Ever since PlayStation 3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man, Insomniac Games' gritty first-person shooter series has been a bit of a money pit for publisher Sony. Fortunately, a quick look at the Japanese giant's financials reveals that it loves losing money, so could a comeback for the alternate history franchise be on the cards?
It's unlikely, but the eagle eyed folks over at NeoGAF have uncovered a European trademark pertaining to the decidedly unpopular brand. This is most likely a case of the platform holder protecting its property, but we suppose that there is an outside chance of the Chimera making a shock return on the PlayStation 4.
However, should that happen, we'd be surprised to see the series' original creator at the helm, as the Ratchet & Clank maker appears to have its hands full between multiformat projects and the aforementioned platforming double-act. Sony's had mixed success palming the property off to other studios, but Guerrilla Cambridge could be a good fit.
We suppose that the question is: would you be up for more alien annihilating should the manufacturer find a competent company to take the reins? Dream up some imaginative artillery in the comments section below.
[source oami.europa.eu, via neogaf.com]
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I prefer a port of Sunset Overdrive to the PS4, this game looks very good.
@ferrers405 Haha, I think there's more chance of a new Resistance!
It's a real shame as the series has moments hinting at something great, but just ruins it by being so one dimensional. Who really cares about Hale as a character? he's just not very interesting, and the fact that resistance 3 was the best in the series bears that out.
The huge, skyscraper sized boss battle in resistance 2 is still one of my favourite boss battles to this day, and weapons like the Auger are a blast to use, but there's just so much in there that was mediocre that it drags the high points down.
Done right, Resistance could have been a huge coup for Sony, but it was crippled by virtue of being merely "ok".
I must say, as a single player console FPS, Resistance 3 is right up there for me. Absolutely loved that game.
I'd like to see a better Vita effort to be honest. Killzone Mercenary really showed what the system is capable of.
And while I'd love to see Resistance 4, it's the wrong time. If it came in place of Killzone Shadow Fall, then it could have shone- but no doubt wouldn't have enjoyed the excellent multiplayer and post release support from the developers.
Currently, the likes of Destiny, Halo, aw and the impending Planetside may block it out. Also, personally I'm holding out (FPS wise) for Battlefront. So long as it launches in a better shape than the last Battlefield, nothing will touch it!
Wow, I never realised that Resistance was not successful, I loved those games and I was under the impression they were a big staple for the PS3.
Maybe Ready At Dawn is working on Resistance PS4 now that they're finished with The Order?
Regardless of the developer, as long as it keeps what made the series so good (Open level design that embraced exploration, fun weapons, interesting story, varied enemies, etc.) I'd buy a Resistance PS4 game day 1. The series left on such a high note in R3, which was one of my favorite games on PS3.
I'd buy a new Resistance game only if it's made by Insomniac. Could happen in the future I'd think, obviously not right now but say in two years? I don't see why they couldn't make it unless MS decides it wants to fund a sequel to Sunset Overdrive.
I loved all three of the Resistance games. People forget that the first Resistance helped carry the PS3 during the early days of the struggling console. I thought part 2 had one of the most shocking endings ever. And 3 was a great game that criminally undersold. All of the games were good single player, too. I never understood why the series wasn't a huge hit.
However, Insomniac has already said (on multiple occasions) that they are done with the series. So who knows? But after playing KZ: Mercenary, I would love to see Guerilla Cambridge get a shot. I thought they did a fantastic job on KZ.
I'll take a new Resistance please,thumbs up here.
Id rather staple my hands to my face.
One of the worst series Ive seen to date.
I would rather see something new. Getting a bit sick of sequels!
Not really on topic but did anyone else play the vita resistance game, I really liked it aside from the dead multiplayer.
Played all 3 Resistance Games in my "all the games that I have missed"-blitz when I switched from MS to Sony. I liked them. Sure the first one was a bit archaic, but I liked them. Definitely would get it!
@sonicmeerkat It was Ok, just.
Easy plat though, so that sort of made up for it.
It was fairly ugly, sounded average and there was very little by way of atmosphere.
After the first level of near silence on the music front, I played the game to the score from Prometheus - which fit very well.
Burning Skies was a missed opportunity, but Nihilistic didn't really know what they had to work with on the Vita throughout a lot of the game's development. They went safe too, which didn't help matters.
Hale is dead but nice one. Also resistance was awesome
Most definitely. The first resistance was a gritty masterpiece that perfectly captured the WWII alien invasion look and feel. It had just the right graphics, character driven story. And above all, it was real fun to play with lasting replay-ability. Resistance 2 equally took up a helluva lot of my time; especially co-op mode. I'm sure Guerilla could do a wonderful job though I wonder if the one-sided nature of the relationship between the humans and the silent chimera may prove a stumbling block. As for Ready at Dawn, no, just no. They have a lot to learn about TV sized games. Seems their forte may be the hand-held.
I loved Resistance, could never understand why it was so unpopular. 10/10 would be a new Resistance game if it came out.
I reallylike the franchise, for me they were a lit more fun thannthe recent wolfenstein, the co op was fun too.
They were lackluster, gameplay was fine (and decent on the 3rd one) and the weapons were cool, but there was so much untapped potential, i mean the story could have been great, but between the uninteresting characters and the cliche plot it was MEH....
I would get a new one, but i still feel they need to get a decent story writer, the world and the setting are interesting enough (A lot better than the boring KZ one, which i dont know why people praise so much :/)
Viva le resistance! I loved Resistance 1 & 2 and was going it'd be a huge blockbuster of us v them. Loved the chimera. but my only gripe was that the story became a survival fps and the fcous was too small concentrating on one character. It should had been huge battles, winning battles on earth then bringing it to the chimera on their other planets. hope Sony bring this back in a big way! 4 player co op is also amust.
@sonicmeerkat @KALofKRYPTON I agree with your points about burning skies, I missed out on the plat as I needed to pay 8 quid to join multiplayer for 1 match (no thanks) I really enjoyed it though
I enjoyed the resistance series but it was not my ultimate favorite FPS but was a good series to play, quite surprised it was classed as a failure tho?
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
It hasn't been on Plus yet has it? You could get it then
I would rather they make something new than another one of these awful games.
I enjoyed what I played of 3, but stopped about halfway through for some reason and I can't remember why. Will definitely be revisiting it though.
Love resistance don't see anything wrong with that game, can't wait for it to come out (hopefully)
Still haven't got to 3 yet (it's in a long backlog of titles to play) but if they did something like the co-op multiplayer in 2 than I'd be upgrading to a PS4 for that alone!
Resistance 2 was such a fun game, 3 was awesome until the unsatisfying final fight. If a new one came out for ps4 as long as it has good enemy design and crazy weapons it's a pre order ASAP
Loved 1 & 3 so id sure enjoy a 4th!
Sometimes I understand why game companies just shovel out mediocre FPS multiplayer crap like they do when I read some comments like I have in this section. It's absolutely CRIMINAL that a game from the COD series after MW2 (and a couple Treyarch turds before) outsold any Resistance PS3 game.
All 3 games had good stories along with good multiplayer, which is rare. But I bet the same people here complaining that Resistance sucked have swallowed all of Bungie's Destiny sauce. How this series didn't sell better, is beyond me.
I didn't think much of Fall of Man to be hones. I started enjoying the series soon though with 2 taking the scale up a notch & throwing in 60 player multiplayer with 8 player co-op. Resistance 3 had one of the best single player campaigns last gen, and it's 3D & Move implementation was some of the best. I haven't bothered with Burning Skies, but I did thoroughly enjoy Retribution on the PsP. It's a series I wouldn't mind Sony returning to at some point, but it's one I doubt they will.
Let me have it. But it will be most likely from a new developer.
It's still beyond me why Sony has never added Resistance to the PSplus IGC list?
At least 1 & 2
Maybe because they will hd remaster them...
@ferrers405 No, I don't need another multiplayer shooter.
Resistance 3 is the best story campaign FPS I have played on PS3.
@whywai88 And? Sunset focus is on single player, is a TPS mix of crazy Ratchet Weapons, Infamous transverse (improved) and its own originality, which is why I like this game.
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