Reprise the role of elite SEAL forces as you carry out various squad-based missions to protect America. SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs takes you to three new areas of operation: Morocco, Poland, and Bangladesh. For the first time in the SOCOM series, land and water vehicles play a central role in the gameplay experience.

Protect America and freedom from enemy forces in urban and rural warfare throughout the world in SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs, exclusively for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. SOCOM 3 builds on the strengths of the multimillion-selling franchise to firmly establish both single-player and multiplayer as equally outstanding game experiences. Created in association with the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command, SOCOM 3 is as close as you can get to being a Navy SEAL on PlayStation 2.

KEY FEATURES Single-Player

• Association with the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command ensures authentic and realistic SEAL gameplay and mission designs.
• New Areas of Operation: Morocco, Poland, and South Asia, are designed with detailed plots and varied mission destinations.
• Land and water vehicles, drivable by both players and AI characters bring new tactics to the SOCOM franchise. Vehicles offer players the ability to cover more terrain in larger Areas of Operation for tactical mission progression.
• Using more than 30 authentic weapons and 20 compatible attachments on multiple hard points, players have nearly 1,000 different weapon combinations for customized combat execution.
• New Team Command Actions let the player direct the fireteam quickly with a single button press.
• Complex AI behavior makes use of cover positions, blind firing, and fallback behavior to better simulate urban combat. Leader AI provides rallying behavior and coordinated chain-of-command scenarios.
• Swimming and water combat play a tactical role in SOCOM 3. Use water for cover or pilot strike boats for waterborne assaults.
• Streaming environment technology enables gameplay maps five to six times the size than in SOCOM II. The larger maps provide much more varied and rich gameplay experiences.
• Multiple paths to mission resolution bring replayability and variety to the single-player experience.
• New technology brings advanced particle and graphic effects for more realistic weaponry, environments, and equipment.

• SOCOM 3 builds on the success of its predecessors, supporting up to 32 players (double the amount in SOCOM II) on maps up to six times larger.
• Players can explore 12 unique multiplayer maps, each supporting multiple game types.
• Mission types include: Demolition, Extraction, Suppression, Breach, Escort, Convoy and Control Point.
• Two new mission types Convoy and Control Point. Convoy focuses on vehicle play and Control Point allows players to battle for control of the map.
• Supporting the PlayStation 2 community in new ways, SOCOM 3 will have an expansive list of community features including improved friends list and chat functionality, a detailed ranking structure, expanded stat tracking and ladders, message boards and clan challenges.
• Spectator mode enables up to four viewers to observe the action to identify key map hot spots and player's tactics before entering the game.
• The "crosstalk" feature enables players who successfully complete cross-title objectives to affect mission structure in both SOCOM 3 and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo by syncing mission data across PSP and PlayStation 2 through a USB connection.