SOCOM 3 sizes up

By Corey Brotherson Published 25 August, 2005

Some maps six times bigger.

The new SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs blog, created by Zipper Interactive and Sony Computer Entertainment America, has turned up some fresh info about the maps in the forthcoming tactical-action title.

By streaming the levels instead of saving them to memory, the design team declares that some of the maps in SOCOM 3 will be so big they could hold over six of the old maps from the last game. The scale has been expanded substantially to fit 32 players at once, providing more space to roam, and easier use of the numerous vehicles littered around, such as jeeps and Humvees.

You can see the demonstration map, Killing Fields, for yourself over at the blog site.

SOCOM 3: U.S Navy SEALs will be released on PlayStation 2 this September.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • #1 7 years ago

    um, is this really news?

  • deaner #2 7 years ago

    If this game turns out even marginally better than SOCOM II, it's going to be absolutely superb. I spent many happy hours playing that title online and off.

    I'm not too sure about enlarging the maps though. The predecessors were difficult enough!

    I'd rather they implemented some more detailed urban landscapes.

  • SteVader #3 7 years ago

    SOCOM 3: U.S Navy SEALs will be released on PlayStation 2 this September

    Your quite sure about that are you? My money is much closer to Christmas?

  • deaner #4 7 years ago

    It's released on the 15/10/2005 in the US and on the 28/10/2005 in the UK, according to various websites.

  • infoxicated #5 7 years ago

    I'm looking forward to this one too - I played the last one to death, so it'll be the perfect game for those cold winter evenings.

    Game had its release date as "September" when I checked last week, but you know how these things go...

    edit: scratch that, Game now has Q1 2006 as the release date :(
    Edited by 1 at 25/08/05 @ 20:12

  • Truthsayer #6 6 years ago

    November 25th on Amazon. VERY favourable review on gamespot.