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 21 September, 2009 at 11:37 pm by ashbash159
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 7:38 am by slayer1990
either that or you werent in the 16000 to apply
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 8:19 am by clarkyspeaks
Rather than telling us all they will be sent later in the week, could you give us a specific date for each batch that is sent out over the following weeks.
Surely that can’t be too difficult????
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 10:43 am by NUKE_LLANI
Anychance of obtaining the beta key….. it says closed early
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 11:00 am by vicheous
I signed up for a friend since he has no computer… I did it for him 30-60min after i myslef signed up. And well guess what, he got one and i did not…
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 11:04 am by JJ_ellison_B
i jus want to say thanks for my codes cheers shijima hope to see everyone who was successful on the groundzero 2nyt…..
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 11:56 am by Dark-Scanner
Woooop, just got my beta code! I came yesterday but only seen it today. Cheers to the powers that be for selecting me.
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 2:32 pm by slayer1990
day 3 still no code
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 3:13 pm by Crinkled
The beta is taking FOREVER to download for me! I downloaded it alright from the PS Store (about 280mb) which downloaded quite fast. But then it had to have a 33mb patch. And then when you go to the game, you have to recieve over 2500mb worth of data. My PS3 has been on since about 11pm last night. It’s 3pm now (16 hours later!) and I’m only on 60%…my internet download speed must be atrocious. I think I need to reset the router, but I don’t want to incase it aborts the download. Is anyone else suffering from slow download speeds?
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 4:45 pm by Spammer4Life
i had verry slow download speed under the 33 mb download, but i think the big one did allrigth because i started it when i went to bed, and it was done 7 hours after when i woke up!
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 5:17 pm by Valthyr
What’s the joke with this stupid beta! Seriously… yesterday eve it took a huge amount of time to get up to date. When I was finished I coulnd’t log on anymore.
At midnight I constantly had a connection lost problem and haven’t come further than the main menu.
Today I can’t even check my character because the server is unavailvable!!
How am I able to even try the beta? What’s up with this?
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 6:14 pm by Smittlez
#361 Be happy, at least you’re not one of the 6,000 people who are left out
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 9:46 pm by yohance
EXPLINATION PLEASE!!!!
i signed up for the competition successfully….. told a friend 2 to the same, they signed up successfully….
i signed in today and found them playing mag ßeta!
as the competition clearly states 1st come 1st served where is my code. surely im guaranteed 1 as i registered before her???
you see the logic there right lol.
any ideas? as the day is coming 2 an end nand there is no code in my inbox
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 10:42 pm by TeKNiuM37
is there any other way of obtaining a beta code?..i dont have a pc and the link doesnt work on ps3 browser…has competition closed or is it still worth me battling jigsaw box wielding old ladies in my local library?
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Posted on 22 September, 2009 at 11:26 pm by Spammer4Life
its to late
the beta is great:)
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 12:08 am by yohance
im not interested in your thoughts spammer, as i think your just posting to boast.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 1:40 am by RedeyeCult
REGISTERED?? NOT GOT A CODE YET?? READ THIS FELLOW MAG TESTERS!!!!
If you registered for the European MAG Beta but haven’t heard word yet,don’t worry, because Shijima, the European SOCOM & MAG Franchise Producer has confirmed that everyone will get access, and probably by mid-afternoon tomorrow. “I can confirm,” he says, “that everyone in all regions who registered but never received their code will be sent one over the course of tomorrow, probably by 2-3pm UK time. Furthermore, in an effort to try and do a Quantum Leap (put right what once went wrong), we will be sending out codes to the remaining 20,000-odd people who registered. So, if you managed to register on the site before the competition closed, I am told that you WILL get your code tomorrow.”Excellent news, and great service from the guys running the beta. Barring any network, ISP or email bounce problems that are beyond the control of the team, you should have yours tomorrow if you’re not already MAGging it up.Thanks, Zuler. (this was posted on the 22nd of september and was copyed from the site sixthaxis)
SO I WILL BE SEEING YOU ALL TOMOROW AND LIKE ME YOU CAN STOP I REPEAT STOP REFRESHING YOUR INBOX LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING LOL HOPE THIS HELPS YOU ALL.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 3:31 am by yohance
RedeyedCult’s post checks out, i just checked it out 4 myself on TheSixthAxis just to confirm
thanks 4 passing it on, much appreciated… i know how u “like to be thanked” LOL
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 8:15 am by spitfireuk1
thats not confirming anything by going on the site which he got the info from. To confirm you and official post on a sony site such as here or on the MAG site.
Until then i’m staying calm on getting on with my life.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 10:57 am by Smittlez
#369
If you look at the post it has a hyperlink to the playstation EU forum, where Shijima has posted a confirmation:
http://www.community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu /board/message?board.id=bEN_Games_MAG&message.id=9358#M9358
So I guess we’re oka after all…
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 4:25 pm by slayer1990
still no code
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 4:31 pm by SuloEST
lol
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 4:35 pm by Gimpt
16,000? 372 coments? OH BOY!
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 4:40 pm by Crinkled
I got to 60% updating the game, and then my internet cut out and MAG lost connection to the servers where it was recieving the information! So I still haven’t got to play it yet, as my PS3 will be on for hours and hours more until it manages to update (nearly at 50%…it probably won’t be done until early hours of the morning, if not later. I wish I was joking, using so much electricity)! If my internet loses connection again then I’m not even going to bother trying again. My PS3 will probably brick.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 5:04 pm by seblonguk
Has anyone received their codes for the 2-3pm window promised today? I entered this competition within 4 minutes of the blog post being made (Google Reader FTW), and have yet to get my code.
I’m going to be absolutely gutted if there was something wrong with the very earliest submissions into the competition and mine has been missed.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 5:09 pm by Smittlez
#375 Nope, no luck for me! Starting to look bad… Well, can’t say i wasn’t expecting something to go wrong..
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 5:17 pm by vicheous
Still no code for me! My friend got one and i signed up for him 60min after i did my own.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 5:48 pm by Smittlez
Woo! Got it!
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 6:03 pm by seblonguk
MAG code is in. Yus!
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 6:16 pm by zonaw
Yeah .. My code arrived today.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 6:24 pm by TeKNiuM37
any news on wether theres going to be anymore codes issued?(unless someone has a spare floating around..)
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 6:27 pm by seedaripper1973
get in!!! it was in my bloody spam box!!! check your spam box lads just incase!!! (downloading this bad boy now!!)
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 7:39 pm by renrob56
i have heard thet ther is a another round for new beta keys ?
can some one give me a answer on thet pleas ?
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 7:44 pm by fanpages
Hi,
I received a “You’ve been recruited into the MAG beta” e-mail this afternoon (at 5:38pm UK time).
I typed the code in as detailed in the message at 7:29pm, and after clicking [Confirm] on the acceptance of the “Use of this item is subject to the Terms of Service and any specific conditions applying to the promotion” dialog box I was presented with the message:
“The code you entered may not be correct or may no longer be valid. Please check your entries.”
I checked the code three times, by starting over twice more.
No joy
Please advise if there is a known problem with some of the codes, e-mails, or redemption process.
Thank you.
BFN,
fp.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 7:58 pm by seedaripper1973
ay up fanpages, have’nt seen you since threespeech…anyhow, i’m sure you know its case sensitive (i buggered mine up by doing that) other than that i wish you luck mate (im still bloody downloading the thing) i liked the cut of your jib before, so feel free to add me…seedaripper1973 (im in the uncharted beta too-not wanting to rub salt in wounds)
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 9:54 pm by slayer1990
downloading mine now 28% after 3 hours lol looks like an overnight DL
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 9:57 pm by zonaw
fanpages: My code was ok, I managed to DL original archive and install it quite fine. Updates however.. well.. are quite huge and my PS3 is DL.ing those at the moment.
Be sure you’ll use right Case.. that is, use big and small letters accordingly.
PS: To Zipper Interactive: Would have be nice if you had send a prototype.version of user-manual on E-mail as well. It would have been nice reading while PS3 keeps updating.
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Posted on 23 September, 2009 at 11:02 pm by MrGalaxy
can i have the beta
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 12:08 am by TeKNiuM37
anyone know why the link to the (closed)competition doesnt work on ps3?.is it just that the ps3 has a not great browser?..wouldve been good if they couldve done it through the ps store somehow(not owning a pc i couldnt sign up..but im not jealous and bitter…much..)..heres hoping for more closed beta codes or failing that an open beta sometime around christmas…
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 12:40 am by twistedintoform
i got my code as well, and am also suffering from extremely slow download speeds. the first 300mb from the store was ok, but for the 2.6gb download, i’ve only got to 2% after about 25 minutes.. my internet connection should be capable of downloading that in about 5 hrs, but at this rate it’s going to take about 14.. but i don’t want to leave my PS3 on all day while i’m at work tomorrow.. by the time i get home it’ll have been on for 24hrs straight. definitely not recommended.
does the demo really have to be 3gb?. i know the maps are supposed to be big and all, but seriously, 3gb??
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 1:28 am by darciaLoVER79
someone please help me get MAG BETA… i would love to play this game
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 5:19 am by Dante_Zero
3gb is the main client that would normally be on the disk remember your not downloading a demo here your afctually downloading a huge portion of the game codes. thats why its so big. also will take longer than normal as servers holding the data will probably be the same as the ones hosting the games. i recomend people download it and leave it running over night, problem solved. be laying this since got the code and am absolutely luving it. there are a few tweaks that need to be made and graphics need abit of a polish but i, happy with the beta. the perks system has alot of depth to tailoring the way yoou play. just got to level 17 and have qualified to be a squad leader so looking forward to having a play around with the perks of being a leader.
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 9:08 am by slayer1990
just done the dl deff worth doing overnight looking forward to spilling some blood on the battlefield at 5 today
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 9:16 am by zonaw
@392 Is there single player mode& tutorial at the beta? I’d like to test it alone before jumpin in at 19 local time (17 at uk?). My download is at 83%, so it’ll take some hours.
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 9:27 am by twistedintoform
i left it running all night and only got to 60%. i had to stop it before i left for work, as i don’t want the ps3 running all day as well and overheating. the download speeds are ridiculously slow. a friend of mine has a 10mb/s connection and is only at 75% since 6pm yesterday. i know it needs the game client as well as the maps, but 3gb is a hell of a size of client. i’m hoping the download will resume from near to where i left off. if it starts back at 0% i’m going to forget about it for now…
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 10:06 am by sandystrachan
Sitting at 76% , if they knew it had a huge update why didn’t they just release it in the store as a whole ??????
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 10:06 am by vicheous
Still no code for me
I know i should have had one…
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 10:11 am by slayer1990
well my dl froze at 81% it was there for 4 hours and i got annoyed so i quit it and went to redo the dl but it said installing game data and it works perfectly. this happened to my m8 too. if the HDD light isnt flashing try restating it.
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 10:25 am by seedaripper1973
bloody hell this is daft!!! ive been DL’n since 6.30 yesterday evening and its stuck on 81%…trouble is i tried the restart thing and it practically started from the begining i think it shot to about 14% then went slow again…this is a sodding joke!
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Posted on 24 September, 2009 at 10:34 am by sandystrachan
Will we ever get to play this game , before the code runs out ????
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