Rumors of SOCOM Resurgence Emerge as Sony Partners with People Can Fly for Secret Project

People Can Fly, the developer behind well-known shooters like Outriders and Gears of War: Judgment, is teaming up with Sony Interactive Entertainment for an exciting new venture. Today, they announced a collaboration to create a video game currently known only by its secretive codename, “Project Delta.” With the ink on the contract barely dry, the gaming community is buzzing with speculation about what this mystery project could be. Among the whispers, PlayStation fans are hoping it might just be the return of a beloved franchise, specifically a new installment of SOCOM.

The clues came from an astute member of the PS5 subreddit on Reddit who noticed the potential connection. Given People Can Fly’s history with shooter games, fans believe this joint effort will likely revisit one of Sony’s shooter IPs. Naturally, SOCOM is a popular guess, but names like Killzone, Resistance, and Warhawk are also being tossed around in discussions.

One Reddit user chimed in, saying, “It has to be either SOCOM or Killzone since this company mostly makes shooters,” while another suggested, “Resistance as well is a good guess.”

There are even those nostalgic for Warhawk, with one fan lamenting, “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.”

In the depth of wishful thinking, one particularly hopeful Redditor exclaimed, “Please God, let it be Resistance.”

Yet, as thrilling as these theories are, they remain just that—speculative conjecture. For all we know, this could end up as something completely off the radar, like a third-person shooter based on Knack. Truth is, details about Project Delta will probably remain under wraps for a few years.

For those not familiar, SOCOM was a tactical third-person shooter series that made its mark across the PS2, PS3, and PSP platforms. The franchise last saw action with SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs back in 2011, garnering mixed reviews upon release—Metacritic rates it with a modest average score of 67 from 64 critic reviews. Since then, the series has been lying dormant, leaving fans hoping for a revival in the new era of gaming.