Days Gone developer Bend Studio’s awesome third-person shooter Resistance Retribution is coming to PS5 and PS4 as part of PS Plus Premium from 20th February, 2024. The excellent PSP game, which introduces British protagonist Lieutenant James Grayson and is set in Paris, first launched in 2009 on Sony’s handheld, where it attracted a strong fanbase and garnered cult status.
Like all of Sony’s emulated classics, this re-release will feature save states, rewind, and enhanced visuals; it should also allow you to map the camera controls to the right analogue stick, as in the original game you had to move your crosshairs using the face buttons due to the PSP’s lack of a second nub.
We really liked the game when we reviewed it almost 15 years ago: “The Resistance franchise returns emphatically, this time on the PSP. Resistance Retribution offers splendid visuals, cohesive storytelling and likable characters, all within a package that fits inside your pocket.” Obviously ignore that part about it fitting inside your pocket for this console port, eh?
The game will almost certainly come with Trophies, too, as Sony’s been pretty good at patching them into these old games. However, it’ll likely lack the original’s online multiplayer mode, which had its servers shutdown many years ago. Hopefully this kickstarts a bit of a Resistance renaissance, however, as we’ve had a hankering for the Insomniac alternate-history shooter for some time.
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I absolutely loved the Resistance series (wish it would make a comeback with a new entry) and have been looking for this to hit Premium. I played it back on PSP and had a blast with it. Now that it finally will be making it's appearance on PS4 and 5, as long as it has trophies , it looks like Sony will finally get me to upgrade to Premium for a few months until my next subscription cycle.
One of the biggest let down was resistance 3 not showing the pure chimera. Wonder how long until we see a resistance movie or show? Might bring back the game series.
I love the resistance games. I'm delighted this is coming to premium this month. I'm a happy bunny
Original is still on the Vita store for £6.49 - and you can remap the controls to the right stick too, of course!
I love this game and the franchise in general. It’s a shame we haven’t gotten a remastered collection of the trilogy for the PS4/PS5. Regardless, Retribution is a gem of a game, and I can’t wait to play it again.
Hopefully there is an option to purchase it!
How about a remastered collection of the actual Resistance games?
I’ve still not played a game in this series. The beige shooter genre sorta passed me by, had a Wii during that gen and only played the PS3 at my dad’s which was either half beige shooters like MW2 and Black Ops or Skyrim.
@jFug There should be!
Resistance retribution is in the top 10 best psp games ever made.about sony release a resistance trilogy collection remastered.word up son
Instead of giving us 20 superhero games in a row maybe Insomniac can give us some variety with a remake of Resistance or Resistance 4?
My 1 year premium subscription ends on Feb 24th and then they finally drop something worthwhile. I don't believe it! Glad to have the game though...
That's nice I guess. But what would be even nicer would be Resistance 1-3 and Killzone 2+3 for PSVR2.
I wonder if we will get the "Resistance 2 Infected" version that had PS3 controller functionality?
"Finally, those players who own Resistance 2 on Playstation 3 will be able to "Infect" their copy of Retribution, unlocking alternative cut-scenes and allowing the game to be played with the DualShock 3."
will this be able to purchase without PSplus?
I got the PSP copy digitally so hopefully it carries over like Killzone Liberation did. Retribution was a great game!
@LazyLombax Considering it's a Sony IP I pretty sure it will have trophies.
Hopefully this means a Resistance rerelease collection is on the way - Resistance 3 was one of the best shooters on PS3.
@nessisonett Really fun shooter though with special weapons and a good multiplayer.
Can't wait to earn the platinum for this one.
I had really hoped to see this franchise given a second life on PS5 but this will do for now. Fingers crossed for trophies!
This game had a unique feature called Infected Mode, where you could link your PSP to your PS3 and your copy of Resistance 2 and enable unique benefits that gave Grayson special abilities, extra items, health regen, and slightly altered the story too.
Wonder if that will be implemented at all, maybe a menu toggle?
@playstation1995 agreed! Excited to experience again if I can get it a la carte
I was not expecting to have to wait a year and a half for retribution after being rerated for ps4/5 but I happy it’s finally here, next month hopefully dino crisis finally pops up on premium.
One of my favourite game on psp. Such a memories
That they never remastered this franchise, it's a huge crime. Never had the chance to play any of them, and I always wanted to!!
A top 10 PSP game for sure, still have my copy but can't wait to play it on PS5 and get some trophies. Highly recommend it to people who like the Resistance series.
Great, I am happy for this, Cant wait to get platinum on this one
@Robocrop_Duster
If Sony stays with what it has been doing, you should be able to buy it for $10 standalone.
So it was rumours prior and has now appeared. Ok cool. Glad it's here. Already own it physical but hey existing audience to get to play it again or for new audience for the first time at least is nice.
Infected mode hmm maybe. Like Outrun 2006's PS2/PSP cross save both were cool features between versions or different games.
I would love if Sony rebooted Resistance and Killzone. I think Killzone would work great as a COD-style campaign full of bombast and epic scenery, while Resistance could be retooled as a Farcry competitor where you inhabit a Chimera-controlled area and need to liberate it.
Man, I wish we could get those titles off that ps3 architecture.
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