Sony have released the box art for their upcoming MMO first person shooter MAG.

MAG is released on January 26th, 2010.

I’ve got no feelings for this game, I don’t like online shooters so this one is gonna go completely over my head. Although it’s probably worth a rental just to see how the PSN copes with 256 players in a single game.

Just for those of you who don’t know, MAG offers no single player campaign, it’s purely online shooting action.

I have no doubts that the game will be well-received critically but commercially, I worry for MAG.

Anyway, here’s some stats that Sony released concerning their online public BETA testing…

• More than 42,000 matches were played over the course of the full public beta (August 17 – December 5).
• During October’s beta period alone nearly 534,000+ miles were traveled in-game by MAG players each week.
• During the final month of the Beta 4 and 4.5 periods (November 9 – December 5):
• Of the more than 65,000 players that logged on, 17,000 of them qualified for Squad Leader, 3500 people qualified for Platoon Leader, 1100 folks made it all the way to OIC, and 206 dedicated warriors made it all the way to the level 60 experience cap.
• Nearly 18 million kills were made and an excess of 700 million shots were fired.
• The Top 3 most played maps all belonged to the Sabotage mode. They were, in order, Syr Darya Uplink, Darien Network, and Copper Hills Relay.

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