6 November 2008
Ferry

Resistance 3 rumored to continue from Resistance 2’s ending

As far back as October 2007, there have been Resistance 3 rumors by the likes of Surfer Girl and CVG that suggested that Resistance 2 would feature a cliff-hanger ending paving the way for a third game in the series.

Now that Resistance 2 will be out worldwide this week, fans of the PlayStation 3-exclusive FPS are beginning to finish the campaign. Guess what they are finding out? That developer Insomniac Games saying the game tells “the story of Nathan Hale in his last 19 hours to live” where more than foreshadowing. But that’s not how it ends, in fact, Hale’s last words in Resistance 2 are — and I quote — “Can you hear them? They are calling to us. It’s beautiful. [...] This is just the beginning.”

Obvious spoilers aside, you can watch a camera recording by Slaesil of the ending below (it’s the only ending, there are no alternatives) and judge for yourself how likely a Resistance Trilogy is…

PS: My guess would be that Resistance 3 will be announced in 2009 and released by 2010. Especially with Insomniac mentioning in past interviews that they are enjoying their current Ratchet & Clank / Resistance yearly rotation.

Original rumor via CVG, image courtesy of Vgboxart

Update October 12, 2009: Neogaffer Goldsounz snapped a photo of a Resistance 3 billboard for an upcoming movie that takes place in Los Angeles, confirming the game’s logo. The logo has the Statue of Liberty in the middle, thus showing the game at least partly takes place in New York, America. To quote: “I saw this billboard today in Shreveport, Louisiana. There are a lot of movies filmed here, and this one is about some sort of alien takeover of Los Angeles; the name of the film escapes me at the moment. Snapped off a few photos of the billboard since I wasn’t sure if the game had been announced yet or not. If not, then I’m surprised Insomniac would be announcing it here of all places.”

18 July 2009 00:13
randylouie

HOPEFULLY HALE COMES BAK AS A BAD GUY AND CAPELLI IS THE NEW STAR OF RESISTANCE YEA BOIIIII

19 July 2009 04:11
JQ

HOPEFULLY RESISTANCE 3 WILL BE ON XBOX 360! JQ

19 July 2009 18:48
RaikiriBLAZE

I know this is really old but for the future please put spoiler warnings. IGN had to learn that the hard way.

20 July 2009 04:09
Ferry

RaikiriBLAZE: No offence, but I thought it was common sense to not lookup sequel info if you haven’t finished the previous games in a series yet. That’s just asking to be spoiled.

22 July 2009 05:54
Chiffmonkey

Yeah ferry. Anyway hale is live and kicking.

22 July 2009 10:50
Ferry

Chiffmonkey: You really think so? How can a Chimera survive a blast to the head? That’s what I’d like to know…

25 July 2009 00:42
orlando

ther is deff a 3 part i think nathan gonna be bad (obiously) and since we already played in UK and USA maybe its sum chimerian planet or sumtin who knows its going to be greatt!!! mean while play killzone 2 and wait for modern warefare2

25 July 2009 00:48
orlando

oh and btw for that jq guy resistance WILL NEVER BE ON ANY other console other that SONY Playstation its like bringing HALO anf ears of war to PS3 anyways resistance is a competition of many xbox games

25 July 2009 06:46
JQ

@orlando
How tragic, wait, oh no… I’M GONNA BE CRYING ALL DAY! Lol!Sniff. JQ

25 July 2009 17:03
T

Everyone thinks Hale is dead but after playing it through a couple of times, I’m not so sure. It hit me that the final scene is a figment of Hale’s or Capelli’s semi-concious dream state immediately following the crash. For example, Capelli was preoccupied with Hale turning. Perhaps, as Capelli is regaining conciousness, he has a “dream” or “vision”. Another way this could play out is that Hale sees the “future” then awakes to kill Capelli. On and on…