109w ago - Zipper Interactive Senior Community Manager Jeremy Dunham has announced today that SOCOM 4 officially deploys on PS3 this week!

To quote: On behalf of everyone at Zipper Interactive, we're pleased to announce that SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs available for purchase in North America starting today!

Expect to see it released in other territories all over the world throughout the remainder of the week.

In the SOCOM 4 solo campaign, players will guide the Operations Commander and his combined squad of U.S. Navy SEALs and Korean Special Forces across 14 missions set in war-torn Southeast Asia and a country on the verge of civil war.

But SOCOM 4 doesn't stop there - fans can also expect exciting competitive multiplayer with all-new maps, original gametypes and numerous modes of play in addition to user-defined custom cooperative campaigns that change every time you play them!





Check out our launch trailer above to see what we're talking about.

Outside of the game itself, we're also offering fans a number of other goodies to celebrate SOCOM 4's release. Log on to PlayStation Home, for example, and you can find up to five unique (and free!) SOCOM 4 shirts for your Home Avatar, as well as a special...

110w ago - Sony's Senior Social Media Specialist Rey Gutierrez has posted up this coming weeks PS3, PSP and PSN releases today, as follows:

The Drop upper-cuts your PS3 into a sea of spikes (thanks to the help of Kratos), introduces it to an insane, malevolent computer A.I. and rendezvous with the US Navy SEALS with another exquisite launch of new releases.

PlayStation 3

SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs -- (PlayStation Move - PlayStation Sharp Shooter - 3D Compatible) In South East Asia, a revolutionary army has seized control of a country bordering one of the world's most vital waterways; threatening to disrupt the global economy.

Your mission is to step into the well-worn boots of the Ops Com, a NATO Operations Commander of an elite, five-man squad. You must venture deep into inhospitable jungles, city streets and crumbling urban ruins to engage an army of rebel fighters and discover their plans.

Although you're vastly outnumbered, you're armed with the latest weaponry and your men are second to none -- but do you possess the stealth, speed and tactical thinking to lead them to victory? Time is not on your side: you have just six days to complete your mission. To emerge victorious, you must lead from the front, maintain control of the situation and...

111w ago - Sony's Senior Social Media Specialist Rey Gutierrez has posted up this weeks PS3, PSP and PSN releases today as follows:

Aid Hatapon in his quest to free the Patapon tribe from their stone prisons and rescue them from the seven evil spirits in Patapon 3, one of the PSP's most anticipated and unique games of the year.

The rest of the line-up for The Drop this week, has you moon-walking, bird flinging and templar assassinating on the PS Move, PS3 and PSN.

PlayStation Portable

Patapon 3 (Also on PSN) -- The brave Patapon tribe cross the recently constructed bridge at the end of Patapon 2. A mysterious box lies in their path and they combine their efforts to break it open.

They successfully break open the box to release... the seven evil spirits! All the Patapons are turned to stone except for Hatapon. He has escaped the tragedy and finds a silver Hoshipon at the bottom of the box which gives him a new power to defeat the evil spirits: Superhero Patapon.

Patapon 3 introduces this new Superhero Patapon, which players can use to head into musical battle, devastating opponents with deadly, rhythmic attacks. Players will go on multiplayer Quest with friends or go head-to-head on an epic four-against-four...

112w ago - Sony's Senior Social Media Specialist Rey Gutierrez is here with details on the new PS3, PSP and PSN releases for the coming week.

To quote: Zipper Interactive radios in for reinforcements with the release of the SOCOM 4 multiplayer beta.

Anyone with an internet connection and a PSN account will be able to log into the multiplayer battlefield. Compete for leader board supremacy with the aid of your PlayStation Move controller in the pinball action game, Stardrone.

Man heavy tanks, and other four wheeled tools of destruction on the planet surface of Mars in Red Faction: Battlegrounds, and enjoy destroying aquatic life in this week's PS minis release, Fish Tank. And finally, go digital and portable in a galaxy far, far away.

PlayStation Move

Stardrone (PSN Download) -- Designed especially for PlayStation Move Motion Controller, StarDrone is a perfect blend of high-speed physics and pinball action, with strategic elements of break-out and object collection.

But this is no walk amongst the stars, as the Drone is always in motion in the zero gravity environment, and the more stellar matter collected, the faster...

113w ago - Sony's Senior Social Media Specialist Rey Gutierrez is here with this coming weeks new PS3, PSP and PSN releases today, as follows: Legends and all-stars from the wrestling ring to the driving range, fight for your attention on the PS3 with the arrival of WWE All Stars and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 on Blu-Ray. 

Free Realms, Split/Second and Sonic the Hedgehog all make their notable cameos on PSN bringing you countless hours of digital hotness. It's a Drop filled with speed, golfing and parasites.

PlayStation 3

WWE All Stars: WWE All Stars is an over-the-top, arcade-style beat-down featuring the WWE's past and present superstars of the ring. WWE All Stars delivers one of the greatest rosters ever assembled in a wrestling-centric videogame. Renowned WWE Legends will align with today's most prominent WWE Superstars, inviting players to generate fantasy matches and ultimately determine the greatest competitors of all time.

Shift 2 Unleashed: Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed builds on the true driving experience that the NFS franchise is renown for by introducing the driver's battle, an even more authentic and primal feeling of power and speed which elevates the fundamental competitive race into a struggle for supremacy against other drivers and even...