Zipper Interactive, the team behind the SOCOM franchise and MAG is at it again and this time, their targeting the portable 3rd person shooter fans. The company, who is no stranger to 3rd person shooter  games on portable devices, having brought over the SOCOM franchise to the PSP is now creating an entire new franchise for the PS Vita. Unit 13 will let players choose one of six special operatives to tackle 36 varied missions across nine locales. Mission sizes and variety will differ which also create smaller bite-sized battles or can lead to  longer, more challenging, multi-objective missions that are a good test for any skilled shooter fan.

Unit 13 will also fully tap into the PS Vita’s Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities with live notification interface, which will notify you of leaderboard positions, new “Daily Challenge” content, new unlocks, and challenges from friends as they move past you on the leader boards. Wouldn’t be a Zipper Interactive game without Co-op so rest assured that you and a friend can play through together and have full audio chat support with the PS Vita’s built in mic.

After the jump, the games debut trailer awaits you.

Discuss:

Is this the kind of game you would like to have with you while on the go?

Update:

As our reader “Touch” pointed out, Unit 13 and the SOCOM series are 3rd person shooters and not FPS. The article has been edited to reflect that.