SOCOM: Confrontation Media Day Coverage!

June 27th, 2008 by David Brothers

David “Point Man” Brothers here once again with some news on a series of posts on SOCOM.com you may want to see.

SOCOM Media Day

This past Tuesday, Sony threw a Media Day just outside of Las Vegas. The Sony team, Slant Six reps, myself, and a bunch of reporters went out into the desert to shoot some guns, have some fun, and get some new facts on SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation and the official Bluetooth Headset for PLAYSTATION 3.

PS3 Bluetooth

Click on over to SOCOM.com to check out the beginning of our coverage. We’re going to hit the ground running today and keep the info coming to you next week.

SOCOM Media Day

Below we’ve got a flyby of Quarantine, one of the stages that were spotlighted on Tuesday, plus a few shots of the goings-on at the event. That’s just to whet your appetite, though. Come get the main course over at SOCOM.com!


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SOCOM: Weekly Wrap-Up

May 18th, 2008 by David Brothers

Full steam ahead this week, with a new screenshot, some new sigs, and a couple of interviews.

Friday
Get Down- We wrap up our week of new shots with one last shot of Crossroads.

Wednesday
Kotaku on SOCOM.com- Kotaku showed us some love, so we show some back.

Thursday
Dev Q&A 01- We kick off a new series on SOCOM.com– a developer question & answer session. Seth Luisi answers this week’s questions.
IGN and David Seymour Chit-chat- Coinciding with Seth answering questions on SOCOM.com, David Seymour reveals some new things to IGN.

Friday
Friday? Gamer’s Day!- Gamer’s Day is getting revved up.
Incoming SOCOM Patches- Cade Meyers from Zipper fills us in on a few upcoming patches.
SOCOM’s Signature Style- We’ve got three sigs. Spread them far and spread them wide.

We got some great info out to you guys this week. We’ll have more Q&A next week and keep your eyes on this blog for more E3 Judges’ Day updates.


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SOCOM: Weekly Wrap-Up

May 9th, 2008 by David Brothers

I kept it light on SOCOM.com this week, but I did manage to break you off with a gang of new screenshots.

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  • XPlay Replay and Reply- You’re going to have to pardon my pun, but here’s where we talk over the XPlay footage from last week.
  • Stairways- Take a peek at a little of Urban Wasteland.
  • Crossroads Screen!- Three on one is fair in SOCOM: Confrontaton. The proof is in the screenshot.
  • Crossroads Panorama- Get some target practice in from this position on Crossroads. Be they birds or enemies, you can hit just about anything from here.
  • Crossroads Re-Preview- Take a closer look at a familiar alley.

This week had a fistful of screens, and now it’s time for me to rest. Catch you on the flipside.


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SOCOM: Weekly Wrap-up

May 2nd, 2008 by David Brothers

I’m back again with a light Weekly Wrap-Up for y’all. Check it out below!

Friday

  • SealTeam-6 Interviews Alex Luffman, QA Tester- Quality Assurance is a huge and vital part of video game production. Alex Luffman drops some knowledge on us in this interview.
  • We Got A 1up!- Pardon my corny pun, but I couldn’t come up with any better way to say “1up.com has us up on their site again.” I mean, I could’ve said that, but that isn’t very funny at all.

Monday

Tuesday

  • Fresh Out!- Hey, look at that. G4 is showing off SOCOM: Confrontation.

It’s Friday, kids. Peace!


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SOCOM: Weekly Wrap-up

April 26th, 2008 by David Brothers

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That’s one month done for SOCOM.com, so you’re due for another weekly wrap-up. What went down over the past week? Have a look.

Friday

  • Art, Tools, & Tech - Stephen O’Grady comes calling with a ton of photos and info on how SOCOM graphics are created.

Monday

Tuesday

  • Gun of the Week: SAS-R - Another week, another gun. The SAS-R gets a spotlight this week. There’s no video, but there is a promise of info to come.

Wednesday

  • Closed Beta? Wait! - Abigale on the SOCOM.com forums is kicking off the closed beta selection process. Take a look at how it’s going.

Thursday

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SOCOM: Weekly Wrap-up

April 18th, 2008 by David Brothers

Hey, folks. David “Point Man” Brothers back again for another Weekly Wrap-up. Here’s what went up on SOCOM.com, last Friday through yesterday:

Friday

  • Tuning & Balancing – Another behind-the-scenes look at Slant Six as Allen Goode shows what it takes to finely tune SOCOM: Confrontation to perfection.

Monday

  • Dev Bio: Dan McBride – Dan McBride is the Managing Director at Slant Six and lets me in on his background
  • Poll: Favorite Maps – The first poll has been reset so vote one more time if you haven’t been back since

Tuesday

  • Gun of the Week: F90 - This week we take a look at the F90 and enjoy the sweet sound of slow-mo gun fire.

Wednesday

  • Gun of the Week? – What do you think should be the next Gun of the Week?

Thursday

  • Dev Bio: David Seymour – Overseeing all aspects of game design is Slant Six’s own David Seymour

We’re updating every weekday at SOCOM.com… see you there!


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