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SOCOM: Confrontation will be getting DLC later this summer, according to the game’s official site.

The content is expected to have a new area of operation, game mode, new maps, characters, weapons and attachments.

Game music will be updated and a new voice-over selection will be included as well.

No word on when exactly to expect it, but more information is promised soon.

Via Joystiq.

SCEA’s launched SOCOM.com, your home for all things PS3 terror-death, as you can see on the PS Blog.

The portal features a rolling ticker relaying live stats on the best SOCOM players, as well as MySOCOM, which contains all your leaderboards, clan updates, and so on.

The game launches in Europe next month.

SCEE’s finally put a date on SOCOM: Confrontation for non-US places, as detailed in this Euro PS boards post.

“The officially confirmed release dates are 13th March (UK), 18th March (EU) and 19th March (PSN),” said the game’s European producer.

We were supposed to get this last month. Better late than never.

The official SOCOM sitehas revealed that the 1.30 update has been approved and should have gone live at around 10am this morning.

The update fixes over 100 issues and promises that “framerate/lag hitches fixed and many gameplay issues resolved.”

So there you have it.

By Mike Bowden

According to a Sony Europe PSN release schedule obtained by videogaming247.com, SOCOM Confrontation will be available to download from PlayStation Network on the 5th of February.

The much sort after shooter slipped to “early 2009” back in November.

No price is forthcoming at this time.

We can only assume that a boxed version of the game will be released within the same time period.

By Mike Bowden

Eurogamer’s reporting that the European version of SOCOM: Confrontation won’t be out until early next year.

No reason’s been given for the delay.

The game’s out in America already.

The US PS Blog’s posted that the American beta for SOCOM: Confrontation will go live in America at 5.00pm PST today.

You need to be a Qore subscriber to get involved, apparently, and you need to have been so from the first episode of the Future US PSN show.

More through the link.

SCEA’s confirmed that a SOCOM: Confrontation patch will be released today to ease pain on the game’s troubled beta.

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.

This is what betas are about, chaps. Watch for the patch later today.

Speaking in this official blog post, SCEA’s Seth Luisi has apologised to load issues to to high demand for the SOCOM beta, saying everything should be fixed by the end of next week.

“Due to overwhelming demand for the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation Public Beta, we are experiencing load related issues,” he said.

“These issues are causing abnormal latency, disconnects, long load times, login errors and community features such as clans and stats not functioning correctly (or at all).

“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.

“We apologize for the inconvenience.”

Shooting people for free is clearly the new black. Game’s out on September 16.

Demand for Eurogamer’s UK SOCOM: Confrontation beta key giveaway was furious today, with the site buckling under pressure but delivering its 6,000 keys in 1 hour 17 minutes.

The site’s recovered now, but if you were thinking of hopping on to the beta and weren’t prepared for the F5 madness, tough luck.

The beta itself starts today, so if you were lucky enough to get a key you can use it instantly.

If you don’t live in the UK but you’re in other PAL territories, hit this for more info from SCEE.

The US PS Blog‘s published log-in information and general details for those hoping to get onto the SOCOM: Confrontation public beta later today, including conformation that codes will start being released at 10am PST.

If you’re European, head over to Eurogamer for a beta key. They’re being given out at 4pm BST today, apparently.

According to this US PS Blog post, the PS3 Bluetooth headset will be released in the US this “fall” with the SOCOM: Confrontation bundle ($59.99) and as a standalone peripheral ($49.99).

There’s loads more info through there, should you be American and in the market for a Bluetooth headset for your PS3.

Still waiting for European details, but it’s fairly safe to assume it’s coming out with SOCOM later this month.

Eurogamer’s giving away 6,000 keys for the European SOCOM: Confrontation beta, which starts this Friday, September 5.

If you’re Australian, you’ll probably be wanting to look at this, innit.

PalGN’s handing out 1,000 beta codes for SOCOM: Confrontation, but you’re only in with a chance if you’re Australian, unfortunately.

But still. If you’re Australian and you’re into tactical shooters, you’re in luck. More through the link.

According to this LivePlay3 piece, SOCOM: Confrontation is going to be a three-SKU deal, hitting on October 17.

Apparently there’s going to be a PSN version of the tactical shooter for €39, and two Blu-ray packs, one with a Bluetooth headset and one without, for €59 and €39 respectively.

We’ll check this with Sony now. Gamespress is listing it at September 16.

IGN has upped 11 new images of Sony shooter SOCOM: Confrontation.

The backdrops reminds us a little of GRAW, which is no bad thing at all, really.

Have a look.

By Mike Bowden

Army of Two? Hah! Try Army of Two Plus One. According to Joystiq, you need only pre-order a single copy of SOCOM: Confrontation from Gamestop to pocket three beta keys.

Of course, if you plan to download the game from PSN, a quick (read: year-long) Qore subscription will also yield a beta key – but only one. And frankly, a $5 pre-order is cheaper, and fully retractable.

So, which route will you be taking?

By Nathan Grayson

Eurogamer’s put up a no-show on a European SOCOM date from Sony, with a rep saying, “We have yet to announce a release date and price for SOCOM in the UK.”

SCEA confirmed earlier this week that SOCOM Confrontation, the next game in the firm’s popular tactical shooter series, will hit the US on October 14 and will cost $39.99 both at retail and on PSN.

According to ShackNews, Socom: Confrontation, the upcoming downloadable and Blu-ray PS3 exclusive tactical shooter, will be getting a beta released on September 1 in the USA.

To gain access, you can do either of two things; pre-order the game from Gamestop, at which time you will receive a beta voucher to access the demo on the September 1; or you can purchase the June edition of Qore to gain access to the beta a week later on September 8.

Beta details in other parts of the world will be released by regional SCE branches in their own time.

By Gareth Chadwick