Developer People Can Fly and Sony Interactive Entertainment have teamed up to create a new video game currently going by the codename “Project Delta.” The official announcement just dropped today, so it’s anyone’s guess what exactly this new project will turn out to be. However, PlayStation enthusiasts are buzzing with speculation that it might be a revival of the beloved SOCOM franchise.
The sleuthing skills of a keen-eyed Reddit user from the PS5 subreddit brought this partnership into the limelight, revealing that People Can Fly will work on a game based on one of Sony’s intellectual properties. This Polish developer, with a solid reputation from working on action-packed shooters like Outriders and Gears of War: Judgment, naturally narrows down the list of likely PlayStation IPs. In the same Reddit thread, the possibility of a possible SOCOM comeback generated a lot of excitement, though other classics like Killzone, Resistance, and Warhawk also got mentioned.
One Reddit user chimed in, “Has to be either SOCOM or Killzone since this company mostly makes shooters. Resistance as well is a good guess.”
Another voiced their nostalgia, saying, “I wouldn’t mind seeing a reboot of Warhawk. That game had the Fortnite potential before Fortnite. Sony just kinda failed to really capitalize on it.”
Echoing the sentiment, yet another fan hoped, “Please God, let it be Resistance.”
While all this makes for great discussion, the reality is we’re all just guessing at this point. Who knows, maybe we’ll end up with something entirely unexpected, like a third-person shooter featuring Knack. It’s likely we’ll be in the dark about the specifics for a few more years.
For those who might not be familiar, SOCOM was a popular third-person tactical shooter series with several entries across the PS2, PS3, and PSP platforms. The last installment, SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs, was released back in 2011, where it met with mixed reviews, garnering an average score of 67 on Metacritic from 64 critic evaluations. The series has been on hiatus ever since, which leaves fans eager for a potential return.
