Showing posts with label Resistance: Burning Skies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Resistance: Burning Skies. Show all posts

PlayStation Vita launching in US, EU Feb. 22


Sony Computer Entertainment of America's President and CEO, Jack Tretton, announced at the Web 2.0 Summit today that the PlayStation Vita will launch in North America on February 22, 2012, a month earlier than what I and many others estimated.

As announced at E3, the WiFi-only model will retail for $249.99, and the WiFi/3G hybrid will retail for $299.99. Of the known titles for the handheld, Resistance: Burning Skies is one of them!

[Update: Europe, Middle East, Canada, Latin America]

[PlayStation.Blog]

Resistance series could be headed by another developer, says Insomniac


Speaking to the folks at GamingUnion, Insomniac Games' Creative Director Marcus Smith commented on the future of the Resistance franchise, stating the team isn't "currently slated to do Resistance 4," and that the series could  be "going to another developer."

This isn't out of the ordinary for the long-time PlayStation developer, as they've parted ways with the Spyro series after its third installment, and with the team already working on their recently announced multi-platform shooter Overstrike, the situation is understandable.

Smith also referenced Resistance's Vita title headed by Nihilistic, and feels Sony wouldn't hand the franchise over to somebody who is going to "screw it up."

Resistance: Burning Skies demo assures us the greatest things about the Vita are the dual-analog sticks, dual-analog sticks


[Insomniac Games apparently couldn't "say it enough" on stage at their Gamescom presentation earlier, so we decided to help them out.]

Resistance's first venture on Sony's new handheld comes in the form of Resistance: Burning Skies, a game that serves as a prequel to the events in Resistance 2 and has been penned by known game novelist, William C. Dietz. Taking place in New York City, players control FDNY member Tom Riley as he rises from "humble hero to folk hero of the entire resistance." Do you think you have what it takes to accomplish that task?

The live-demo showed off Burning Skies' arsenal, "cover system," and the obligatory touch-screen controls which, to me, seem rather forced. But, you can see for yourself after the break.