SOCOM (series)

"SOCOM" is a series of third-person shooter video games created by Zipper Interactive. The title for the series comes from the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) which is a Unified Combatant Command. The games focus on various teams of United States Navy SEALs (an operating component under SOCOM) completing missions with occasional help from other special operations forces from around the world such as the SAS,SBS, and GROM

Games

PlayStation 2

* is a video game classified as a tactical third-person shooter developed by Zipper Interactive and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is an exclusive title for the PlayStation 2. SOCOM was released on August 27, 2002, and is one of the earliest online titles available for the PS2's online adapter. In addition to the 12 offline single player missions, SOCOM also features online play via the internet at no additional charge to the customer. SOCOM additionally uses a USB headset for its speech recoginition commands offline, and allows voice chat with teammates when playing online; this was the first game for the PS2 to use the headset.
* is a third person tactical shooter video game for the PlayStation 2 and a sequel to "". The game was developed by Zipper Interactive in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. "SOCOM II" was released on November 4, 2003.
* is a third person tactical shooter video game for PlayStation 2 and the sequel for previous games " "and "". The game was developed by Zipper Interactive in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. "SOCOM 3 "was released on October 11, 2005, and was added to the list of Sony Greatest Hits games on August 4, 2006.
* was released November 7, 2006 (North America) for the PlayStation 2 gaming console. "Combined Assault" features an entirely new campaign, new vehicles, weapons, multiplayer maps and much more. Combined Assault's campaign mode is completely new and offers 18 missions. Rather than spanning multiple countries like past games in the series, the game takes place solely in the fictional country of Adjikistan. The country is supposedly situated somewhere in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region of Central Asia and features a number of environment and climate zones, allowing for the game to feature a wide variety of landscapes and settings while working within one large, connected story.

PlayStation 3

* is an online-only third person tactical shooter video game for the PlayStation 3 and is the sequel for the previous games ', "SOCOM Combined Assault" and '. It was first scheduled to hit US markets on September 16th, 2008, however, on July 4th 2008, it was announced that the release of the game was pushed back to a release date of October 14th, 2008.

PlayStation Portable

* is the first SOCOM game for the PlayStation Portable. It is one of the Best-selling PSP games next to Grand Theft Auto:Vice City Stories. It has both online play (infrastructure mode) and PSP to PSP play (ad-hoc). It is very similar to the Socom games released for the Playstation 2. This game is also a follow up to for the PS2.
* is a video game for the PlayStation Portable handheld and the sequel to "". The game was released in North America on November 7, 2006. Fireteam Bravo 2 features an entirely new campaign, multiplayer maps, and new features such as Command Equity and Local Influence (see below). Fireteam Bravo 2's campaign mode offers 14 story missions, a variety of partners including LONESTAR, and two partners named BRONCO and WRAITH from SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs: Mobile Recon which was only available for cell phones, and an innumerable number of dynamically generated instant action missions. Rather than spanning multiple countries like past games in the series, the game takes place solely in the fictional country of Adjikistan. The country is supposedly situated somewhere in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region of Central Asia and features a number of environment and climate zones, allowing for the game to feature a wide variety of landscapes and settings while working within one large, connected story. This game is also involved with the PlayStation 2 game .
* is the third hand held game in the SOCOM series. In Tactical Strike you are in command of four combatants. Unlike previous games in the series, "SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike" and "SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation" is developed by Slant Six Games instead of Zipper Interactive.

Cell Phone

*"SOCOM: Mobile Recon"

Characters

EALs

Friendlies

Australian SASR

* WALLABY (Tactical Strike)
* SPLINTAX (Tactical Strike)
* ROACH (Tactical Strike)
* WILLY (Tactical Strike)

German KSK

* CYPHER (Tactical Strike)
* MOOSE (Tactical Strike)
* SCHATTEN (Tactical Strike)
* SPIDER (Tactical Strike)

=British SAS=

* REAVER
* SABRE
* SIERRA (Tactical Strike)
* STREET (Tactical Strike)
* CHARLIE (Tactical Strike)
* ROMEO (Tactical Strike)

French Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale

* VIPER (Tactical Strike)
* RHINO (Tactical Strike)
* MIDNIGHT (Tactical Strike)
* FISH (Tactical Strike)

British SBS

*CHOPPER
*FLASH

Polish GROM

* DEADPAN
* COLDKILL

Spanish UOE

* ACERO (Tactical Strike)
* TAURUS (Tactical Strike)
* SURF (Tactical Strike)
* VARA (Tactical Strike)

Russian SPETZ

* POLARIS
* BLUDSHOT

outh Korean 707th Special Missions Battalion

* DOLJUMOK (Tactical Strike)
* BAEKDUSAN (Tactical Strike)
* MAENUNKKAL (Tactical Strike)
* KKANGDAGU (Tactical Strike)

=Italian 9° Reggimento d' Assalto Incursori Paracadutisti=

* KINGFISHER (Tactical Strike)
* STONE (Tactical Strike)
* GONZO (Tactical Strike)
* MOON (Tactical Strike)

Dutch Korps Commandotroepen

* DIAMOND (Tactical Strike)
* BEPPO (Tactical Strike)
* SPITFIRE (Tactical Strike)
* GHOST (Tactical Strike)

External links

* [http://www.socom.com "www.SOCOM.com"]