SOCOM 4: It's Official!

[[VoA] FUBAR]

Hello everyone, my name is Jeremy Dunham and I’m the Senior Community Manager at Zipper Interactive. I wanted to drop in and introduce myself and deliver some truly exciting news -- on behalf of everyone here at the studio, I’m pleased to announce that SOCOM 4 is indeed in development and is slated for release exclusively on PlayStation 3 this Fall.



Of course, as with any new announcement, what you really want to know are the details. Who’s in your squad? Where have they been deployed? What kind of threat are they up against? Though we’ll be revealing the answers to all these questions and plenty more throughout 2010, we don’t want to leave you completely in the dark, so what we will tell you is that a militant revolutionary has unexpectedly seized control in an important South Asian country. As the Ops Com, your mission is to command an elite five-man squad charged with stopping his aggressive agenda before it’s too late. In only six days, you must lead your team through a hostile jungle and urban environments against an army of well-armed rebel insurgents that completely outnumber you.



If that setup doesn’t whet your appetite enough, you should also pleased to know that in addition to the SOCOM’s single-player operation, players will also be able to enjoy a 32-person multiplayer mode that boasts more Special Forces units than ever before!

If you crave even more information, then the guys at IGN have you covered with their exclusive first-look preview at what we’ve shown so far. Editor and shooting game fanatic, Ryan Geddes, dropped by our studio earlier in the week to check out SOCOM 4 for himself, so be sure to read the full IGN article to find out what he thinks.

But wait! There’s more! As part of our continued announcement celebration, the folks at Game Trailers TV will air the world premiere trailer for SOCOM 4 tonight at 12:30 a.m. All you have to do is tune in to Spike TV when the time is right and let your eyes and ears do the rest. Don’t miss it!



Oh, and before we let you go, we wanted to send a message to our SOCOM and MAG fans all over the world. First, if you play MAG and wonder what this means for the game’s future, wonder no more – we’re still fully committed to supporting MAG for a long, long time and the addition of another game in our lineup doesn’t change that. Second, it's been great to hear from SOCOM fanatics located in every corner of the globe as we led into today’s announcement. We’re extremely excited to be attached to this beloved franchise again and knowing that so many people wanted us to return to something that already meant so much to us has been both inspiring and touching -- so thank you to all of you who wanted it to happen! We look forward to living up to your expectations.

Source: http://www.socom.com/en-us/Blog/Post?id=302

IGN Article: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/107/1074103p1.html


FUBAR says F'n! Hoorah!!  

[[VoA] YUEN]

I'm relieved that Zipper is developing it -- I guess MAG will fall short now that this news has broke through the land of the Interwebs. If anything, this will jump start the entire countdown, starting with Confrontation -- I guess we'll see more players playing it, than MW2 << that was a joke. Haha! ...anyways, I say to celebrate this event, starting next week: SOCOM: Confrontation; a week long event. Time to dust off that copy of Confrontation, remove the MW2 and lets get some dirty.

Btw, S4 looks good. Can't wait to jump in and get my hands dirty.

[KobaultRowdy]

SOCOM fans rejoice! Lol... article looks promising.  I'm looking forward to seeing some footage.

[[VoA] 68-Chevelle]

Finally is right!! If they stick to it they did with S3/CA then that was fun and maybe we can play together like the old days!! CAN'T WAIT!!!

[sA Fatality]

I literally have tears in my eyes. I loved the Socoms made by Zipper and was deeply disappointed with Confrontation. Now to hear Zipper is returning to the franchise I considered dead is just overwhelming. Lets just say I'll be in the market for a new PS3 in a month.

[[VoA] 68-Chevelle]

Here's the Teaser Trailer......

[[VoA] FUBAR]

I saw this trailer last night on Gametrailers TV on Spike but was disappointed with it.  I thought they'd show a little more or at least some gameplay but kinda figures...

Still looking forward to it though!

[[VoA] YUEN]

I saw this trailer last night on Gametrailers TV on Spike but was disappointed with it.  I thought they'd show a little more or at least some gameplay but kinda figures...

Still looking forward to it though!

Disappointed with a teaser? LOL. They only released info on the game this month. I am assuming you expected in-game footage?

[[VoA] FUBAR]

I know it's early but that would have been nice...oh well in due time.

[[VoA] xBLaZED-420x]

was goin to post this but looks like you guys did :p cant wait lol but i wont be playing Socom Con its prob goin 2 be nothing close to it so theres no point.. but we will see its only early and i can be wrong

[sA Fatality]

I did see one thing in the trailer I'm excited about. Blood. Thank god Zipper got their hands back on this. If I see one more game where there is white dust coming off someone when I hit them I think I'll cry.

[[VoA] Shattered]

Great news, finally be a game worth preordering.

[[VoA] YUEN]

Finally a TPS worth buying.

[[VoA] 68-Chevelle]

Great news, finally be a game worth preordering.

Touche!!!!!

Finally a TPS worth buying.

Check and Mate!!!

[[VoA] Shattered]

This is completely unrelated to the topic but i didn't want to make a new thread for one question. can anybody tell me if the regular ps3 and the slim use the same kind of harddrive? im just kind of worried about upgrading my HD space and then my ps3 going out because if it breaks i prolly wont spend the extra for another fat ps3.