Of all the aspects that went into developing SOCOM 4, one of the most unheralded may be the musical score. Proper music can take a gameplay experience to a much deeper level of immersion.

Perfecting the score of SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs was an undertaking that Sony Computer Entertainment took very seriously. This video is certainly proof of that.

The SOCOM franchise has been one of the flagship institutions of the PlayStation brand. To date a total of nine games have been released exclusively on the PS2, PSP and PS3.

The latest addition to the series, SOCOM 4, is set to be released on April 19 in the US and April 22 in the UK. The developers at Zipper Interactive have taken it upon themselves to present the game that they have created in this video.

Believe it or not, the PlayStation 3 was released nearly four years ago, and since then the console has been graced with hundreds of great titles. Therefore, we at PS3 Attitude thought we’d take some time to pay tribute to the people who create the games that make our mundane lives just that little bit more entertaining: the developers.
Over the last ten weeks we’ve been revealing our one hundred favourite developers, and we think you’ll agree we’ve included some incredibly talented teams. We’ve now revealed ninety developers in our mammoth list, and today we’re revealing the final ten!

At the Eurogamer Expo, Steven Ter Heide from Guerrilla games showed off Killzone 3 using Move. With Ter Heide being Guerrilla Games’ Senior Producer, he’s had lots of experience playing the game with Move, and he makes it looks very easy, but he still admits that DualShockers will ‘run circles round Move players.’

SOCOM 4 has been hyped up as one of Move’s biggest supported games for this year, but we now have some sad news.

Zipper has confirmed on their blog that the game will not make it before the year ends.

Sony has unveiled a strong line-up for this year’s Eurogamer Expo, which is set to take place at Earls Court, London, from 1st to 3rd October. Attendees will have the opportunity to play several of Sony’s upcoming blockbuster games, from Gran Turismo 5, Killzone 3, inFamous 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, SOCOM: Special Forces and Motorstorm Apocalypse.

SOCOM 4 has been announced for a while now, with a feature list that is looking mighty impressive.

The game is promising to deliver richer, story driven gameplay – with a cast of characters you will actually care about.

Now Zipper Interactive has released a few details regarding these key squad members

There’s no doubt SOCOM 4 was announced to a mixed reception – but the revelation that it would come with Move support has certainly grabbed people’s attention.

But can such a focused shooter work with motion controls? Can Zipper Interactive get to grips with the Move to do the series justice? CEO Brian Soderberg certainly thinks so.

Mutinies. Hardware wars. Dying consoles. Tax laws. A month in the games industry can cover a variety of headline-catching topics, but these should never steal the attention away from the true stars of the industry – the games.

A trailer for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs has been posted on Gamestrailers. It follows on from IGN’s announcement yesterday, that revealed that the “surprise sequel” that has been getting hyped all week was indeed a new SOCOM game.

After speculation from gamers, we now know the identity of the game to be ‘revealed’ on GameTrailers TV.

Sony has decided to announce it early and the new game to release this autumn/fall is… SOCOM 4.

Welcome to our monthly feature were we tell the world what’s been happening over the last month at PS3 Attitude.

Team Attitude are firmly against piracy. It hurts developers both big and small, and the effects can even be felt by the consumers.

It seems Sony is taking a stand against piracy with a new initiative – but fans of second hand games aren’t going to be happy.

It has been announced that the new expansion pack for SOCOM Confrontation entitled ‘Cold Front’ will be releasing on the 7th of January in Europe.

Not only does the expansion pack include five new maps, but it also adds features such as thermal vision, an ARMS RUN gameplay mode, snow gear and camouflage, new music, and a lot more.

Updates are all the rage these days, and not one to be left out in the cold (pun intended), SOCOM is next to join the recent club.

In preparation for the upcoming (paid) Cold Front pack, Slant Six Games’ confrontational shooter is being enhanced to version 1.6.

The update takes the form of two main sections. Firstly, the previously mentioned new Special Forces teams (Dutch KCT and the Italian COMSUBIN) are included free of change along with new primary weapons for all squads.

The first downloadable pack has been announced for SOCOM: Confrontation.

The game has had a rift of patches to improve the overall enjoyment of the game since launch, and now the development team are turning to new content.

Took them long enough. The team at Slant Six in conjunction with Sony Computer Entertainment America is finally (finally) ready to unleash the mother of all patches to one of the games that has needed them the most. We speak about the almost mythical patch 1.50 and SOCOM: Confrontation. The patch to bring SOCOM from under the rug and into the limelight is finally almost upon us.

The Homerun is back to give you another dosage of PlayStation Home goodness. We’re delighted to say that there is a lot of new content for everyone this week!
We’ll start this time with the massive European update. As we have said countless times before, we are big fans of Killzone 2 and so were really happy when Sony announced that a Visari Throne room apartment for PlayStation Home.

It seems like an eternity since the v1.50 patch was announced for SOCOM, and we have some more news on it, but still no release date.

According to the developers, thanks to the “scope of the feature set” of the update, testing has taken longer than expected.