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MAG on GameBattles.com

The following is reprinted from the Official PlayStation Blog as posted by Media Partnership Specialist, Brian Gauld.

Attention, private military operatives. Brian Gauld here providing you with vital information on how you can become the Ultimate MAG Soldier. Between now and May 29, compete in the MAG online ladder on GameBattles.com for your chance at prizes valued at over $15,000 including Sony Style Gift Cards and MAG PlayStation Home virtual items. Every month there’s a new challenge and with each challenge comes another chance for you to win prizes from your friends here at SCEA. At the end of each of the three months, prizes will be awarded to the top 10 challenge finishers.

In order to participate, you’ll need to authenticate your PlayStation Network ID on GameBattles in your Profile. Not a GameBattles member? Sign-up here. Registration is open so join the shadow war, and sign-up quickly to become the Ultimate MAG Soldier.

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MAG.com Leaderboard Beta

What’s up everybody? As we mentioned in our MAG patch v1.03 news last week, one of the elements we included in our most recent update was the ability to track in-game stats on MAG.com. As of today, we’re rolling out the beta version of our statistical leaderboards so that players dying to know how they stack up can get their fix.

Because this feature is in its beta form, however, the stats that are available to you are limited, while full functionality has not yet been turned on. If you don’t want to read on to see what statistics we’re tracking in the early beta version now and would rather find out for yourself, just navigate to the MAG.com homepage and select the “Leaderboards” option from the navigation menu, or scroll down below the Olivia Darby video to check out the current leaders and jump off from there.

If you want to know what you can and can’t find first, however, then here’s our current list of facts:

  • This first beta version will only list a cross-section of 150,000 players. A full list of every player’s stats will be available in future versions.
  • You can filter stats by the following regions: Global, Europe, Japan, North America, and Korea.
  • You can filter stats by key categories: Core Stats, Kill Stats, Command Stats, and Leadership Stats.
  • You can filter stats by time range: All-Time, This Week, and This Month.
  • Current tracked stats include XP, Wins, Losses, MVPs, Kills, Kill/Death Ratio, Headshots, Knife Kills, Tactical Abilities Called, Tactical Strike Kills, Strategic Maneuvers Called, Air Strike Kills, Mortar Bombardment Kills, Leadership Points, Squad Leader Wins, Squad Leader Losses, Platoon Leader Wins, Platoon Leader Losses, Team Leader Wins, and Team Leader Losses.
  • Currently, you cannot search for a specific player — that feature will be enabled in future versions.

Go ahead and give our leaderboard beta a try. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be implementing a number of upgrades and additions as we expand what this feature has to offer.  See you then.

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PlayStation Network Service Restored

The following is reprinted from the Official PlayStation Blog as posted by Sr. Director of Corporate Communications and Social Media, Patrick Seybold.

We are aware that the internal clock functionality in the PS3 units other than the slim model, recognized the year 2010 as a leap year. Having the internal clock date change from February 29 to March 1 (both GMT), we have verified that the symptoms are now resolved and that users are able to use their PS3 normally.

If the time displayed on the XMB is still incorrect, users are able to adjust time settings manually or via the internet. If we have new information, we will update you through the PlayStation.Blog or PlayStation.com.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Latest Info on PlayStation Network Status

The following is reprinted from the Official PlayStation Blog as posted by Sr. Director of Corporate Communications and Social Media, Patrick Seybold.

As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today. This problem affects the models other than the new slim PS3.

We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

Errors include:

  • The date of the PS3 system may be re-set to Jan 1, 2000.
  • When the user tries to sign in to the PlayStation Network, the following
    message appears on the screen; “An error has occurred. You have been
    signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)”.
  • When the user tries to launch a game, the following error message appears
    on the screen and the trophy data may disappear; “Failed to install
    trophies. Please exit your game.”
  • When the user tries to set the time and date of the system via the
    Internet, the following message appears on the screen; “The current date
    and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)”
  • Users are not able to play back certain rental video downloaded from the
    PlayStation Store before the expiration date.

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

As mentioned above, please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologize for any inconvenience caused.

For the latest status on this situation please continue to check either the PlayStation.Blog or PlayStation.com.

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MAG Developer Tips: OIC

After a three-week run, we’ve come to our final installment of our MAG Developer Tip series. To close it out Zipper’s training, vehicle and environment designer Ben Jones walks us through the biggest responsibility in the game: Being the OIC. As always, we open with a video:

“Howdy, Ben Jones here! With all the great tips that have come from other Zippers over the week (particularly all of the leadership-oriented bits that have come out over the last few days), I’m going to impart this small list of tried and true techniques that build upon earlier strategies and maximize your effectiveness as an OIC. Some are obvious, some aren’t, but all are helpful.”

Basic Tips:

  • Your OIC abilities can be accessed by using the TCM through the D-Pad or the CNI by pressing SELECT
  • These abilities are best used while trying to make a push as either an attacker or defender, so try and time their use with changes in the battle! If attackers have opened up their forward spawns try blockading them to give your team time to regroup.
  • Communicating with the Squad and Platoon leaders below you is essential. Maneuver through the comms channels by using the D-Pad and guide your team to victory

Advanced Tips:

  • If most of your platoons have fallen back from their frontline defenses, consider using “Signal Jamming” to keep the enemies from using their own CNI effectively, while also using the “Blockade” ability to decrease their spawn times. Finally, use “Rapid Redeploy” to increase your own spawn time and finish the job.
  • Speaking of Blockade and Rapid Redeploy, if Blockade is used on you, you can use Rapid Redeploy in return to move the timer to normal.
  • “Tactical Strike” is essential for full-on attacks. With it, you can eliminate immediate wait times on any and all cooldown bars for command abilities within your entire army.
  • Team Broadcast is one of your available comms channels on the D-Pad. Use it sparingly to bolster the morale of your troops and praise them for decisive actions!

Thank you very much Ben. More importantly, though, thank you to each and every one of our fans who has helped make MAG a big success for us. We hope you enjoyed our tip series and invite you check back again with us in the coming weeks for even more news from 2025.

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