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SOCOM Confrontation on PS3 focuses on online play and the global community and clans that support it. With support for Tournaments, Clan Ladders, Leader Boards, this fourth title in the multi-million unit selling franchise is exactly what SOCOM fans have been clamoring for. Additionally, players will be able to modify their appearance through facial and physical customization.

A global-scale experience, SOCOM Confrontation gives players the opportunity to battle against the best and brightest from the U.S., Europe and Asia. SOCOM Confrontation deploys with five new North African themed maps, including a 32-player version of “Crossroads.” Additional themed packs for SOCOM Confrontation will be made available for download via the PlayStation Store.

How pleasant is the element of Confrontation’s surprise? Find out in this SOCOM Confrontation video review.


Game features include:
* Ultimate 32-player online combat experience featuring stunning high-definition visuals, advanced physics, ballistics, impact and destruction modeling
* Rich interactive and destructible environments supporting multiple game types
* Full support of the SIXAXIS wireless controller, offering greater control
* Choice of playing as various International Special Forces
* Advanced voice communication systems and immersive audio
* Comprehensive player customization including fully featured load out, encumbrance and unique uniforms
* Up to seven different game modes are available on each map
* Advanced player matching, players can form a team with their friends and easily join an online game
* Regional combat or challenge teams from around the world
* Additional themed downloadable content packs available post launch

To quote the video review: “SOCOM Confrontation is a fairly safe bet, if all you’re looking for is a by-the-numbers online tactical shooter. Without a single player campaign to add some flavor, the game does come off as kind of generic. But it plays well and perhaps most importantly; there are a lot of other people playing online. If networked competition is your thing, SOCOM Confrontation is worth a look.”

Design — 7.8
Gameplay — 7.5
Presentation — 7.2
Overall — 7.5

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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima said in a recent Leipzig Games Con 2008 interview that it’s possible the Metal Gear Acid games could end up continuing on the PlayStation Network, even though nothing is in production at the moment.

About the turn-based strategy PSP series coming to the PS3’s PSN he said: “I’ll say yes to that idea, but not because it is already running or anything. I’m just saying yes because it’s possible, I think it is possible. Sorry to say we don’t have specific plans at the moment, but it is possible, yes.”

Quoted by Eurogamer

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Square Enix has released Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes on the iTunes Store worldwide. The strategy-RPG is available for play in English and Japanese on the iPod nano with video, iPod classic and fifth generation iPod (and presumably iPhones).

Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes is a Role-Playing Game that transforms your iPod songs into powerful “Tune Troopers” that you can control in battle. As the protagonist Ziggy, you will embark on an epic journey to rescue your brother from the clutches of the Mechanical Militia. Intriguing characters, an epic story and a tactics-based battle system combine for a rich RPG experience previously only available on home and handheld game consoles.

Watch Song Summoner’s story trailer:


ALL FACTS LINED UP:

Title: Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes
Publisher: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Platform: iPod nano with video, iPod classic and fifth generation iPod
Genre: Role-Playing
Launched on: 7th July, 2008
Price: $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99 (iTunes Store download)

Story:
From the days of old, Melodica was a land of music, a land of freedom. The people sang, played and danced to the music they so cherished. Until one day, they came— the Mechanoids, who enhanced their bodies with machinery. Those who were tempted by greed and power willingly gave away their souls for bodies of steel, forsaking their humanity to become cold, emotionless automatons. Now, they seek to destroy all that do not embrace their way of life.

But there is hope on the horizon. There are those who are fated to stand against the tyranny of the machines— the Superstars, who can turn sound into lethal weapons, and the Conductor, also known as the Song Summoner, who can summon powerful warriors born of music. In their most desperate hour, Melodica awaits the arrival of their new Song Summoner…

Game Features:
- Transform your iPod songs into “Tune Troopers” to combat the evil Mechanical Militia.
- Tune Trooper types and abilities are determined by the songs used to create them.
- Your Tune Troopers can be powered up even outside of the game–just by listening to the songs you used to create them!
- Control Ziggy, a “Conductor” that creates warriors out of music, and guide him through his journey to save his brother Zero from the Mechanical Militia.
- Experience a turn-based tactics battle system, divided into player and enemy phases where each side takes turns manoeuvring their forces.
- Deploy the right troopers at the right time, and use contraptions found on the map effectively to achieve victory in battle!
- The iPod Click Wheel allows players to play the game as easily as selecting music.

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In Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 players will be rewarded with different weapons based on tactics used in the game. The tactical shooter will feature 11 new weapons that weren’t in the first Vegas.

Ubisoft is set to release the game on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Australia on March 14th, in America on March 18th, and in Europe on March 20th, 2008.

In this Vegas 2 trailer you pick your weapon of choice from a list of all new artillery.

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The developers at Ubisoft have geared Rainbow Six Vegas 2 towards co-op play from the start. In co-op, players will now be able to experience the full single-player campaign, whereas the previous game skipped several cut-scenes and all of the in-game media. As a consequence, however, the co-op experience has been reduced to a maximum of two players, down from four in the first Rainbow Six Vegas. Unlike the co-op mode in the original Rainbow Six: Vegas, the AI teammates will remain in the game during co-op and can be given orders and go-codes by Player 1. Another advantage is that a second player can join in a campaign game at any time to help out and earn the same achievements as player one, like you can in Gears of War.

As for the multiplayer maps, Ubisoft is focusing on more intimate maps. To quote an IGN interview: “Bigger maps don’t necessarily mean they are better. However, we do offer both bigger and smaller sized maps in RSV2. Our objective was to balance all the maps as best as possible by making more intense firefight zones. In an MP map, you want to be able to find enemies instead of spending all your time wandering around the landscape. There’s still plenty of room to maneuver and approach your objective from different paths. In addition, one way Rainbow Six differentiates itself from other shooters is through close quarter battles.”

The Rainbow Six squad has their work cut out for them in this hostage rescue. Watch the new Rainbow Six Vegas 2 trailer.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on March 11th, 2008.

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Ubisoft is working on Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii due March 11th, 2008. This time the stakes have been raised, as Sin City is under siege.

The FPS game promises new gameplay features and even more visuals. Players encounter an intense solo campaign that uses new tactical possibilities in various locations around Sin City. The developer also promises to breaks new ground in both co-op and adversarial modes, while providing interaction between the solo and multiplayer modes.

The new teaser trailer exclaims “the best are back!â€? but if that’s true, why does it look like half of Las Vegas is exploding… seriously, someone isn’t doing their job!