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SOCOM: Confrontation

The official SOCOM site announced that the beta of SOCOM: Confrontation will be made available to the public next week on September 1. The download side will be approximately 2 GB.
Developed by Slant Six instead of Zipper Interactive, Confrontation is a side game in the series, rather than a full out sequel to SOCOM 3. Confrontation returns the series to its tactical, squad-based roots. The latest iteration of SOCOM will be an online multiplayer only game, which is a huge leap in a different direction for the franchise....
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by Adam Byrne - August 18th, 2008

Finally it looks as though the more tatically alined of us, in Europe of course, will have the chance to play the upcoming SOCOM in its beta form. It'll be the same trial as North America and run on the same date; September 1st to the 30th.
Here's the comment from the PlayStation Blog.
Hi all!
Okay, this is the news you’ve all been waiting for. I’m happy to confirm that Europe will indeed be getting access to the same Beta trial as our brethren in North America! Furthermore, our trial will begin on the SAME date (1st Sept) and will also end at the same time (30th Sept)....
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While a release date has yet to be confirmed, the US Official Socom website has officially confirmed the public beta. Readers will have noticed this as sony mentioned it when showing Qore for the first time earlier today.
There will be two ways in which you will be able to get into the beta, the first of which is by subcribing to Qore via the Playstation network, by using this method you will also get access to some exclusive behind the scenes Socom: Confrontation video's....
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Sony's Scott Steinberg announced today the big titles being released for all Sony platforms in 2008 / early 2009. Looks like a great line up.
Hot Shots Golf(R): Open Tee 2 — PSP (Available June 3, 2008 / E for "Everyone")
Secret Agent Clank(TM) — PSP (Available June 17, 2008 / E10+ for "Everyone 10+")
wipEout(R) HD — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Rated E10+)
Elefunk(TM) — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / E for "Everyone")
PixelJunk(TM) Eden — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
SIREN: Blood Curse — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Confrontation — PS3 (Available September 16, 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
LittleBigPlanet(TM) — PS3 (Available October 2008 / Not yet Rated)
NBA 09 — PS3, PSP, PS2 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
NBA 09 — PSP (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
NBA 09 — PS2 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
About BUZZ!(TM) Quiz TV — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
BUZZ!(TM) Master Quiz — PSP (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
MotorStorm(TM) Pacific Rift — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
Resistance 2(TM) — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
Killzone(TM) 2 — PS3 (Available February 2009 / Not Yet Rated)
SOURCE:http://kotaku....
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According to 1up, Sony has just made the announcement that its tactical first-person shooting game, SOCOM: Confrontation will be shipping for the PS3 on September 16 this year. The game looks to follow in the steps of its two prequels giving you wonderful Navy Seal versus terrorist action, and it promises to be one of the best FPS titles to date on the system. Lock and load boy, and move out!
In any case, it seems that this year just keeps on improving for PlayStation fans, with SOCOM adding just one more great game to the already substantial line up....
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