Sony has confirmed via the official SOCOM: Confrontation message board that the early-awaited patch 1.30 will not arrive until January.
Disappointed? Then blame the Holiday rush combined with Sony’s lengthy approval process. Said the company:
"Unfortunately, due to the Holidays the update will not be approved by SCE Format QA until early next year. Our QA staff will be here, testing the game over vacation, but the SCE QA teams which must approve the update before release will not."
The good news is you shouldn’t have to wait too long, with the patch now scheduled to appear during the week of January 5 – January 12. Hopefully Sony will nail down a fixed date in the next week or so.
We’ll keep you posted.