Resistance 3

Resistance 3
Silhouette of a chimeran skull, its teeth forming a cityscape.
Cover art by Olly Moss
Developer(s)Insomniac Games
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Director(s)Marcus Smith[1]
Designer(s)Drew Murray[1]
Writer(s)Jon Paquette[2]
Composer(s)Boris Salchow
SeriesResistance
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
Release
  • NA: September 6, 2011
  • EU: September 7, 2011
  • AU: September 8, 2011
  • UK: September 9, 2011
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Resistance 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. Resistance 3 is the final installment in the Resistance trilogy.[3][4] Resistance 3 is the first in the series to support 3D and PlayStation Move and was the first to introduce the PSN Pass program. The game shifts away from the military aspect of Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 and takes on a post-apocalyptic survival-horror feel.

Resistance 3 received generally positive reviews from critics, some of whom deemed it the best in the series, but the game sold poorly and was deemed a commercial failure.[5] On April 8, 2014, the Resistance 3 online servers, along with those for Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2, were shut down by Sony.[6]

  1. ^ a b Moriarty, Colin (July 19, 2011). "Resistance 3 is 'The Road' of Video Games". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Sheffield, Brandon (September 5, 2011). "Defining Resistance 3". Game Developer. Informa. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Smith, Marcus (August 17, 2010). "Resistance 3 from Insomniac Games Coming Exclusively to PS3". PlayStation Blog. Sony Computer Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. ^ Riley Little (January 26, 2012). "Insomniac Will Not Be Making Any More 'Resistance' Games". Game Rant. Archived from the original on July 29, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  5. ^ Nunneley, Stephany (September 11, 2012). "Insomniac has "theories" as to why Resistance wasn't Sony's Halo, says Price". VG247. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. ^ Robert Purchese (January 6, 2014). "Sony turning off Gran Turismo 5 and Resistance servers". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2014.