They should use Uncharted 2 or at least Uncharted 1 engine for SOCOM 4.
Can't believe how SOny underestimated importance and popularity os SOCOM brand and delivered that crap known as SOCOM confrontation that had 100s of fans make youtube vids for weeks....you don't do that 2 your big IPs....over 3 million ppl played Socom 2 on PS2.

Maybe the only exclusive on Ps3 that will make me nuy one when it cames out...

Cant wait for socom 4 then :)

The last Socom on PS3 is literally a piece of crap.
After Confrontation,I think the Socom franchise should just die unless the next Socom is really really outstanding.

Zipper is focusing on MAG, They're a small group and I doubt they will be able to work on Socom 4.

It most likely will be /6 that works on Socom 4 as I don't see any other Dev picking up the franchise. However, seeing as how they are still working on FTB3 I think that Socom 4 is still VERY early in production and we won't see it until late 2010 or early 2011.

going to be single player.

MAG comes bundled with one for only $60 then it will be a perfect deal.

I hope Zipper takes all the time they can with MAG, it's not a title that you can rush.

I have trouble believing a lot of the /6 bashing is by people who have played Confrontation lately; the game is sick.

Socom: Confrontation sucked in the beginning but they fixed it and are now providing free dlc to show that they learned there lesson. and now socom is a lot better. now lets just hope FTB3 is as amazing as FTB2

How many of you guys saying confrontation sucked has played it recently? Its a great game, just had a bad launch.

I think Ghost Recon is a much better game but maybe that's just me. Either way, life is short...play.

If ZIPPER get SOCOM back count me inn!! /6 heeeeeeeeelllllllllllll nooooooooooooooooooo they MESS up real bad SOCOM:Confrontation.... if slant 6 no no no and no way!!! PLEASE SONY BRING BACK ZIPPER and a REMAKE OF SOCOM 2 (just the online part) in HD on the playstation network and you gonna make me happy 4ever!!

i like ghost recon better

I thought ghost recon was atrocious. It basically borrows everything form Socom but somehow manages to get it wrong.

Slant Six. stays away for it it should be ok and not just a online game ether i want to play it offline also

Yes! hopefully zipper makes it. There will be a god if they make a real one.

Should be good.

SOCOM Confrontation was a pretty good game after getting patched. I don't know why some people are hating on it so bad.

Anyway, SOCOM 4 would be awesome. I really hope this is true.

or when your extracting hostages, and people commit suicide, so the other game can't extract. This game sucks compared to Socom 2. It at least had DLC, and it didn't even have a standard HDD like the PS3.

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i hate when they hand games over to different developers totally ruins them though confrontation was improved greatly its still feels half-@ssed

It will blow your mind then when it comes out next holiday season.

I remember the days when I use to play Socom 2 at least 5 hours a day once i got home from school and I loved iT! Hopefully Zipper is working on it and hope its like the old days where I can waste my life sitting in front of the tv for many hours and have a awesome addictive time playing this shizzzzz

Huge news if true.

Regardless its at least 3 years out, maybe 2 if we are lucky..

A damn tease in the end.

1. dont let socom for ps3 be made by slant 6.

2. add a single player campaign.

3. there are still some of the old school hardcore socom for ps2 clans out there. use them for beta testing the game.

4. you dont have to get super fancy with it. Just take socom 1 & 2 and recreate that with ps3 technology and graphics.

syphon filter is also good news.

hopefully zipper makes this one.

socom 2 in 1080p and ur set

have you guys played socom1 the glitches were crazy and everywhere and zipper patched it once and didn't fix anything? that support or socom 2 which had like 4 patches that always caused more problems lol that zipper??those ones? or socom 3 lol maybe a little better but not by much and CA i didn't play at all the direction was lost to me from 2 to 3 but i have more time on those games then i can count and the issues and glitches were everywhere EVERYWHERE and zipper denied patch and promised DLC for over a year maybe 2 and then said when the HDD comes out and guess what 9months after they came out one at a time LOL that zipper that reliable one. the internet has a short memory and its hella funny but i guess you forgave them for socom 1 or didn't play it so so,somehow to you it has no relevance but some of us remember all the huge issues it had. LOL Reliable zipper i almost piss myself every time i hear that LOL

Slant six may have messed up badly up and i stopped playing but picked it up again after they patched it big and reset the stats and took MGL and ROCKETS out of ranked rooms and it is awesome i don't get booted i don't have sound issues nothing that doesn't happen to me on other games. Just funny how my exp and im picky on internet only games can be so different then you fricken haters. LOL its even funnier that you claim zipper this and zipper that but have no idea did you even play those games LOL or just found something that you could hold on to LOL

Ridiculous and when they release the new map pack with Vigilance and possibly night stalker snow then ill be happy.

Socom 2=greatest online shooter(IMO)but not without its huge glitches and f'ed up stuff there was so many hit detection errors on socom 1,2,3 lol that were admitted ont he MEssage Boards by zipper. You guys are funny the internet and its 2 week memory

God i rememeber clan wars and people always getting booted all day long and having to play clan war men down and stuff becasue of how it worked and people not able to get back online and such and having to play man down the whole war or more lol. on GB there was rules about socom for restarts unlike like any other game since it happen all the time. THats the zipper thats so much better im just wondering

i read it a year ago, that /6 was doin SOCOM ''online only'' on the PS3 , because ZIPPER was busy with a new IP in this case "MAG" and afther all this ZIPPER was going to work on a full SOCOM game s/player and online, im glad that they r already working in it...

This news story was my "Oh S**t" moment! Can't wait.

another AAA game xD

If this doesn't have a single player mode, I don't care about SOCOM anymore...

Socom Confrontation was a train wreck.The new Socom better be good or the franchise is done for

welll i hope the devs fixe the problem of socom confrotation..

That would be pretty cool.

I was never reelly dissapointed with confrontation though really becuase SOCOM was always its best online and that game is very fun online.

Still cant wait though.

confrontation sucks,its not a real socom game,its a pos. hopefully this will be the real socom we have been waiting for

and it's being made by Climax the same guys who made origins on PSP, as well as the new shattered memories for ps2/psp/wii. Glad they're making another silent hill, and not using the same dev team that made the mess that was homecoming.

@ PinkUni

Are you serious? I play Socom:Confrontation every day and that game is not that great. I play it because it's the only amusing online shooter on PS3. That game has had 10 patches since its release in Oct.2008. 9 of them updated nothing of importance. The last one fixed the majority of the latency problem they had. There is still some lag but not as bad as before. We are still waiting for the patch that is supposed to fix the fog delay, reload, and 20 other things they claim. The game still hands out headshots and double kills like skittles and certain weapons can only be obtained if you join a clan(wtf). There is no rank system, weapon upgrades, or perks. You just take what they give you and good luck. You run out of ammo a lot and find yourself becoming a scavenger on the hunt for dead bodies.

http://www.thepetitionsite....

No more slant sux and no more Seth Luisi.

I was so upset at Socom:Confrontation how could you let a great series make it debut on the PS3 like that.But with that said I think Zipper and SlantSix should work on Socom4.The reason I say that is because I want Socom:Confrontation2 to be like the TPS version of MAG.The only different single player and you get exp in the SP also.That way we have to unlock MP that way SP means something so they have to make the SP great.You start off as a rookie and work your way up and after you finish SP you take that same rank online.Also there is No PMCs keep the same online that we Socom fans love and bring every map that have shown up in a Socom game to the MP that means every map that was in a Socom game that means PSP maps too.You also unlock that once you finish SP and Socom:Confrontation2 will have my vote for GOTY before it even comes out if it have what I want.

SONY IF YOU IS READIN THIS MAKE THIS GAME HAPPEN BECAUSE I'M A TRUE FAN OF SOCOM AND LATER IN THE YEAR I WOULD BE A TRUE FAN OF MAG.I HAVE TO SAY THIS BUT MAG IS THE FPS VERSION OF SOCOM AND PS2 OWNERS IS GOING TO EAT THIS GAME UP BECAUSE I STILL PLAY SOCOM3 ON MY PS3.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.