Erik Estavillo claims Sony Computer Entertainment violated his freedom of speech by banning him from an online video game portal, which he claims he uses as a tool to overcome agoraphobia. In videos posted to YouTube, Estavillo can be heard saying racial and homophobic slurs to other online gamers, for which Sony revoked his online access to their network.
Insomniac Games has said that it "would be silly" to think that Resistance would be the developer's last new IP, revealing that the Burbank-based studio will be developing new IPs "at some point in the future".
Hardcore Resistance fans believe PS3 exclusive first-person shooter Resistance 2 "was a failure", according to developer Insomniac.
Owning a PS3 you probably already know about the absolutely amazing games it has so far. Uncharted, Resistance, Killzone, or some other game from the long list, there is something there for everyone and every single game is a step ahead of the industry. While this is great, there is one problem PS3 suffers that no other console necessarily has. Great games get shafted in honor of other great games, which could be somewhat a big deal. Remember when Valkalrye chronicles first released? How it sold during the opening weeks? A majority of you probably believe it was this year and it sold well. The truth be had, it released last holiday season and sold terribly until this year. Reason being, the other big names over shadowed it and it's not the only game to suffer from this
Jem Alexander of the EU Playstation Blog writes: On September 2nd the PlayStation 3 Platinum range received a handful of new titles. These popular games require no introduction and may well be of interest to any recent purchasers of the new PS3 model.
PSFocus writes: "Successful games come again sometime in the cheaper label Platinum. This means you can purchase the game for a lower price. Only the best games come to this re-released label and if you one of these games ever missed, this is a great, great, alternative. Soon there will be three new games under the Platinum label that will appear."
TripleChat reports that a price cut to Sony's monster of a console is all but inevitable now. With reports coming in that Microsoft will phase out its 60GB Pro model and reduce the price of the Elite unit to $299; Sony is going to have to step up and reduce the price of their console. TripleChat states that potential buyers everywhere should expect both the announcement of the PS3 Slim model as well as a price cut to go with it next week at Games Con.
What's the biggest online game on the PS3? No, it's not Killzone 2. No, it's not even Resistance 2. According to SCEA senior producer Mark Rogers, SOCOM Confrontation stands above both of Sony's high-profile first-party FPS offerings by having the most simultaneous online connections on the PlayStation Network. He attributes Confrontation's success to the community's commitment to the franchise. Whereas other gamers may play an online game for a few weeks and move on, SOCOM fans have proven to be far more dedicated (despite the game's ... troubled launch).
PS Blog: "Whether you are a heroic Sentinel triggerman or a heartless Chimeran killing machine – it's high time you log into SCEA's PlayStation Home and join your fellow soldiers as we launch (pun intended) into the next phase of the platform's evolution.
CVG: Sony has just let us know that Home is getting a Resistance space. Here are the first details.
In [Insomniac's] ongoing effort to improve Resistance 2 comes patch 1.60, which will be available for download on May 14 (you'll automatically receive the download prompt the next time you play the game).
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Even just on paper, the number for Insomniac Games' second Resistance title is impressive: 60 players in the competitive modes (which include straight deathmatch as well as more objective-based modes that divvy up all those players into squads) and 8 players in the cooperative one. While one would naturally assume that adding 20 more players to what was already an impressive feat in the original Resistance's 40 online players would just mean bigger maps, there were far bigger ramifications.
Game on! Tomorrow (March 26) we'll be bringing you a host of downloadable content for Resistance 2, plus another patch that helps improve the online experience even further (and includes several requests that came from…well, you!).
BryanI (Insomniac): Game on! Tomorrow (March 26) we'll be bringing you a host of downloadable content for Resistance 2, plus another patch that helps improve the online experience even further (and includes several requests that came from…well, you!). So let's get right down to it, shall we?
A list of key changes summarized by Justvideogames.co.uk.
Insomniac has been unusual lately when it comes to support for the hit title Resistance 2. Normally they are extremely fast to getting questions answered about their games and even adding awesome new content rather fast. Not being the case with Resistance 2, many fans have been rumoring a DLC and new patch coming soon for months without any confirmation or input by Insomniac.