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SOCOM: Confrontation DLC pack announced
Sony has announced a new DLC pack for the year-old SOCOM: Confrontation multiplayer shooter. The DLC, titled “Cold Front”, will retail for $15 and will include two new maps plus three old maps that have been remade, in addition to new characters, weapons and a new progress system. The DLC will also include new music and new Eastern European setting, complete with a new special forces group: the Russian Spetsnaz.
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SOCOM: Confrontation Beta Goes Bad, Gets Patch
Developers want their beta to be popular, but just how popular does it have to be for the experience go sour? User demand was to blame for rampant problems in the recently released multiplayer beta of SOCOM: Confrontation, the PS3 installment in the series.
“Due to overwhelming demand for the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation Public Beta, we are experiencing load related issues,” reads a statement on the game’s website. “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).”
They, however, are not sitting on their asses, but have actually gotten around bringing out a patch to update the game to v1.10. It adds support for dedicated servers in Europe and Australia; a number of stability and late joining issues have also been addressed.
SOCOM Beta Pushed Back
Eurogamer reports that the US public beta for SOCOM: Confrontation has been pushed back a “few days” to September 5. Those getting in through Qore will get access a week later on September 12.
Sony asserts that the mid-October US release date is still intact, noting that the public beta will run for a full month so that people can get enough practice pre-launch.
Meanwhile, Eurogamer notes that the company is yet to set a release date for the European release of the game.
Pre-order SOCOM Confrontation, Get Three Beta Keys
Joystiq reports that those who pre-order SOCOM Confrontation will get three beta keys, two of which can be given away to friends. This only applies when pre-ordering from Gamestop, and you and your friends will have to BFF, as the deal will be rendered void should either party decide to end the friendship.
The site notes that Sony keeps a “very strict” friends-only policy. The public beta begins September 1 for pre-orders and September 8 for Qore subscribers.