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Sony Confirms Zipper Interactive Closure

Rumors about the demise of Zipper Interactive, best known for the long-running SOCOM series on PlayStation-branded devices, have appeared during last week and Sony, the current owner of the company, has now confirmed the immediate closure of the development studio. 80 employees working at Zipper will be affected by ...

2 April 2012
03:03 GMT

Sony Might Close Down Zipper Interactive, Developer of SOCOM and Unit 13

A brand new report has appeared on the web, saying that Sony is close to shutting down its Zipper Interactive studio, the developer behind the hit SOCOM franchise. Zipper Interactive was founded back in 1995 and, after making a few games on the PC, became extremely popular thanks to the hit PlayStation 2-exclusive t...

26 March 2012
20:21 GMT

New Unit 13 Video Shows Off Its Mission Variety

Sony has posted a new video of its recently released Unit 13 tactical shooter for the PS Vita, this time focusing on the variety of missions you can complete.The PlayStation Vita arrived at the end of February and, at the beginning of March, Zipper Interactive released Unit 13, a tactical third person shooter for the...

8 March 2012
17:21 GMT

Learn to Play Unit 13 with a Brand New Video

Sony and developer Zipper Interactive have presented a fresh video for their upcoming Unit 13 shooter title, which introduces players to the game’s different operatives and walks them through a regular mission.The PlayStation Vita has received quite a few great games at its launch, including Uncharted: Golden A...

2 March 2012
17:31 GMT

Unit 13 Review (PS Vita)

Unit 13 is a straight up third-person shooter with stealth game elements that Sony published for their new PlayStation Vita handheld, with the actual development work done by Zipper Interactive, team best known for their work on the SOCOM series of games on the PlayStation 2 and 3 home consoles and on the original Pl...

21 February 2012
17:21 GMT

Unit 13 Out in March for the PlayStation Vita, Gets New Gameplay Video

Zipper Interactive and Sony have just presented some more details about Unit 13, a tactical shooter that will arrive on the PlayStation Vita at the beginning of March, as well as a new gameplay video. The PlayStation Vita is getting ready to make its debut at the end of next month and Sony will support the new handh...

17 January 2012
19:21 GMT

New Video Shows Off Unit 13 on the PlayStation Vita

Unit 13 is a third person tactical shooter coming from Zipper Interactive, the studio behind hit titles like MAG or the ones from the SOCOM series, and has now received some more details, alongside an in-depth video about its various features.Sony is getting ready to deploy the PlayStation Vita in Europe and North Am...

20 December 2011
18:31 GMT

Used SOCOM 4 Players Will Need to Pay 14.99 for Multiplayer Content

Video game publisher and hardware creator Sony has taken the 10 Dollar Project from Electronic Arts one step further, announcing that all those who pick up a used copy of its shooter SOCOM 4 will need to pay no less than 14.99 dollars in order to get access to some weapons and some multiplayer content which is includ...

20 April 2011
17:41 GMT

SOCOM 4 Has Special Dance Moves in Multiplayer Matches

The upcoming SOCOM: Special Forces (aka SOCOM 4) will have a unique feature in its multiplayer mode, as players have the ability to perform special dance moves over the bodies of their opponents. Multiplayer gaming has given birth to a lot of unique ways through which players express their dominance over others, w...

17 March 2011
16:51 GMT

SOCOM 4 Is the First Real SOCOM Game for the PlayStation 3

Zipper Interactive, the studio behind the popular SOCOM PlayStation-exclusive franchise, revealed about its upcoming release, SOCOM 4, that it is the first "real" title in the series for the PlayStation 3. This statement seemingly casts aside the multiplayer-only SOCOM: Confrontation, which was released back in 20...

14 February 2011
17:21 GMT

SOCOM 4 Launch Confirmed for April 19

Sony, as the publisher, and Zipper Interactive, as the developer, have announced that their SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs title will be launched on April 19 in North America, exclusively for the PlayStation 3 home gaming console, with the European date probably coming the customary three days later. SOCOM 4 will put play...

31 January 2011
04:59 GMT

SOCOM 4 Officially Delayed into 2011

Zipper Interactive, the development studio that Sony put in charge of creating SOCOM 4, has announced that the shooter, which was initially scheduled to arrive at some point during the fall in order to aid in the launch of the PlayStation Move motion tracking system, is now slate for an unspecified date in 2011.Jerem...

30 July 2010
03:51 GMT

MAG's Open Beta Went Live Today

After being teased as a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, MAG spent a lot of time in beta testing. As one could only expect, the 256-player maps that the game supports are bound to cause a lot problems, so it's no wonder the game spent months on end under a magnifying glass, as developers watche...

5 January 2010
05:48 GMT

MAG Gets Open Beta, Goes Gold

MAG has generated a lot of attention since it was first announced, and, whether that's a good thing or not, it has done so with a single feature. The team-based, first-person shooter promised to deliver a battlefield of unrivaled proportions for its genre. The game's developer, Zipper Interactive, pegged it...

22 December 2009
06:37 GMT

Sony Is Working on a PlanetSide Sequel

PlanetSide has operated as a solo name for quite some time now. Sony Online Entertainment haven't announced any new titles in the successful series but they did show signs that they planned to add another name to the franchise. In the last days of September Sony issued a request towards former and active PlanetS...

13 October 2009
04:49 GMT


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