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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[PS2 and PSP SOCOM servers shutting down at the end of August]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/ps2-and-psp-socom-servers-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-august/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/ps2-and-psp-socom-servers-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-august/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/ps2-and-psp-socom-servers-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-august/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/ps2-and-psp-socom-servers-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-august/" target="_self"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/socom.png" style="margin: 4px; width: 530px; height: 350px; " /></a></div>Amazingly, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/zipper-interactive">Zipper Interactive</a> servers for <em>SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs</em> have continued to be active since the game's original debut on the PlayStation 2 in 2002, meaning that <strike>crazy people</strike> <em>dedicated fans</em> with online adapter-equipped PS2s have been able to keep playing for nearly 10 years. Now though, since Zipper Interactive <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/30/sony-confirms-zipper-interactive-closure/">doesn't exist anymore</a> and everything, the servers for four PS2 SOCOM games and four PSP SOCOM titles will be taken offline at the end of August.<br /><br />PlayStation 2 SOCOMs<i> I, II, </i>and<i> III</i> (as well as <em>SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault</em>) will be going dark, as will the PSP various SOCOM titles, <em>Fireteam Bravo</em> (<em>I</em>, <em>II</em> and <em>III</em>) and <em>SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strke</em>.<br /><br />If this outage affects your regular gaming routine, we offer our most sincere condolences. Also, we'd like to point out that many thousands of games have been released since 2002, some of which you might enjoy. Perhaps this will be a good opportunity to go check some of 'em out? <p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/ps2-and-psp-socom-servers-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-august/">PS2 and PSP SOCOM servers shutting down at the end of August</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 30 May 2012 23:59:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/ps2-and-psp-socom-servers-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-august/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20248151/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/ps2-and-psp-socom-servers-shutting-down-at-the-end-of-august/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>offline</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-2</category><category>PS2</category><category>psp</category><category>SCE</category><category>SCEA</category><category>servers</category><category>socom-2-us-navy-seals</category><category>socom-3-us-navy-seals</category><category>socom-fireteam-bravo</category><category>socom-fireteam-bravo-2</category><category>socom-fireteam-bravo-3</category><category>socom-us-navy-seals</category><category>socom-us-navy-seals-combined-assault</category><category>socom-us-navy-seals-tactical-strike</category><category>sony</category><category>Zipper-Interactive</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Mallory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 23:59:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
