Like so many other games these days online play eventually disappears into the Matrix - forever lost to gamers forever. Never again will you be able to walk those hallowed halls with your mates in online co-op. On the 10th anniversary of the SOCOM franchise, Sony is shutting down the servers for several of their games, including SOCOM: Combined Assault and SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 - both the co-op titles.
The Demolition pack for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs drops this week, which should make some veteran SOCOM players pretty happy - it adds quite possibly the most popular team-based mode from the classic multiplayer days to SOCOM 4. Along with the announcement, however, comes news that another pack will arrive on November 1st that adds exclusively co-op content.
The review has been a long time coming, thank in part to a certain network being down, but finally we've weighed in on SOCOM 4 and its online 5 player co-op mode. Does the game live up to the heavy pedigree of the franchise, or is the quality simply MIA? Read on for our full review.
That can't be good. Last night, the PlayStation Network fell down, and it can't get back up. Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communication and Social Media, posted these words of encouragement on PlayStation.Blog:
Are you ready for this? It's time for the co-op games of mid-to-late April! Woo-Hoo! This week we've got the retail releases of some XBLA classics! Wii's only FPS worth mentioning gets a sequel; and Navy SEALs infiltrate the PS3. I feel like I'm missing something... Oh yeah, Portal 2 comes out tomorrow. It would have come out earlier, but you didn't give Valve enough time and money. Shame on you.
SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals is out this week on the PlayStation 3 and we've got four brand new videos to get you the goods on the game. Focusing on Music, Technology, Campaign and Kevin Butler - these videos should get you all the information you need to know about the game. Of course, one crucial piece is missing - and that's co-op - thankfully we have you covered with our preview right here.
SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals is the next iteration of the popular PlayStation franchise. The game is launching next month and we were lucky enough to have a conference call with the team at Zipper to get the skinny on the game's five player co-op mode. There's that and a whole lot more in our preview.
Sony's PlayStation Portable 3000 has gotten a price cut, dropping $40 from $169 to $129. This new price brings Sony's system in below its main competition, the Nintendo's DSi, which is priced at $149.99.
The grandiose reveal is finally here. Well, okay...it's not so grandiose. But it is interesting, especially when you consider the prospects of playing SOCOM 4's five-player cooperative mode with a Sony Move Sharpshooter.
We've been sitting back patiently for a while now, waiting...hoping... and wanting SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals developer Zipper Interactive to announced co-op support for their upcoming tactical shooter. While it wasn't some grandiose reveal, we did finally get confirmation today that the game would support 5 players in co-op - though details of it were not mentioned.
