Sony announces SOCOM Confrontation for PS3

by Ludwig Kietzmann { May 17th 2007 at 3:01AM }

Sony has announced a PlayStation 3 entry in its popular SOCOM series, namely SOCOM Confrontation. Given the abundance of obscenely large weapons, it seems a fair guess that all confrontations in the game will end in violence and battered egos. That's precisely what Sony's counting on, as the game does away with single-player pleasantries and prioritizes online mayhem.

Supporting up to 32 players in battle, Confrontation will launch with five North African themed maps, with further map packs becoming available for download in the PlayStation Store. Outside of conflict, the game will allow you to set up tournaments and clans, access leader boards and completely customize your soldier's appearance. Generally, you'll want to go with a constant frown on that virtual mug. Blissfully smiling soldiers are just begging for bullets, you know.

SOCOM Confrontation is scheduled for release during the holiday season on the PlayStation Network.

Gallery: SOCOM Confrontation

Tags: confrontation, PlayStation Network, PlaystationNetwork, PSN, sgd07, socom, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ill trooper @ May 17th 2007 3:06AM

Awesome, part 2

James @ May 17th 2007 3:27AM

I never played SOCOM on PS2... how does it play? I can't gather much from teh video other than 1) realisitic and 2) 3rd person (?)

Jon @ May 17th 2007 3:44AM

Whoa... huge influx of announced PS3 games in the same timestamps. Was there an embargo or something?

incrediblebulk92 @ May 17th 2007 7:31AM

What? the single player was the best part of SOCOM Why the hell make it an afterthought? Wait is it even in there? They did this with frickin warhawk too! ARGH!

Colin @ May 17th 2007 7:32AM

So this is a downloadable game only?

RogueJedi86 @ May 17th 2007 7:34AM

It will release with just 5 maps, and the rest downloadable? That's inexcusable, especially since they claim they're making it online-only. They are gonna screw the SOCOM fans over with that.

jas @ May 17th 2007 11:18AM

THE GAME LOOKS HORRIBLE!!!!!

Compare it to GRAW (I or II) or Rainbow Six..

It looks like an original XBOX game.

Jake @ May 17th 2007 8:30AM

@2
I used to play the hell out of the Socom games online. My dad only has a PS2 and that was a game we all enjoyed. Socom online is fun and has its perks. However, it truly is crushed by games like GRAW and R6V when it comes to realistic console shooters. The gameplay feels jagged and awkward. Cheaters and hackers overran a big chunk of the games. The big levels were often big in a dumb way and you could wait up to 10 minutes for a game to end if you died right away.

Basically, Socom got me into online shooters and when I had virtually nothing to compare it to, it rocked. But after playing UT3 and Counterstrike on PC for a while, as well as GRAW, R6V, COD2, and Gears online, I don't have any desire to pick up Socom.

Socom was basically an online shooter for PS2 owners with no other way to shoot online. It was cool, though, when they released their fourth and final installment with all the maps from the other games on it.

GiovanniMcAdoo @ May 17th 2007 9:29AM

i bet there will still be a SOCOM PS3 to be release on Blu Ray next year that will have a single player campaign and will be completely different from this title. This one I bet is mainly to appease the SOCOM fans in the meantime. But this is sweet as hell.

ScreamingSkull @ May 17th 2007 10:01AM

My clan used to play socom almost religiously for years. But yeah what Jake said, so many other games beat the tar out of it. It's just SOCOM was the best mutliplayer shooter you could get on the PS2, now people have alot of options.

Hatchetforce @ May 17th 2007 10:34AM

Everyone that ever played SOCOM II knows the map in the video - it's Crossroads.

Jinn @ May 17th 2007 10:51AM

Slightly changed though Hatchetforce.

Hatchetforce @ May 17th 2007 11:31AM

Changed some, but very little. All the approaches visible, balconies, the tower, center pavillion, etc. are Crossroads. There are a few new fruit stands, that's it. All that remains to be seen are the exploding walkways.

What bothers me is other than a little more eye candy, and hopefully less of the notorious SOCOM II lag, what are we seeing? Let's hope there is more up their sleeve. Not that SOCOM needed much more.

And 32 players is far too many for Crossroads so I hope this is part of a larger map. More info here:

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/socomconfrontation/news.html?sid=6170900&om_act=convert&om_clk=multimodule&tag=multimodule;picks;title;1

Digi Smalls @ May 17th 2007 11:32AM

developed by Slant Six? is that Zipper Interactive?

socomkiller59 @ Jul 11th 2007 8:17AM

Slant six made the psp game that was a huge online hit. Forgot the name of it though. Socom 4 is being made by Zipper. Slant Six is making Socom Confrontation. If you want a story and online, then #4. If you want juts online, then go for Confrontation I guess. That's what IGN told me.

Hatchetforce @ May 17th 2007 12:44PM

Not sure if that is the new Zipper, but after Combined Assault they don't need to make another game, any game. How do you go from SOCOM I to Combined Assault where bodies disappear as they are falling?

Jason @ May 17th 2007 12:54PM

This bare-bones game is only coming out so that Sony can say "SOCOM" in their "coming this fall" portfolio. WTF is this half-a-game shit they're doing lately? "Single-player/Multi-player is something we're considering adding as DLC down the road".... fuck that.

Digi Smalls @ May 17th 2007 1:06PM

singleplayer SOCOM was one of the biggest reasons i loved my PS2.

the voice recognition and AI squad management was truly next-gen to me back THEN. Ghost Recon could never even touch Zipper voice recog. and super next-gen GRAW series scrapped it altogether.

this is a HUGE let down for one my favorite Sony franchises. same could be said for Warhawk actually.

i am NOT liking this trend from Sony....... "Blu-Ray iz for GAMEZ" ????

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Brian @ May 17th 2007 1:13PM

Yeah Jason, they should totally put it on a disc and charge $60 bucks for it like Microsoft is doing with Shadowrun.

Jason @ May 17th 2007 1:18PM

Shut up Brian, Shadowrun is a new IP and frankly I have no interest in it anyway... SOCOM is hugely popular with established SP and MP offerings, and they're apparently stripping it down to online only and Zipper isn't even handling the development. This is like offering SOCOM-lite.

pandaboy99 @ May 17th 2007 1:20PM

god i played Fishhook and crossroads all day long on my PS2.. in my personal experience most of my friends including myself had never even touched the single player.. it was all about trying to own other clans in fishhook and crossroads.. most of my friends to this day have yet to buy ps3 cuz there arent any good games out.. but when they hear we can start up our clan again to play socom on ps3 im sure theyll pony up the money

Erick @ May 17th 2007 3:35PM

As a huge SOCOM fan I tend to agree with what other people have said regarding the online only part. Makes this seem like a "hold me over" approach. Really it looks like the current SOCOM engine with improved textures and lighting for HD display. After playing socom II on an HD tv I was not impressed... this looks much less Jaggy than socom II. But what's up with no shadows on characters... seems like the environment is lit, but not the people in it.

If it remains online only, I'd like them to include online muli-player against computer A.I. ala combined assault.

Seems like they'll be waiting a little longer to really "evolve the series" While I haven't played GRAW, Rainbow Six, or Gears... it seems the next SOCOM would have to incorporate some sort of Cover system if it wants to compete.

One last gripe... 32 player games just don't work in the socom universe... it really screws up the pacing / coordination. It work's in resistance but that's a different beast.

Martez @ May 17th 2007 1:53PM

Those graphics suck. I know, I know, graphics don't matter in the long run, but shouldn't people developing a Sony-exclusive IP have access to Heavenly Sword or Resistance: FoM caliber graphic engines? Jas is right, it looks like an Xbox game. I'm going to be cautiously optimistic and assume these shots are from an early build or something.

That said, SOCOM rocks and has never really looked all that great- I'm sure it'll still be great squad-based action even if it looks crappy, but it'd be nice if a game on a $600 system looked like it was on a $600 system.

Fierce360 @ May 18th 2007 1:36AM

This game looks like poop. GRAW looks 5x better than this.

poprocker @ May 18th 2007 11:54AM

i'm a 360 fanboy all the way, but this almost makes me want to buy a ps3. not quite though

Jon Konrath @ May 18th 2007 12:18PM

I believe the technical term for a "half-ass holdover with downloadable maps until full version in 2010" is the "Gran Turismo HD" concept. Maybe we can just use that as an ongoing term instead of having to describe this each time it comes up in the future.

Absolutely loved SOCOM I and II (3 got a little odd) but it wasn't for the graphics. It was much more the team strategy stuff in single-user. The spray-and-pray online FPS stuff is okay, but I also like games with a little more logic in them. A shame this one won't be there initially.

That said, I thought the graphics weren't bad, but I was more impressed with the sound. The gunshots sounded excellent, which I love, but my neighbors won't.

Capo @ May 20th 2007 6:20PM

Dude, for this early of a version of the game, this is amazing graphics. Now, if they dont do anything else for them, then there could be a problem, but I have no idea why they would. Either way, seeing Crossroads re-done like this is pretty sweet, and I just hope I dont have to see anybody else hack on it.....

Chris @ May 23rd 2007 3:08AM

Socom Confrontation, is being released so that people will purchase the ps3 and the demand for a socom on the ps3 is met. When people worry about the fact that slant six is creating it they can relax. Slant six is working very close with zipper on creating this. Sony hired slant six to create a socom to subdue the frantic fans so that zipper will have more time to work on socom 4 which should release about a year after Confrontation. That is the reason there is no single player, because it is just a simple brain teaser to hold the socom fans over until the real socom comes out. Dont get me wrong though it looks like a hell of a game. O and as for you people who say that the best part of socom is the single player, you need to pull your heads out of your asses. You are just saying that because you cant hadle the talent online and and would rather shoot an AI standing in an open field, (real tough). O and there is no way rainbow six is more realistic than socom.

Legend630 @ May 28th 2007 1:31PM

is any new socom coming out for the ps2??

Mr Khan @ May 28th 2007 2:20PM

Its Gran Turismo HD all over again

just a holdover until the next REAL installation in the franchise

but i'd so no single player = no deal, but that's just me

RayRay @ May 29th 2007 5:53PM

now just add more maps, and weapons that look that good and no lag and cheaters..then sony Has ther killer app

Bryan. @ Jun 5th 2007 8:11PM

I honestly loved that video simply because it brought me back to Socom II, the best of the games IMO. The only thing I didn't like (other than the things that have been mentioned already) was the camera angle. I feel like it was too close. Couldn't you see the entire seal/terrorist in the previous games?

Revenge @ Jul 27th 2007 5:31PM

Yes you could see the whole seal/terrorists before and I think thats going to be another one of the draw backs to this new socom.The view they had before was just fine and screwing with that is going to turn alot of people away from this socom.I loved socom 1 and 2 but when it came to the 3rd one they started screwing it up by taking out the maps that got them where they are today instead of just adding new one's and getting rid of the lag.I truly hope they pay attention to what there doing and what people enjoy about the game,because if they dont there going to take what was once a great game and turn it into crap.

Chris @ Sep 6th 2007 3:33AM

Its finally a Blood game omg why in the hell did they take it out in the first place?..Stupid idiots in Califorina!..Stop trashing an Adult Military Navy Seal Game damn it!..If you don't like then don't buy it for junior! Dumb parents today I swear!..Anyway single player needs to comeback as well I liked Socom 3 very much so! But I can't believe these newbies yes I called you newbies using cheat devices to win ranked or respawn games! Damn this future..Sony find the damn bugs and glitches in this new Socom game or were screwed again because some punk ass has to cheat to win!..