Follow-up to the PS3 smash hit brings a new scale of conflict

· The story deepens as the entire United States becomes the battlefield
· Massive focus on online multiplayer including an eight-player cooperative mode
· New weapons, 60-person online battles and fearsome new Chimera foes

January 2008: Resistance 2, the eagerly-awaited sequel to 2007’s action-shooter Resistance: Fall of Man is coming to PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) later this year.
Resistance: Fall of Man had critics raving over its gameplay, visual style and alternate history backstory. Resistance 2 transports players across the Atlantic to a besieged 1950s America where it builds on Fall of Man’s legacy. There will be bigger battles, spectacular landscapes and an even more gripping narrative told from Hale’s perspective – alongside an unprecedented online eight-player co-operative mode in which players meet to tackle specially-designed campaigns together.

The Resistance story continues to unfurl with protagonist Sergeant Nathan Hale. Having destroyed the London command centre of the invading alien Chimera, Hale returns to the United States where he becomes part of a special programme known as the Sentinels – a secret weapon against the Chimera assault that the US government knows is imminent. When the Chimera launch a full-scale aerial assault on both coasts, Hale and the Sentinels find themselves in the forefront of the counter-attack.

Some more key features:

• Huge-scale conflict involving gigantic battles against hordes of enemies including new Chimera variants, deadly machines and fearsome boss characters
• Gripping, atmospheric storyline set in a complex alternate history
• Squad-based online multiplayer for up to 60 players - with different objectives for each squad on the battlefield
• New playable characters for co-op mode – wield a chaingun as a Soldier, go Special Ops with a sniper rifle or heal your squad’s casualties as a medic
• Huge online support with full player profile pages and networking through myresistance.net as well as full in-game clan system
• The third PS3 game from Insomniac Games – developer of hit titles Ratchet & Clank™: Tools of Destruction and Resistance: Fall of Man.

The game’s multiplayer modes are also set to make a huge impact in the gaming world. Co-operative play, where players team up to tackle a campaign, can often feel constrained in levels designed for single players. Not so with Resistance 2, where squads can undertake a fully independent online campaign built specifically for co-operative play – a feature that demonstrates developer Insomniac Games’ commitment to online gaming. The large scale battles are combined with levels that are designed to be slightly different each time you play. Up to eight players can join forces to face the Chimera together while choosing from three distinct class types. Players can also look forward to vast 60-person online battles in which players join squads with distinct battlefield objectives and fight it out on PlayStation®Network, the home of multiplayer online play. The combination of squad objectives and large player-count will give Resistance 2 the perfect blend of epic battlefield chaos and intimate close-quarters combat.

The most brutal and vicious threat in the history of mankind must be stopped! it’s time for round two of this desperate struggle. Resistance 2 will arrive on PS3 later this year. To find out more, take a look at www.eu.playstation.com