a 1st come 1st served beta.
Anyways, here’s hoping.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:38 pm by swcoruscant
On the T&Cs it says you need to be 18, but it also says you need a master account. Because my account was created before I was 18, it’s a sub-account (I’m 18 now), so does that mean that I won’t be eligable for beta access?
If so I think that’s unfair because sub-accounts cannot be upgraded to ll ‘master’ accounts when you turn 18. In my view this is a pretty big gap in PSN’s workings that unfairly penalise those who created sub-accounts before they were 18 then turned 18 but still have a sub-account.
It unfairly penalises those few who didn’t lie about their age when they created their account (as most do), and I believe this is wrong.
Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:41 pm by Elliott "Shijima" Martin
Have you tried creating a new ‘master’ account instead?
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:40 pm by Pranksterr
Yep same error like msg for aswell when submitting application
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:42 pm by dalonline74
i signed up with no error msg so hope i get code as a few friends are already on the beta test for this
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:43 pm by Drahcir999999999
yes i get this message too:
‘We are unable to provide the page requested. To continue browsing playstation.com, you can try returning to the Home Page or using search’
HELP ??!! did it work ??
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:45 pm by Ziggy-Moff
@73
You don’t need the serial number registered, i don’t have mine registered (no point, it’s out of warranty) and i managed to submit my app ok.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:45 pm by swcoruscant
I don’t want to create a new account, as I’ve used this account since I got my PS3. All my save files are with that account, all my friends are on my friends list on that account, and on all my online games (e.g COD4) all my rankings are on that account. Why should I lose all that just because Sony haven’t plugged the gaping hole in PSN that creates so much bother? Why can’t PSN just automatically upgrade your account to a master account when you turn 18? It’s pretty simple problem to fix, in my opinion.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:45 pm by machine3
Thanks Shijima
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:50 pm by dAnC2X
This is so much better than having to follow 20 different twitter accounts/gaming sites just for the chance to get a non-working code.
Hopefully more betas will be distributed using this approach should a pre-order program not be in place
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:50 pm by richrar
Hey,
This looks great, should be a right laugh.
Thanks
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:54 pm by candystripesdcfc
http://uk.playstation.com/registration/sign-up/ CLICK COMPETITIONS
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 1:56 pm by DroN4eG
Thank you Sony, again.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:00 pm by sebbodes0
It’s sad, i wish i would get my hands on MAG for the next time
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:01 pm by Patch247
Signed up…Looking forward to it.
Quick question…will those of us who follow the T&C’s and provide educated feedback if / when required be looked on favourably for future betas?
Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 3:16 pm by Elliott "Shijima" Martin
We don’t require any feedback during this phase as that was taken care of during the Closed Beta Trial, thanks.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:03 pm by MOONDOG-R-I-P
thanks very much shijima for giving eu the chance of getting into the beta program.
fingers and toes crossed for all the people that have entered the comp for the beta.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:07 pm by thegreatadam
This is rubbish, so unfair that I can’t access the link. No-ones even giving us any reason as to why loads of us are getting the error 404 message.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:08 pm by gbh08
@ swcoruscant
maybe you can make a new master account, get the beta and install it from master account, but still play it from other id’s on your ps3… not 100% sure on that but i think that was possible on the lbp beta
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:08 pm by haasakahero
WOHHHHHOOOOOOO lol feel sorry for the Germans and Austrians… I was borne in Austria LUCKY I MOVED TO UK LOL… ahhh it may all be worth it NOW… GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND THANKS FOR THE INFO YOU THE ‘MAN’…
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:11 pm by Russvik
Ohh, seems so its Time to change to XBox for real Gaming. They work with all of the EU and not only some Countries. Go ahead and u will lose more and more EU Gamers. Congratulaition in your blindness!!!
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:11 pm by Saber_IV
@ people with errors
If you’re using Google Chrome switch to either IE, Opera or Firefox. That apparently works.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:12 pm by aat08
This certainly is some fantastic news. I have always wondered how this title could handle 256 players in a single server. How will we identify the developers though?
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:13 pm by candystripesdcfc
@ thegreatadam http://uk.playstation.com/registration/sign-up/ login and click competition
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:25 pm by acethelord
just entered i hope i get into the beta, really looking forward to MAG.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:28 pm by dabomb3k
same thing as the above post for me, cant submit my id!
Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 3:20 pm by Elliott "Shijima" Martin
I am told the link in the original post will be updated soon to one that works, regardless of your country. As for 404 errors, if you are trying to view the competition page on your PS3 browser then it’s not compatible, sorry; please try using a PC instead.
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:30 pm by Juhako
Nice to see how some twitch in pain, when they don’t get what they want. And Germany being one of the largest countries in Europe, usually get new things first with other big European countries and now that you finally miss these little things you go all boo-hoo. Nothing new for the smaller European countries. Live with it!
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:35 pm by InstantNoodlez
yeah … thanks again for … nothing!?
didn’t know it’s called now SCEUK…
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Posted on 15 September, 2009 at 2:37 pm by Killa_Cobra_ST
Thanks for that, hope im in
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