With SOCOM servers KIA, first footage of H-Hour emerges

A BF4 replacement for Team Base Play?  Not if DICE can fix BF4 in time.  But H-Hour might be interesting. H-Hour looks like a Last-Gen game... more like Socom Confrontation. No word if H-Hour will be on the PS4 or XB1.


With SOCOM servers KIA, first footage of H-Hour emerges

Will H-Hour save the team-based tactical shooter genre?
By Wesley Yin-Poole Published Wednesday, 8 January 2014
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With the servers for Sony's SOCOM games near death, it seems fans of team-based tactical third-person shooters are stuck for something to play.

Or are they?

Shining a light at the end of the tunnel is H-Hour: World's Elite, the new team-based tactical third-person shooter spearheaded by the creative director of the original SOCOM games, David Sears.

This week developer SOF Studios released the first footage of the game, which was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter last year, raising $252,000 in the process.

Sears was creative director of the SOCOM series on PlayStation 2 while at Zipper Interactive, and he describes H-Hour as the spiritual successor to SOCOM.

The footage in the video, below, is captured from an early pre-alpha build of the game. SOF said it's developing a proof of concept demo so it can seek further funding from venture capital or a publisher to build the game. If all goes well, the finished product will release on PC and PlayStation 4 in January 2015.

In March 2012 Sony announced it had closed Zipper Interactive after it had completed PS Vita game Unit 13. The last SOCOM game the studio made was SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs for PlayStation 3, which launched in April 2011. The SOCOM franchise has remained dormant ever since.



READER COMMENTS

jetfire10 1 hour ago
Please don't suck, please don't suck, please don't suck...
Also, kudos to the person who made that trailer, they certainly have a good sense of humour!


DreadedWalrus 1 hour ago
Ted Bundy? :eeK

UkHardcore23 28 minutes ago
Graphics are amazing!

Sr.D 17 minutes ago
Waiting for this

extravagantnonsense 4 minutes ago
sack this off and make MAG 2 on ps4.

call it whatever you want, but just make it.

please.

Kasual7 2 minutes ago
looks promising, if they keep improving and upgrading the gameplay core, that would be welcomed as a standard in multiplayer shooter on ps4 !

The H-Hour website has confirmed to me, that H-Hour is planned to be released on the Next-Gen consoles(PS4 & xBox One) also.
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H-Hour – Beta Not a Demo, New Details and Gameplay Trailer Soon?
by James Lara
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SOF Studios sheds some light on its vision for H-Hour’s beta and shares a few tidbits of what to expect from the game.

Nowadays, betas are done just a few weeks before a game launches, leaving many to believe that it’s an actual demo, rather than a test session.

Via Twitter
        CESAR eXP @nob_maestro

       @SOFstudios a beta is supposted to be free for us to try, im a socom fan but i say HELL NO for paying $45 for a beta.

   SOF Studios @SOFstudios
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   @nob_maestro actually that's a Demo. A Beta is too stress test and find bugs :)but it's okay it's not a demand! Just for those that asked.
   7:59 PM - 12 Mar 2014

        Nick / Triickster @ImTriiCkStEr

       @SOFstudios what is H-Hour's release date? And when does the beta end? I may just have to get myself in that beta.

   SOF Studios @SOFstudios
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   @ImTriiCkStEr Current target is first quarter of 2015 :)The Beta will end when its ready however long that may take.
   4:47 PM - 12 Mar 2014

        0Sk Gamerz @RunningManOSK

       @BRFantastiq @ArmyEliteSeals but just sometimes some answers can't all be answered right @DavidTroySears ?

   DavidTroySears @DavidTroySears
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   @RunningManOSK @BRFantastiq @ArmyEliteSeals True-it's more efficient to play the game in beta, send feedback, and watch the improvements.
   10:15 AM - 13 Mar 2014

The team also discussed how the beta has limited slots and that the donation fund would eventually be closed once they’ve filled in the spots. Users who do participate in the closed beta will have an opportunity to play in the title’s first broadcast tournament. It also seems from the forum post that video uploads are allowed, though it’s not official.

While the Beta is still a long ways before it enters closed testing, funders and others who are interested in the title may be getting a first look at an up-to-date build gameplay with a trailer that may (or may not) be releasing soon.

Just screened a rough cut of our first gameplay trailer. Wow. Very different from what we've shown you to date. Looks fun. @SOFstudios
11:40 AM - 11 Mar 2014

Gamepedia also launched the official wiki page for H-Hour along with an exclusive look at one of the maps, which you can view below alongside a new screenshot.



Other details confirmed by the developers through Twitter:

   The game will feature a single player mode, however it won’t be included at launch.
   Clan Tags (Support 4 characters)
   Will have a “ton” of clan support
   Spectator mode
   Strafe, similar to SOCOM
   Bombs don’t respond in demolition if left untouched
   Character customization in physique
   Taunts are confirmed