Sony is planning to close down more first-party and second-party game servers, with a number of franchises affected. Starting August 31st, Sony will shot the The Eye of Judgment: Legends servers, stripping the game’s online features.
SOCOM Developers, Zipper Interactive, have revealed that a total of eight SOCOM titles will have their online servers shut down on August 31st 2012. The closure will come four days after the series’ ten-year anniversary and will affect a number of PS2 and PSP titles (see below).
Many retailers offer exclusive DLC for pre-ordering games before release. One of the pre-order bonuses offered by Gamestop is a exclusive multiplayer map and the Super M90 Shotgun for the game, which has also confirmed co-op multiplayer for the title. Description for the shotgun reveals “This weapon can be used exclusively for multiplayer co-op missions.”
It’s trailer galore this weekend with yet another new game trailer. This time, Zipper Interactive has released a new trailer of SOCOM Special Forces, featuring the first gameplay footage for the title. In the trailer you’re going to see first hand the new features we’re bringing to the SOCOM series, including destructible environments, dynamic cover and an all-new tactical AI system.
According to the latest sales data from VGChartz, God of War 3 has already sold over 2 million copies in five weeks since release. God of War III joins the other PlayStation 3 exclusives to break the 2 million mark, including Uncharted 2, LittleBigPlanet and Resistance. In addition, SOCOM: Confrontation has finally broken the 1 million mark.
The latest patch for SOCOM: Confrontation contains a massive amount of new content and features, and is completely free to download. Patch v1.60 adds The Dutch KCT and Italian COMSUBIN Special Forces teams, two new primary weapons for the new Special Force teams above and four new weapons including the 9mm Sub Machine Gun, M82A1A, AK-74 and SR-25. In addition to the new characters and weapons, the team has also added 100% Random Medleys to the patch update.
Sony has announced Cold Front, a new downloadable content pack for SOCOM: Confrontation. Loaded with features, the pack will bring a snowy Eastern European area of operations into play with two new maps and three classic SOCOM maps for 16 to 32 players. The classic maps are drawn from the most popular SOCOM maps of all time, each built from the ground up for the PS3.
SOCOM: Confrontation will be updated this Tuesday when Patch v1.50 deploys. Patch 1.50 includes many new and diverse features including but not limited to: Clan Ladders, Tournaments, Calendar, Follow-A-Friend, and Private Games. Along with these features there are many optimizations, enhancements and fixes. The changelog for this update is huge (see below). The update will be live Tuesday morning, Pacific time.
SOCOM breaches onto the PS3 in high-definition with the ultimate next-generation online combat experience. SOCOM Confrontation focuses on online play and the global community and clans that support it.
