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Unit 13 Proves That the PlayStation Vita Can Deliver a Full-Console Experience in the Palms of Your Hands

James Pikover — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:00 EST

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People love Nathan Drake. And it's safe to say that Uncharted: Golden Abyss will be the premiere adventure title for the Vita. However, it's looking like Unit 13—from Zipper Interactive, the developer behind SOCOM and MAG—will be the one you'll want to sate that thirst for Rainbow Six-style antics. More »

See How Unit 13 Brings Touch-Happy Tactical Shooting to the PlayStation Vita

Evan Narcisse — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:40:00 EST

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Here's a look at the upcoming portable from the makers of the SOCOM games. You'll see how the same kind of tactical focus has been revisited and rebuilt for a portable and more social experience, as previously noted by our own Stephen Totilo. With the fact that the Vita's a dual-stick handheld, this could be a shooter that feels like the ones made for consoles do, but one with intriguing network features that make it stand apart, too. Unit 13 will hit during PlayStation Vita's launch window, which opens on Feb. 22 of next year. More »

Brand New Vita Shooter Fires Out a Debut Trailer. Bang! Bang!

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:30:00 EST

Unit 13 is the new shooter from Zipper Interactive, the studio behind most of the SOCOM games. More »

SOCOM 4 Pro Assault Pack Gives You More Guns to Shoot, More Places to Shoot Them

Drew Cohen — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:20:00 EDT

Zipper Interactive has released a new DLC pack for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals. The "Pro Assault Pack" includes three new maps and two new guns—and is absolutely free, for registered SOCOM Pro members. [SOCOM Blog] More »

SOCOM Studio Hit With Layoffs; Sony Calls them Routine

Owen Good — Thu, 19 May 2011 00:27:58 EDT

Scuttlebutt has it that the Sony Computer Entertainment studio Zipper Interactive, maker of combat shooters MAG and the SOCOM series, lost several employees in a round of layoffs today. Reached for comment, a Sony spokesperson confirmed layoffs at Zipper, characterizing them as "normal business practice and a result of cutting back on production resources after the launch of two major franchises." Sony would not specify how many positions were lost. Update: Multiple tipsters have suggested that 33 people were let go. More »

SOCOM 4 Dated For April

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:15:00 EST

Sony tells us today that SOCOM 4, for the PlayStation 3, will be out in North America on April 19. More »

Rumor: Resident Evil In The Hands Of SOCOM Team

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:00:00 EDT

Following in the trail blazed by Dead Rising 2, the next Resident Evil game may come from the Great White North. SOCOM developer Slant Six Games could be the latest studio tapped by Capcom to create its games. More »

PlayStation Hacker Won't Do Hard Time

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 11 May 2010 08:00:00 EDT

The teenager who got so miffed at Sony over a game of SOCOM that he hacked the company's website has been sentenced for his crimes. He will not be hung, drawn or quartered. More »

Meet Your New Ops Com for SOCOM 4

Owen Good — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:00:00 EDT

This is Cullen Gray of NATO's International Security Force. He's going to be the lead performer in the upcoming SOCOM sequel. Sony published a small batch of screens, plus a profile of what makes the new Operations Commander tick. More »

Tiger Woods, Lapsed SOCOM Fan

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:30:00 EDT

Your perceptions of Tiger Woods may have changed of late, considering he's been accused of banging every cocktail waitress in the continental United States, but there was once a time he was a mere golfer, playing SOCOM on his PS2. More »

Podcast Ready: Condemning The "Release Now, Patch Later" Attitude, Plus MW2 And GTA

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:20:23 EDT

The best Kotaku podcasts are the ones where you guys and girls do most of the talking. Download the latest episode to hear some provocative calls about the year's biggest games and who deserves the heat for bug-ridden games. More »

Uncharted, SOCOM Now Officially Cheaper

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:30:00 EDT

Sony's Greatest Hits line of budget PS3 titles for the North American market has expanded by two today, with the release of Uncharted and SOCOM: Confrontation. More »

Slew of Home Updates On the Way

AJ Glasser — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:40:00 EST

A patch, some clothes and Watchmen-themed costumes are out for Home this week. Street Fighter, SOCOM, Uncharted and Siren stuff is on the way. More »

SOCOM Confrontation Gets A Late, Patched PAL Release

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:30:00 EST

SOCOM Confrontation had a few issues. OK, it had a lot of issues. Issues that up til now, only Americans have had the pleasure of experiencing! That'll change next month with the PAL release. More »

SOCOM: Confrontation Patch Won't Fix All

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:20:00 EDT

The SOCOM: Confrontation public beta hasn't exactly been smooth. Good thing it's a beta. And good thing it's getting patched today with 8:00 AM EST — server maintenance will take 1.5 hours. But the Public Beta 1.10 Patch isn't a cure-all. According to the SOCOM Online Team: "The server maintenance and patch are not meant to address all issues. We will have more updates to both the server and client in the future." More »

PS3 Headset Dated, Priced For The US

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:20:00 EDT

We know the deal with Japan and the official Bluetooth PS3 headset, but that's of only trivial interest to most of you. Of a more direct interest should be the US details, which Sony have divulged today. The headset will, aside from launching in a bundle with SOCOM: Confrontation, also be sold individually, and will see a release sometime in "The Fall". As for pricing, you may as well buy SOCOM, as the SOCOM/headset bundle will cost you $60, with the headset alone costing you $50. More »

SOCOM Confrontation Closed Beta Pics

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:30:00 EDT

There's a SOCOM Confrontation closed beta party going on right now. And you're not invited. Bummer. Ah well. No rule against sticking your head in through the window and sneaking a peek, is there? These (blurry) pics come courtesy of a friendly neighbourhood tipster, and show...well, a bunch of stuff we're sure hardcore SOCOM buffs will appreciate. More »

SOCOM Beta Kicks Off in Sept, How You Can Get In

Brian Crecente — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

The SOCOM Confrontation public beta is set to run for the entire month of September, the developers announced today, and there are two ways you can get into it. More »

SOCOM: Confrontation Will Make You Love PSN

Jim Reilly — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

I had a chance to sit down and get a nice long demo of upcoming SOCOM: Confrontation for the PS3. As someone who wasn’t big into the previous titles in the series before, I wasn’t sure how in the hell I’d like this one. As it turns out, it’s very easy to pick up and get into. And of all the major PS3 releases this fall – and there’s a lot of them - SOCOM is the game you might want to keep an eye on. More »

Insider Describes the World of Sony's MAG

Owen Good — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Click to viewIt's not hard to imagine that Sony knew Microsoft would choose E3 to make its curtain-call announcement of Final Fantasy XIII for the 360. It's likewise reasonable to believe they searched their catalog of works under development for the best candidate to generate any buzz. What we got was a mixed bag - the trailer of an incredibly expansive shooter, but it didn't even have a title. It was just MAG: Massive Action Game. It sounded tempting, but very incomplete. More »

PS3 "Massive Action Game" Announced; Promises Battles Up to 256 Players

Owen Good — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:10:00 EDT

Click to viewSony saved the final announcement of its E3 keynote for a concept using the placehold title of "MAG: Massive Action Game," Unveiled by Andy Beaudoin from Zipper Interactive, MAG - whose trailer looked like "SOCOM set 15 years into the future," according to our eyes on the scene, will immerse players in large online battles of up to 256 players. The trailer featured multiple terrain types, complex tactics, and sounds very much like a SOCOM MMO at this stage.
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New SOCOM Confrontation Screens

Brian Crecente — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:00 EDT

David "Pointman" Brothers dropped a bunch of new screens for upcoming Playstation 3 shooter SOCOM Confrontations this week over on the SOCOM site, he also added a bit of commentary to a few. More »

Free SOCOM 3, Combined Assault Map Packs Announced

Brian Crecente — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:00:00 EDT

All eyes may be on the upcoming online only SOCOM Confrontation for the Playstation 3, but that doesn't mean that the SOCOM developers have completely forgotten about their PS2 fan base. More »

[www.ps3fanboy.com] New First-Party Bluetooth...

espiox_MbZVb7nq2uHe — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:57:06 EDT

[www.ps3fanboy.com] New First-Party Bluetooth headset unveiled, to be included in SOCOM: Confrontation bundle? More »

Sony Show A Little More Of SOCOM For The PS3

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:40:00 EST

Ah, SOCOM. On the PS3. Forgot all about it. I'm probably not the only one, which explains Sony's recent marketing push for the game, with a big feature due in next month's EGM and a couple of screens posted up on the PlayStation Blog. The EGM feature, it's not here yet, but the screens, they are. One's above, the other after the jump (click on either to embiggen them). Oh, and if you're wondering about the new camera angle, developers SealTeam-6 would like you all to know that the game will ship with an option to revert to the "classic" SOCOM camera view. More »

Second SOCOM coming to PS3

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:00:26 EDT

While talking to SCEA Marketing Maven Peter Dille earlier this month, we slipped onto the topic of SOCOM Confrontation, the online-only PS3 shooter that will be sold as a downloadable title in the Sony store. More »

PlayStation Store Update: Rampage

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:20:31 EDT

If the recent overload of PLAYSTATION 3 and PSP announcements from Sony's Gamers Day has PlayStation fans floating on air, today's PlayStation Store update will bring them right back down to earth. While a flood of new media has been pouring from SCEA this week, you'll find absolutely none of it on the Store today. Want a hi-def video of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune? You won't get it. Pain? SOCOM? Bowling? No, no, and no. More »

Clips: SOCOM Hell Week Season Two

Brian Crecente — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:20:41 EDT

Sony Targets Teens For PSP's Future

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:20:36 EDT

Game|Life's Chris Kohler spoke with PlayStation Portable senior product manager John Koller who detailed Sony's upcoming plans to focus on the 13-17 year old teenager market to boost PSP sales. More »

Daxter, Syphon and PSP Get Price Drop

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:00:59 EDT

As we reported yesterday, Sony has officially dropped the price of the Playstation Pportable Core Pack today. More »

Maps, Online Store Comes to SOCOM 3

Brian Crecente — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:00:04 EDT

I was excited to read that SOCOM 3 was getting an upgrade and map pack today. The update fixes bugs and adds the SOCOM store to the SOCOM 3 Online Community page. Sony is rolling out their first map pack for the shooter in an interesting way. They're going to let people download it and play it for the first two weeks for free. After that you'll have to pay to continue using them. I hope Sony uses this system when the PS3 launches. More »

Zipper Confirms Two SOCOM Titles

Brian Crecente — Thu, 04 May 2006 03:45:13 EDT

Zipper Interactive has confirmed the rumors about an upcoming sequel to the Playstation Portable SOCOM game. More »

Second SOCOM Coming to PSP

Brian Crecente — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:00:10 EDT

Sony's working on getting another SOCOM out the door for the Playstation Portable. The tenatiave title for the game is SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo 2 and will include 40 weapons, a selection of different terrain types, and ten new multiplayer maps. The title is expected to hit this November. More »

Sony's SOCOM Survey

Brian Crecente — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:00:50 EDT

Reader Ryfael sends word that Sony is surveying SOCOM players about a wide range of things from what they like about the game, to what they'd like to see in future iterations to what they think of the military. More »

SOCOM 4 Rumored Name: "Combined Assault"

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:24:02 EDT

Always up for pre-orders on hopes and dreams, GameStop is taking reservations for Zipper Interactive's upcoming SOCOM game. There are rumblings that the game will be a PS3 launch title, and the retailer lists this SOCOM title as dropping this November for the PS2. Pure speculation at this point, but SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals Combine Assault could be that rumored fourth game. More »

How To: Do-It-Yourself PSP Headphones

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:22:02 EDT

You're looking for a SOCOM: FTB headset, but no luck. What do you do? If you are an enterprising DIY type, you make it. The Living PSP points to a How-To involving a PS1 A/V cable. More »

Sony Zips Up

lsmith — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:00:26 EST

Much like they nabbed Guerilla Games Sony just snatched up Zipper Interactive according to Next Generation. Sony already worked very closely with Zipper Interactive, maker of the SOCOM series, and now relations just got a little tighter. Kind of like when you give your girlfriend a key to the apartment. She's already staying there every night, now she can just let herself in if you're too busy in World of Warcraft to get to the door. Sorry, babe. More »

How SOCOM PSP's Autolocking Works

Brian Crecente — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:00:44 EST

Everyone who owns a Playstation Portable is probably waiting for next week's launch of SOCOM Fireteam Bravo. And, as a beta tester, let me tell you it is very much worth the wait. More »

Pic of PSP Chatting Headset

Brian Crecente — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:09:37 EST

Ah, proof positive that voice chat is coming to the Playstation Portable. More »

PSP SOCOM Voice Chat?

Brian Crecente — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:29:43 EST

I'm reviewing Fireteam Bravo and like everyone else doing so can't talk about multiplayer just yet. But I can point you to an interesting post over on Gizmodo about the likelyhood of voice chat in online play on the PSP third-person shooter. A reader there also points to EB Games which is already taking orders for a SOCOM Fireteam Bravo Headset. More »