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The long-time-coming patch for SOCOM Confrontation will become available Tuesday morning (Pacific time) and include features such as clan ladders, tournaments, private games, follow-a-friend and a calendar (among others). Here are some of the fixes and whatnot (from the Official PlayStation Blog):

Crashes, Freezes and Hangs Fixed

• Players being booted out of the game to the XMB while loading into gameplay.
• Players freezing on the loading screen going into and returning from gameplay.
• Loss of input issues that occurred when using the pause menu or scoreboard.
• Low frequency freezes when creating a clan.
• Players occasionally getting stuck on the Quick Match screen after selecting an invitation.
• Rare cases where players would become stuck in Spectator mode.

General Gameplay Updates

• Numerous improvements to lag and latency, as well as bandwidth optimizations.
• To eliminate exploits where players were escaping to outside of the playable space, many of the previously found routes are now blocked off. As a further measure, the playable areas are now surrounded by trigger volumes that will kill players attempting to find new exploits.
• Players are no longer able to plant claymores through pillars, walls and other objects.
• Target spotting will now default to OFF in all ranked games.
• Fixed characters occasionally getting stuck when planting flares in Control mode.
• Made the range players could plant the satchel more consistent between levels, in both Breach and Demolition modes.
• Commando reticles now turn green when targeting a VIP in Escort mode.
• Increased the priority of picking up the satchel so it can be picked up more easily when weapons and other objects are piled around it.
• Louder and improved footstep audio for characters that are out of view.
• Limited the angle that climb prompts appear at, character will no longer turn 90 degrees before climbing.
• VIPs no longer appear on the HUD Radar after being killed.
• Added the ability to plant Control flares and Demolition/Breach satchels while prone.
• Improved grenade throws, they now more closely follow the throw arc, added better wall detection to keep players from throwing grenades through walls and other objects.
• Fixed issues where different weapons would appear in characters hands to different players.
• Players can no longer take control of VIPs/Hostages through walls or other objects.
• Improved performance for the late joiner, host and all other players when joining a match in progress.
• The satchel will no longer appear in the incorrect location for players that late join Demolition and Breach matches.
• Fixed cases where the number of rounds won by each team could become out of sync.
• The death camera will stop following the character that killed your player after 5 seconds.
• In spectator mode, the button commands will fade out after 5 seconds.
• When selecting a weapon in-game the player’s custom loadout will not be overwritten, that can only be done in the Front End Armoury.
• Fixed cases where Detonators for Key Moments could become desynced, allowing them to be used twice.
• Multiple fixes for situations where characters could become invisible.
• Drastically cut down the Fade-In time at the start of the round.
• Fixed the jittering reticle when planting C4 and Claymores.
• Improved ability to plant the C4 on Breach walls.
• Resolved issues across all maps where players could become stuck when crouching or going prone in tight spaces.
• Closed an exploit where players could shoot through walls close to windows when using a scope.

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For those that bought Qore Episode 1 you should be getting a e-mail at some point today. I haven’t got mine yet. But the download will be available around 5:00 PM PST today according to Sony.

After you get your Promotion Code do this to get into the beta:

* Go to the PLAYSTATION Network Icon on the PLAYSTATION3 XMB (XrossMediaBar)
*Select “Account Management”
* Select “Transaction Management”
* Choose “Redeem PLAYSTATION Network Card or Promotion Code”
* Enter the code (below)
* Click “Continue”

The download will be available on the next screen

I’ll see you online Probably tomorrow for me.

SOCOM: Confrontation Deploys for Qore Subscribers Tomorrow

Any SOCOM fans out there? Here’s a video interview with some actual gameplay footage in there. Once I get a job I might pick this one up – downloaded, even.

Of interest to me were the comments right near the end where they said that you can use the SIXAXIS motion controls to lean your character, among other things. I wonder if this will end up being the first really useful SIXAXIS feature?

SOCOM Confrontation is coming out on September 16th. I heard that it only has seven maps, so it better be a half price title!

1UP had this to say about the game:

To celebrate this news, tomorrow Sony will be launching SOCOM.com, an online community site devoted to the game. Pre-release, the site will provide regular news updates as well as a place for fans to get together. Once the game has launched, gamers will discover full integration with the website, including near real-time stat tracking, clan management tools, and more.

SOCOM Confrontation Marching Out on September 16