SOCOM 1.30 patch brings Trophies and more tomorrow

by Alan Tsang { Jan 8th 2009 at 11:45PM }

SOCOM: Confrontation's highly-anticipated 1.30 update, which has been met with delay after delay, will finally be released on January 9th, at 5AM EST/2AM PST. Hey, that's in a couple of hours! The patch brings with it Trophies (a list of them can be viewed here), D-pad lean-in, a Quick Match/Party system, as well as key bug fixes and new features.

The update will take an hour or two to happen, so the game will be down until approximately 7AM EST/4AM PST. And ouch -- this patch will also wipe out all player statistics.

It's been a long time coming, Slant Six! Let's hope everything goes smoothly.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

Tags: slant-six, socom, socom-confrontation

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

DRY_ICE @ Jan 8th 2009 11:49PM

lets hope

Stuart @ Jan 9th 2009 9:50AM

I think we should be more worried about completing the trophies and getting that platinum than worrying if the patch releases tomorrow. I'll have to get some target practice in before the release. :)

Kind regards,
Submerge from http://ps3trophies.com

Patrick Swayze @ Jan 10th 2009 1:03AM

It still sux with the 1.3 update. To much freakin lag.

ice~ @ Jan 8th 2009 11:50PM

Sweet...maybe I'll finally play the game :( I found the lack of a party system crippling to the game...

Divine @ Jan 9th 2009 12:13AM

Wow, about time... Oh wait, I live in the UK...

Thearon89 @ Jan 9th 2009 12:13AM

It will be on January 9th ;]

PSN: Aggie_CEO @ Jan 9th 2009 12:14AM

yea this is Bullshit........

glad I didnt buy the game but what about the people with Millions of points might be mad..........

Emyrs @ Jan 9th 2009 12:15AM

Woot.. stat wipe!!
::sigh:: well.. we knew it might happen... good thing i stopped playing a month ago to wait for this patch...

DrunkRaba @ Jan 9th 2009 6:06PM

Yeah they have done it so much in the previous games it's to be expected. I stopped playing because of it

calvin @ Jan 9th 2009 5:45AM

ha ha we think alike. i stopped playing around a month ago too but because of the no retroactive trophies. didn't know it would erase player stats though. double points for me.

jmyb17 @ Jan 9th 2009 12:20AM

too bad, too late. KZ2 will be out in a month. and i'm in the zone right now in R2. about 3:1 kills to death in the past week.

Tez @ Jan 9th 2009 3:29AM

SOCOM's gameplay revolves around patience, not run-n-gun, so it makes sense that the impatient would 'move on' quickly. You will be missed.

Kodros @ Jan 9th 2009 1:41PM

"SOCOM's gameplay revolves around patience, not run-n-gun"

And here is why this game annoys the crap out of me. I tried to be the patient one. Trying to cover all the angles and move/cover other players. You know what happens? Some guy runs up to me and kills me while zig-zagging back and forth.

PSN: Aggie_CEO @ Jan 9th 2009 12:21AM

so Glad I didnt buy this..........I'd be pretty pissed if I was had a few hundred thousand Kills over the past few months.......

I havent even played and say that this is some bullshit.........

Emyrs @ Jan 9th 2009 12:33AM

i dunno.. i got the headset combo.. so really for 10bucks extra i got a game... its worth 10$.. not much more then that until after the patch.. but it can be a lot of fun..

I probably wont get many of the trophies, im just not that committed to the game.. and like others have said, KZ2 is out soon...

Tez @ Jan 9th 2009 3:30AM

No it's not; there are a ton of stat-padding friendly glitches that this update will wipe out. It's happened in past SOCOM games, anybody with half a brain saw this coming and planned accordingly (I didn't play in ranked rooms, for example; just played custom games with the clan).

sirpilf @ Jan 9th 2009 1:29AM

hmm, so socom is finally coming out of beta? cool

NukeAssault @ Jan 9th 2009 2:13AM

Sweet now i have an excuse to pick up the headset bundle... Well if i can find one. Surprisingly hard to find around me. Then again i never pushed myself to find it if it wasent with the racks of games. =P

anthonyjh @ Jan 9th 2009 3:38AM

Considering I just lost my Sony Blue tooth (GODDAMMIT), I may just pick up the bundle. Here's to hoping they don't screw the pooch!

Jesse @ Jan 9th 2009 5:42AM

well I'm glad. I just had someone from Goozex agree to ship it to me and it should be here within the next couple days.

I loved the first SOCOM, I hope this one is just as good or better!

Guldevito @ Jan 9th 2009 5:46AM

So in other words the game should have been released today.

Dan Rabot @ Jan 9th 2009 6:41AM

All they've got to do is release this in the UK now.

I play a lot of COD but only because it's the best of a bad bunch (did not rate R2 - sucks bigtime) - Socom would certainly give me a solid, realistic shooter to put some hours into.

Xbox is full of generic shooters but I feel until Socom (and KZ2) is released we do lack gritty realistic shooters on our console. As I say, pretty limited to COD, which is a bit meh.

Socom and KZ can change that up.

SOCOM FOR THE UK! PLEEEEAAAASE

kentuckyfried @ Jan 9th 2009 7:33AM

Yah! It's early! (Somebody else posted a date of the 12th)

Rodney @ Jan 9th 2009 8:19AM

It's alive!!! Downloading the patch now - hopefully this is what we've all been looking for!!!

Derek Friday @ Jan 9th 2009 10:06AM

NETWORK INITIALIZATION FAILED....WTF!! all my stats are gone...understood...but now I can't even play the frickin game....I hate to say this....but I never have online issues on my 360...free online is looking worse and more worse.

king jmy @ Jan 9th 2009 10:39AM

Okay, the patch went live a few hours ago. Relax.

tengu @ Jan 9th 2009 12:40PM

no shit sherlock the patch just came out just chill and i never had online issues on my ps3 its socom not the ps3

Derek @ Feb 5th 2009 11:46AM

I forgot I was on fanBOYz, and being critical of the PS3 (which I own 2)is forbidden(I own 2 360's) as well...and just maybe by being critical I want Sony to know where they can improve.....We can't sugarcoat everything fanboys.....just because you guys have settled for mediocre SONY service doesn't mean I have(: