Ted Price: "Resistance has reached its logical conclusion"

Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price posted a YouTube video where he comments on yesterday's reveal that the company is done with the Resistance series.

"I did want to confirm it face-to-face that we are not moving on with the Resistance franchise," he said. "Now, a question we’ve gotten through our forums and through e-mails is ‘why’? Well, we believe that Resistance has reached its logical conclusion in terms of the story we wanted to tell. However, that doesn’t mean the Resistance franchise isn’t continuing"

True. While Insomniac themselves aren't continuing the franchise, Sony is bringing Resistance: Burning Skies to the PlayStation Vita this year, which closes the gap between Resistance 2 and 3.

Insomniac is now focusing on their multiplatform co-operative shooter, Overstrike, which Sony has wished their best of luck on. 

[TVGB] Sony, Insomniac Speak on Resistance

Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed until fall

Another game has been hit with the delay-hammer, and this time it's Gearbox Software's Aliens: Colonial Marines. Originally set to release this spring, the game will now launch sometime this fall, with no reason why given. While it's usually terrible to hear that a game is delayed, at least now the first half of the year, which was unusually crowded, is now opening up a tad. 

[Joystiq] Aliens: Colonial Marines shifted to a fall 2012 launch window

Grand Theft Auto III on Android gets new device support, more

Grand Theft Auto III on Android has been updated to version 1.3 today, which adds support for the Asus Transformer Prime and Medion LifeTab tablets, and includes a handful of other updates. 

You can now install the game to an SD memory card, adjust the visuals to your liking with the new display settings, and various technical fixes have also been implemented. Perhaps the most important feature to note with version 1.3 is the updated controls for the Xperia play and all supported gamepads. Support for the GameStop wireless game controller has also been added, as well as the addition of Integrated with Immersion Haptic Vibration Feedback.

To download version 1.3, just head to the Android Marketplace. Rockstar added that an iOS update is also in the works, so don't feel left out.

[Rockstar] Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition for Android Updated with Additional Device Support and More

RAGE HD 2.0 update adds two new episodes

RAGE HD has today been updated to version 2.0, which, in addition to adding two new episodes, includes updated melee combat and official support for iOS 5. The two new episodes are "Kraken" and "Aqueduct," and can be purchased through the app's "Store" menu for $.99 apiece.

RAGE HD can be played on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch for $1.99.

Insomniac done with Resistance

The fight against the Chimera is officially over, as Insomniac Games says its done with Nathan Hale and the Resistance franchise.

"We won't be making anymore Resistances," Insomniac CEO Ted Price said to VG247 during an interview. 

The series at least ended on a high note, as Resistance 3 is easily the best in the series, in both single-player and multiplayer aspects. The campaign finally found that somber tone it seemed to have been looking for all this time, and the multiplayer learned that, sometimes, less is more.

[VG247] Insomniac: "We won't be making anymore Resistances"

THQ to focus on "high-quality core games"

In a press release issued today, THQ announced their plans to focus on its "core video game franchises and digital initiatives in the future." The "digital initiatives" means the company plans on creating dedicated digital properties for emerging platforms--most likely for iOS, Android, Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation Vita. 

What this all really means is THQ will now stray away from kids liscenes like SpongeBob Squarepants in favor of its key properties, namely, UFC Undisputed, Darksiders II, Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000, and Saints Row: The Third, which the company also revealed sold 3.8 million units globally to date.

The company's goal now is to "optimize its portfolio for the current generation of consoles and to establish new franchises on the next generation of game devices," and says more information will come on February 2, at its third quarter 2012 conference call.

[THQ] Press Release

Users say Modern Warfare 3's ELITE content is locked to one profile per system

Users on the Call of Duty forums are complaining about the inability to play the recently released Modern Warfare 3 content drop with other players on the same system. Apparently, only the owner of the content can play the content, and not the owner plus a friend using a different profile on the same console.

When thread starter xidorn stated that he and his son could not play the content on the same Xbox, user HalfericTuck replied with the following: "I just tried on my other account and you are right, I cannot use the maps on the same Xbox with another gamertag even though it's all on the same Xbox."

The thread goes on to discuss how people suspect the content needs to be bought twice, with xidorn replying, "I know right im not paying 50$ each profile thats ridiculous it be different if it was multiple 360's I can see that but not on the same 360."

The download terms when queuing up the purchase of the maps state, "You can use this item on the first Xbox 360 console you downloaded it to. Access to this item will also be granted to all users on this first console."

[Call of Duty Forum] ELITE Content on 360 Not Available to Other Profiles?

The latest on the Microsoft Points phase-out rumors

Rumors made the rounds yesterday that the ever-popular Xbox Live currency known as "Microsoft Points" would be phased out by year's end, and that Microsoft will instead price downloadable content with real currency. There was also word that mobile developers were told to change and schedule their games around the currency switch. Well, that rumor appears to be false, as Microsoft Switzerlands told Gbase.de they "can not confirm these rumors - we are currently satisfied with the current Xbox Live Business model." 

However, a Microsoft rep also told Joystiq that the company does not comment on rumor or speculation, so we're still at a stalemate as to whether or not the currency will change. I for one hope it does, mainly so I won't have to read them being called "spacebucks" anymore.

[Joystiq] Rumor: Microsoft Phasing Out Microsoft Points

Become a Batman look-alike with the Gotham City Impostors beta

Today's PlayStation Store update includes the beta Warner Bros. Interactive's Gotham City Impostors, a 6v6 multiplayer shooter set in the Batman universe. Weighing in at 1.49GB, you'll be able to "rebel against conformity" by customizing your own character based off either Batman or Joker, and then shooting up other people who look like either Batman or Joker.

According to the official site, Batman is "up to his pointy ears in unwanted 'helpers' determined to dish out their own bloodthirsty brand of vigilante justice in his name (and image). Meanwhile, a small army of self-appointed junior Jokerz has turned the streets of Gotham into a barmy battlefield of bullets, bodies, and bear traps."

Coming from Monolith Studios, Gotham City Impostors is a download-only FPS that will release sometime next month for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

[PlayStation.Blog] PlayStation Store Update

Brink developer says 2012 will be their "most significant year"

After celebrating ten years in the game development business, the team at Splash Damage that got their start making mods, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, and last year's Brink will now see their most significant year in 2012, according to its CEO Paul Wedgwood.

"2012 is going to be a very special year for Splash Damage," he said. "In fact, it's going to be the most significant year in our history."

"We've got several significant announcements to make in the coming weeks and months. We've hired some amazing new talent, strengthening our team in key areas. We'll be revealing new titles - both on platforms we've previously visited (including the PC and the world's leading consoles), as well as exploring spaces completely new to us."

The last we heard about Splash Damage, Industry Gamers reported the team was working on a game based on "one of the biggest American pop culture brands of the last 50 years."

[Splash Damage] A Message from Paul Wedgwood