Everyone in MAG gets a new map...sort of

When I first heard about this game I was very tempted to go buy me a PS3. 256 people on a map ?? I figured I was for sure good to get more than my normal 8 kills per game. (MW2)

Over time though I have heard some not so good things about the game and it's wanna be glory of having clans built in. I should do an interview with one of those clan community leaders to see how that is working out for them. Surely they are not having meetings in PS3 game lobbies as I heard you can't talk to each other on that network. Has that changed yet?

As for this game, it still looks and sounds good but not the one to make me spend 300 bucks. Or is it still 400 bucks for a PS3?

I read this post from one of our affiliates Fidgit which says "everyone in MAG, the Playstation 3's fantastic online shooter, gets a new map. To enjoy your new map, you don't have to do anything. Just join a sabotage game -- that's the one where one team has to hijack vehicles and escape through enemy defenses -- and you'll eventually see someplace you've never seen before. "

I don't know about you but, WTF? I think I will stick to the downloading nightmare we have on xbox when a new map pack is released.

The reason for this is beccause the rules for the maps have change. Seems previously each of the game's three faction had a map that put them up against one of the other factions. If you are like me you just got a headache but in short from what I am reading here is, that means that you will never see the map fought over by the two factions that aren't yours. This was an incentive to max out your character's level, which made him eligible to switch factions.

Sounds cool huh? Well, last week, developer Zipper Interactive announced that the sabotage game mode would be "faction neutral" from now on, which meant everyone would be eligible for the map his faction would never seen. According to Zipper's community manager in the article's comments section, there are plans for the same change to at least one other mode as well. Which means another new map is on the way. Lucky you MAG players. I think.