Slant Six's squad shooter sequel SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3 (PSP), once due this year, is now slated to hit North American shops on January 12, 2010. The developer had revealed a November 24 release date weeks ago, though the announcement was rather quickly removed with no explanation.

On the PlayStation.Blog, producer Mark Rogers explained that though "development is on schedule and we are extremely pleased with all aspects of the title," global marketing issues necessitated a delay to "allow time to get the word out to everyone."

Following up on yesterday's revelation of a new SOCOM entry on PSP, Sony has released a trailer for the Slant Six-developed military-themed game due this fall.

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Third-person tactical shooter series SOCOM will continue on the PSP with the heavily subtitled SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3, publisher Sony announced today.

Either on your lonesome or with friends over ad-hoc local connection or online through WiFi with voice communication, you'll use stealth, tactics and skills to track an ex-KGB agent believed to hold information on a weapons of mass destruction attack.

Fireteam Bravo 3 is being developed by Slant Six Games, which released SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation on the PlayStation 3 and the series' Tactical Strike for PSP.

A winter release has been announced for SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3 in Europe, with an American release presumably the same but yet to be confirmed.