Next Hottest Title: SOCOM: Confrontation
Platform: Playstation 3
Developer: Slant Six Games
Genre: Third-Person Shooter, Action
Release Date: October 14, 2008
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation is an upcoming third person tactical shooter video game developed by Slant Six Games for the PlayStation 3 and is the sequel for the SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs series. It is being published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game will support up to 32 players and will be sold both on the PlayStation Store and on a Blu-ray Disc.
The game is scheduled to be released October 14, 2008 with the launch of their new website SOCOM.com on March 27, 2008.The game was originally scheduled for a Summer 2008 at the Game Developers Conference by SCEA's Scott Steinberg.The game was first announced at the SCEA's Gamers Day at their Santa Monica Studios on May 17, 2007
Next Hottest Title: SoulCalibur IV
Platform: Playstation 3, xBox 360
Developer: Project Soul
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: July 29. 2008 - Aug 1, 2008
Soulcalibur IV is the fifth installment in Namco's Soul series of fighting games, due for release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 29, 2008 and July 31, 2008 in Japan, Europe and Australia and released August 1, 2008 in United Kingdom (see 2008 in video gaming). For the first time in the series history, the game will have competitive online play. This will be the second game in the series to not have an arcade release before the console release.
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Next Hottest Title: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Platform: Playstation 3 Exclusive
Developer: Kojima Productions
Genre: Stealth-Action
Release Date: June 12. 2008
Plot: Set in 2014, five years after the "Big Shell Incident" (the events of the Plant chapter from Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 4 portrays a world where the restriction of military intervention on foreign soil has been eased, fueling the need for private military companies (PMCs) to fight proxy wars for business purposes. Nanotechnology has become prominent, both to enhance the capabilities and enforce the loyalty of mercenaries. The nanos that are in the PMCs are called "Sons of the Patriots" or "SOP". The five largest of these PMCs (Which are named Praying Mantis, Otselotovaya Khvatka, Werewolf, Pieuvre Armement and Raven Sword) are owned by a single mother company named Outer Haven, which is operated by Liquid Ocelot. Amassing an army whose manpower rivals that of the United States, Liquid prepares to launch an armed insurrection by taking control of SOP. Liquid will have the power to control all of the PMCs. With the world once again in crisis, a rapidly aging and disillusioned Solid Snake is deployed into the Middle East by Roy Campbell to terminate Liquid. Guns of the Patriots will take place in five locations, including the Middle East, South America and Eastern Europe