The lights are on
The online servers for all three Resistance console games are going down April 8, making this the final weekend you will be able to play online.
The PS3 online servers for Resistance FoM/2/3 are shutting down on April 8. Hop on tonight and relive memories w/ some Insomniacs employees. — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) April 4, 2014
The PS3 online servers for Resistance FoM/2/3 are shutting down on April 8. Hop on tonight and relive memories w/ some Insomniacs employees.
Sony announced the shutdown of a number of servers for its games back in December including MAG, SOCOM: Special Forces, SOCOM: Confrontation, and Gran Turismo 5. The originally announced shutdown date for the three Resistance games was March 28, but that has been obviously been pushed back.
Replying to fans online asking why the servers need to come down Insomniac Games clarified that it isn't entirely its decision.
@hatcheatluv84 there are a large variety of reasons why they have to shut down. Sony makes that call though, not us. They maintain online — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) April 4, 2014
@hatcheatluv84 there are a large variety of reasons why they have to shut down. Sony makes that call though, not us. They maintain online
The offline campaign modes for all three games will still be playable.
[Source: @insomniacgames, via GameSpot]
Our TakeIt's always disappointing to hear of online modes going offline. I'm sure the numbers of players still playing all of these games is small – but they're devoted. I revisited a number of online modes for similar games, recently, and found that people were still playing them quite a bit.
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I haven't played Resistance 3 outside of the beta and a demo. I loved Resistance 2 though. Those were some pretty epic matches I played. I seemed to die a lot in the first game though. I'm really going to miss this stuff.
I hope it ends up like when Halo 2's servers were shut down. A small group of hardcore players holding on until the end.
This is why devs should never make trophies/achievements that require online play to get. Things move on. Servers shut down. Now people will never be able to get any online related trophies for 2 and 3. That's a shame.
this is such terrible news I LOVE RESISTANCE SO MUCH it sucks that no one cared for this game
and it seems like ted price and insomniac didnt care for it anymore... tear tear.
wonder what will happen to the IP, hope they give it some love soon
I loved Resistance 2's multiplayer, those matches were huge. I've got a lot of great memories staying up real late playing matches with my friends. Switching between KZ2 (when that came out) and Resistance 2. Good times.
Such a shame that Resistance's servers are going down. First MAG, now this.
That's a shame.
Like no one plays it anymore anyways, lol
Its a shame to see the online mode to go offline after several years, but, then again, space needs to be made for things to come in the future.
I thought that Resistance multiplayer was awesome I just never got on much because I had other games to play and forgot about it sucks that they are taking it down considering all of the COD game's servers are still online and some of the games aren't that great at all. Disappoint.
Oh man, I had a lot of fun with that series, makes me a little nostalgic, might need to go just do a quick play of it tonight. Loved the first one the most, it was just that great in my mind but still, a fun franchise that I just was super passionate about.
I'm always surprised to see how long MP servers stay active. The single player of all three games was great, but the MP of the second one was atrocious (only notable because of the fact that the games had the highest player count of anything on PS3, until MAG came along and blew that away), and the third game's MP was an unusually good COD clone, but at the end of the day, that's all it really was.
I love resistance 3 multiplayer
Ah crap.