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SOCOM Confrontation Gets A Late, Patched PAL Release

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:30:00 +0000

SOCOM Confrontation had a few issues. OK, it had a lot of issues. Issues that up til now, only Americans have had the pleasure of experiencing! That’ll change next month with the PAL release.

Coming five months after the American release, SOCOM Confrontation will be out in Australia on March 18, and in Europe on March 13. It should be an all-around improved experience from the US launch, too, with a series of much-needed patches that have been released for the game in the intervening months helping fix most of the game’s more notorious online glitches.

CONFIRMED SOCOM RELEASE DATE [PlayStation, thanks Brett!]

SOCOM: Confrontation Update Should Be Live, Stats All Sparkly New

Brian Crecente — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0000

SOCOM: Confrontation’s 1.30 update should now be available for download on your Playstation 3.

The release of the patch was proceeded by a couple-hour outage to update the servers with the new code. That’s the good news. The bad news is that in order to “resolve incorrect player stats” and to correct the stats for the Trophy support, the developers cleared all player stats.

Doh, time to start over.

SOCOM: Confrontation Update Coming Early January

Jim Reilly — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:20:00 +0000

The latest update for Sony’s tactical shooter won’t quite make it in time for the holidays.

The newest patch to come, version 1.30, is said to fix plenty of bugs and errors, namely stability issues and, most notably, the “heart attack” bug (couldn’t find a Youtube video, sorry). The good news is the patch has been sent for certification. The bad news, however, is that people typically have off over the holidays, so don’t expect a released until after then. Seth Luisi on the SOCOM blog writes:

Unfortunately, due to the Holidays the update will not be approved by SCE Format QA until early next year. Our QA staff will be here, testing the game over vacation, but the SCE QA teams which must approve the update before release will not. Again, these teams must approve all titles and updates before they can be released. We are unable to release the 1.30 update without their approval. As much as I would like to play Scrooge, it is impossible for us to cancel their vacation and get them to approve it over the holiday.

The scheduled release for 1.30 is during the weeks of January 5th or January 12th. For now, though, singalong and enjoy this Christmas special!

(SOCOM Blog via Ars Technica)

SOCOM Confrontation Server Updates, Patches Coming

Kotaku US Edition — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Seth Luisi, Director of Development at SCEA, made an announcement on the SOCOM Confrontation official website yesterday saying he’s quite thrilled by the consumer response for the game since its launch, with players averaging 3.1 hours per person and over 300,000 player hours daily. Of course this has come at a cost, specifically to their servers, he said.

“Unfortunately, the server environment is not holding up during peak loads. We’ve made many changes and improvements to the server to improve the issues (the first few days were really rocky) but we are still seeing server issues when we get up to around 25,000 simultaneous players during peak hours. Our primary focus at this time is to resolve these server issues.”

Luisi also noted there would be patches coming down the road. Yes, patches. Plural. One patch will look to fix client side stability issues, including getting booted to the XMB and getting disconnected from games. He also said another patch is in the works to enable trophies and address user feedback. The client patch is expected to be out “in the next week or so” with no scheduled release date for the second.

SOCOM: Confrontation Update October 20th, 2008

SOCOM: Confrontation Patch Won’t Fix All

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:20:00 +0000

The SOCOM: Confrontation public beta hasn’t exactly been smooth. Good thing it’s a beta. And good thing it’s getting patched today with 8:00 AM EST — server maintenance will take 1.5 hours. But the Public Beta 1.10 Patch isn’t a cure-all. According to the SOCOM Online Team: “The server maintenance and patch are not meant to address all issues. We will have more updates to both the server and client in the future”.

Full statement after the jump:

We will be performing server maintenance and rolling out a new patch on September 9th at 5am PDT, 1200 GMT. The SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation game servers will be unavailable during the maintenance. The server maintenance is not expected to last longer than 1 1/2 hours.

SOCOM: Confrontation Public Beta 1.10 Patch

* Adds support for European EULAs.
* Adds support for dedicated servers located in Europe and Australia.
* Addresses a number of stability and late joining issues.
* Reduce the volume of the proximity chat by 50%.

The server maintenance and patch are not meant to address all issues. We will have more updates to both the server and client in the future.

Regards,
SOCOM Confrontation Online Team

SOCOM: Confrontation Public Beta 1.10 Patch and Server update [Official Site via PS3 Fanboy]

SOCOM Beta Collapses Under Weight Of SOCOM Beta Testers

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:30:00 +0000

There’s loads of people with codes to the SOCOM: Confrontation beta, all lined up waiting to get into the thing. I should know, I’m one of them. You should know, however, that you’re going to need to be a little patient, as the sheer weight of users jumping into beta has caused the whole thing to come crashing down. There’s lag, disconnects, people can’t log in, the works. A statement on the SOCOM site says:

We are doing everything we can to resolve these issues as quickly as possible and you should see some improvements progressively over the next couple of days. However, we do not expect to have the issues completely resolved until close to the end of next week.

Before your rage builds, now would be a good time to remind you this is what betas are for.

SOCOM: CONFRONTATION PUBLIC BETA UPDATE [SOCOM]

SOCOM: Confrontation Beta Is Go

Mike Fahey — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0000

News from the front! According to a large number of tips flooding our email inboxes and instant messenger windows, the PlayStation 3 beta for SOCOM: Confrontation has just gone live. Readers everywhere are reporting receiving their codes, with many letting us know that they are downloading the game as we speak. This of course means that soon download speeds will slow to a crawl, so while the beta may indeed be live, actually getting started with it might take awhile. Special thanks to fquick for using every means at his disposal to make sure we were made aware of this situation.

PS3 Headset Dated, Priced For The US

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:20:00 +0000

We know the deal with Japan and the official Bluetooth PS3 headset, but that’s of only trivial interest to most of you. Of a more direct interest should be the US details, which Sony have divulged today. The headset will, aside from launching in a bundle with SOCOM: Confrontation, also be sold individually, and will see a release sometime in “spring”. As for pricing, you may as well buy SOCOM, as the SOCOM/headset bundle will cost you $US 60, with the headset alone costing you $US 50.

Official Bluetooth Headset for the PLAYSTATION 3 [PlayStation.Blog]

Will the Real New Socom: Confrontation Screens Please Stand Up?

Adam Barenblat — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:40:00 +0000

When I got those Socom: Confrontation screens yesterday I knew something wasn’t right. In fact, I had to look to make sure the game wasn’t also coming out on PSP. Turns out we received some older images accidentally from Sony. Today we got the real new ones and boy does the game look good! This is the high resolution texture goodness I was expecting from the next generation Socom. More images after the jump.

UPDATE: New Socom: Confrontation Screens

Adam Barenblat — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:00:00 +0000