Confirmed ! : Sony closes Zipper Interactive

**keefy** · 04-01-2012

I never played their games only MAG Beta and a tiny wee bit of confrontation although they didnt develop it it was their idea originally.

**mickice** · 04-01-2012

Originally Posted by CMac21

Maybe another Sony studio can take a crack at making a new Socom successful.

Give it to SONY Bend. Syphon Filter isnt far from a tactical shooter.

**Dave-The-Rave** · 04-01-2012

SOCOM was never any good though, it was just cause it was one of the first online console games that people have their nostalgia goggles on.

**coolguy** · 04-01-2012

its sad to see them close but if they need to make better games to stay open

**faaeng** · 04-01-2012

Originally Posted by mickice

Give it to SONY Bend. Syphon Filter isnt far from a tactical shooter.

Love Siphon Filter. Just plz no cheesey stun gun sniping plz =P

Originally Posted by Dave-The-Rave

SOCOM was never any good though, it was just cause it was one of the first online console games that people have their nostalgia goggles on.

I would say that. I loved Socom 1 n 2 and thoroughly enjoyed Confrontation after they fixed alot of issues with it. The game just wasn't for everyone that's all. It was definitely a niche market.

If you liked CounterStrike and/or TPSs you loved Socom. All Socom was was a Third Person Counterstrike. Still no other game like it and it was sad to see the franchise run into the ground the way it was.

With Sony rereleasing the PS2 Classics and somany people begging for it, I'm surprised Sony wont rereleased S1/S2 to guage peoples interests. Its practically guaranteed to sell at least a million copies. People want a hardcore shooter too. Not everyone wants a casual mass marketed shooter. Their is room for both, but it seams noone want to cater to the other side of the fence. They all want a pieces of CODs pie.

**Mael Duin** · 04-01-2012

And who is Christian Allen?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...ctical-shooter

A Video Games project in Seattle, WA by Christian Allen, Serellan LLC

Takedown just got funded.

**faaeng** · 04-02-2012

Christian Allen is an American video game designer. He is most noted for his contributions to the Ghost Recon franchise and Halo: Reach. Allen became Lead Designer on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 and continued in that role through Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, becoming Creative Director on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Allen

I was thinking about supporting the kickstarter, then reading what he had to say and what he wants to make... I realized that the man really has no clue what type of game he wants to make aside from "tactical shooter"...

It started off a an unknown perspective tactical shooter for the pc to possibly go console. Now its a PC FPS (boo..) PS3 TPS (yay... i think.. ) and unknown type for the 360.... o_O?

I wish them the best regardless.
/crosses fingers and hopes for the best