Sony announces SOCOM 3 @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on March 03, 2005

News: A third Navy SEALs title is coming this fall.

A week or two week ago GameSpot reported that Sony and Zipper Interactive was hard at work on SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs. Today, Sony revealed to everyone that SOCOM 3 is indeed coming this fall and a whole list of game features.

SOCOM 3 adds three new locations to your globetrotting Navy SEALs' Passport: Morocco, Poland, and Bangladesh. Sony has also said that each of the locales in SOCOM 3 will be "five to six times" larger than levels in the previous games.

Vehicles are also being added as players will get the chance to use land and water vehicles and also be able to swim to complete missions. And here's the full feature list:

New Areas of Operation: Morocco, Poland, and Bangladesh, are designed with detailed plots and varied mission destinations.

Land and water vehicles, drivable by both players and AI characters bring new tactics to the SOCOM franchise.

Using 31 authentic weapons and 21 compatible attachments on multiple hard points, players have nearly 1,000 different weapon combinations for customized combat execution.

New Team Command Actions let the player direct the fireteam quickly with a single button press.

Complex AI behavior makes use of cover positions, blind firing, and fallback behavior to better simulate urban combat. Leader AI provides rallying behavior and coordinated chain-of-command scenarios.

Swimming and water combat play a tactical role in SOCOM 3. Use water for cover or pilot strike boats for waterborne assaults.

Streaming environment technology enables gameplay maps five to six times the size than in SOCOM II . Larger maps provide much more varied and rich gameplay experiences.

Multiple paths to mission resolution bring replayability and variety to the single-player experience.

New technology brings advanced particle and graphic effects for more realistic weaponry, environments, and equipment.

Association with Naval Special Warfare Command ensures authentic and realistic SEAL gameplay and mission designs.

Right now SOCOM 3's online details are a big, fat To Be Announced, but we'll be there with the news when Sony lets that info out of the vault.