Abandoned (classic SOCOM map) is in SOCOM 4!

Straight from the SOCOM website itself. Pre-order SOCOM 4 at GameStop and get the Abandoned map.



Awesome news!

SOCOM 4 E3 Move demo video

This was just posted on IGN, check it out:

More SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Videos

Overall I think it looked pretty good. Nothing particularly blew me away, but it looked like an enjoyable level none the less. Now we just have to see it with the Dual-Shock controller.

SOCOM 4 will support 3DTV technology

Straight out of a USA Today article.

SOCOM 4 is due later this year, and Killzone 3 is expected next year, both being developed with 3-D features.

3D technology is way too early in it's infancy for me to care about it yet. When the prices come down and the technology improves, I will care.

New SOCOM 4 trailer and my thoughts

If you haven't already seen the new trailer, check it out here:

Video Games | SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs | E3 2010: Exclusive Story Trailer HD

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I like how the game looks but the overall feel of the trailer was just very "me too". I don't think it does anything to stand out from long list of shooters already on the market, but that's also an inherent problem with bringing a shooting game to market. Ultimately they all look very similar on the surface, and its really only when you get to play them that you know the differences.

I'm really just excited to see some hand-on reports and footage from E3 this coming week. Keep checking back here for my thoughts on that, and I'm sure I'll be in a couple podcasts next week where you'll be able to hear my feelings on all the SOCOM happenings at the event.

Socast Episode 4 & SOCOMIV.com

Hey guys,

Once again this week I joined the guys on the Socast to discuss everything SOCOM. You can listen to it here. We also made an announcement this week, launching SOCOMIV.com, a new hub for all your SOCOM 4 information.

I will still be posting here on a regular basis, and in the next couple weeks I plan to record another episode of TheRealSOCOM Podcast with my buddy Hellman, so keep checking back for all that stuff.

Sadly though I'll be out of town at the end of this week so I'm going to miss SOCOM 4's appearance on GameTrailers TV (which airs on SpikeTV), as well as the next episode of the Socast. But I'll be back for E3 week voicing my opinions on all the new SOCOM 4 information, you can bet that.

Zipline Podcast Episode 7 - I'm the first audio question!

Hey everyone,

If you haven't checked out episode 7 of the Zipline Podcast you can listen to it here. I sent in an audio question which was played at about the 24:30 mark of the podcast, so go check it out!

Some back story. How I got into SOCOM.

Some insight into my introduction to SOCOM. SOCOM 1 was actually my younger brother's game that he asked for, for Christmas that year. I've always followed videogames and the industry very closely, and I was never interested in SOCOM, honestly, because of it's 7.5 review on IGN. At that time I was 17 and took what an IGN review said to be gospel, and idiot me thought that 7.5 was too low, so I wasn't interested. Which is weird to think of now because both Dunham and Roper who worked at IGN (but not at that time I don't believe) are working on SOCOM 4 now.

But anyways, when he got it I decided to give it a try. I remember it was NIght Stalker and I had absolutely no idea where I was going, but I was still having a blast. My name was either D3 or 3D, because of my initials, and a couple days later I was playing FrostFire in a DH (Deadly Hitman) tryout room. Had a lucky few rounds and they asked me to join the clan and change my name to CrazyLegs, because everyone on the clan needed a G.I. Joe name. And that's why my name is David2Crazy on PSN, keeping the 'Crazy' part of my name of which I was known for on SOCOM.

I guess the rest is history. The day SOCOM 2 came out was an awesome day for me. I was in college and was lucky enough to not have any classes that day. Rode my bike down to EB Games in freezing cold November weather, and picked up the game. First map I played was Foxhunt, and I was in awe at how big the map felt compared to what I was used to in SOCOM 1.

SOCOM, at least the first two games, is an enormous part of my gaming life and my real introduction to online gaming that kept me addicted. I had played some online PC games before but nothing really kept me playing till SOCOM came along.