With new game releases it’s common to find gamers that give in too easy, and these players tend to look for cheats and this won’t be any different for Resistance 3. This topic is a controversial one, with some players finding cheats a way to unlock certain parts of the game and other gamers hating cheaters, especially with online play.

You can find plenty of ways to advance in Resistance 3 without using cheats, and one of the best ways is to look at tips, tricks, and walkthroughs. This extra help gives you a head start and then allows you try and repeat the success of others after a little knowledge, while this could be seen as cheating, it’s better in our opinion.

An article on Just Push Start looks at a few techniques for Resistance 3, which they point out is no walk in the park, especially the single player campaign. They have listed some tips and tricks for the single player game, which are perfect for noobs.

The tips are pretty basic and include things like don’t run-and-gun, look out for health packs, don’t be stingy with your ammo, and also that you should keep an eye on your journals. Each tip is explained in a little more detail and can all be found here in their article.

For players that need more than these basic tips, and maybe a few Resistance 3 walkthrough videos then you should visit this page on YouTube. If you didn’t know already, Resistance 3 was released in the US today and will launch in the EU on September 9.

For roughly a month lots of gamers have been taking advantage of the games beta, this finished yesterday and on the whole we heard great things about it – today we wonder whether gamers have seen enough to commit to spending $59.99 on the game, or whether they will wait for critic and consumer reviews and then decide.

The game’s developer, Insomniac Games, has a great reputation and reviews for both Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 were great, in fact if you check out MetaCritic you will see that the games have MetaScores of 86 and 87 out of 100 respectively – surely Resistance 3 is destined for success. Not only has Insomniac Games seen great success when it comes to the Resistance series but these guys are also responsible for Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet and Clank, therefore it would be fair to say they know how to impress PlayStation gamers.

As previously mentioned we don’t have any reviews of the full game to talk about, however this CVG article it has been described as refreshing, not only this but sources suggest that this is the best Resistance yet and a perfect ending to the trilogy.

If you head over to PlayStation World or Citrus Mojo you can see detailed reviews of the game’s beta, it is clear that the beta was far-from perfect and lag seemed to be a major factor, that said once you rank up and get into a lag-free game you will enjoy it – but is the lag going to be worse once the game is released in North America on September 6th? Let’s hope the devs have gained valuable insight from the beta test and fixed plenty of known issues.

Will you buy Resistance 3 on its release date or are you going to wait to see some reputable critic reviews?

No date has been set, however we can confirm that the beta start date will arrive in the opening week of August, this should mean that people will be able to get some hands-on time with the game’s multiplayer offerings within two weeks, neat eh? Currently we cannot confirm how long the beta will be live for, therefore we will have to keep you posted.

We can confirm that the beta will allow you to play two game modes, Chain Reaction and Team Deathmatch, however we do not know what maps gamers will have access to. What surprises us is the fact that the beta kicks off roughly one month before the game’s official release, this suggests that a day one patch will be launched to smooth out issues found during beta testing, but it does certainly put developers under a bit of pressure. The game will arrive in North America on September 6 and in the EU from September 8, it has been almost three years since Resistance 2 arrived, therefore we are sure that there will be lots of interest surrounding this release.

If you want to know how to get access to the beta it all depends on where you live, US gamers who bought SOCOM 4 will get access to the beta, we confirmed this back in January here. As for European gamers you will have to be a PlayStation Plus subscriber to gain play the multiplayer beta, we confirmed this back in April.

So if you are not currently eligible to play the beta it is not too late, Europeans can subscribe to PS Plus, whilst Americans can purchase SOCOM 4, not only will this gain you access to the Resistance 3 beta but you can enjoy SOCOM 4 for a couple of weeks before the beta kicks off. SOCOM 4 arrived back in April this year and received mainly positive reviews.

Earlier today we introduced you to Resistance 3′s latest trailer which shows off the game’s survivor edition, you can find out all about this here, this may interest gamers who take Resistance 3 more seriously.

Will you be playing the game’s beta?

We now have even more exciting news for Resistance fans, as according to Lisa over at el33tonline.com, a new trailer that shows off the upcoming Survivor Edition has just made its way online. However, before we go on to speak about the Survivor Edition trailer, we’d like to remind you of the pre-order bonuses that are available across PAL regions.

The previously announced pre-order bonuses include a real-life Chimera tooth necklace, special ‘Sentinel’ multiplayer title, SRPA Black Ops skin, Air Fuel Grenade, multiplayer booster and infected Nathan Hale skin. Although these pre-order bonuses do relate to specific retailers, we don’t have a list to show you which retailer offers which pre-order bonus.

Those who purchase the Special Edition of the Resistance 3 game – which is due to arrive on September 6th in North America, September 8th in Australia and Japan and September 9th in Europe – will receive a Steelbook case and a vinyl effect Blu-ray disc, as well as a voucher code for all of the previously mentioned pre-order items.

Meanwhile, the Resistance 3 PlayStation 3 bundle comes with a 320GB PS3 console and a standard edition of the Resistance 3 game. The best edition of them all however has to be the Survivor Edition, which you can view in the video below this post. The Survivor Edition comes with all of the content included in the Special Edition, plus a few more additional goodies.

For those of you that don’t know, the contents of the Survivor Edition will include a life-size Chimera firing range target poster, Capelli’s canvas satchel, an SRPA hip flask, a deck of SRPA playing cards, Capelli’s journal, which details his journey, weapons and enemies, and ‘Fight for Freedom’ toy soldiers depicting both Capelli and Chimera fighters.

Have you pre-ordered a copy of Insomniac Games’ much-anticipated Resistance 3 game yet? If you haven’t, would you consider buying the Special Edition of Survivor Edition?

We have some good news now for those of you that perhaps fall in the latter category, as according to Mitchell Sellar over at playstationlifestyle.net, the developer Insomniac Games has recently announced a Resistance ‘Greatest Hits’ bundle, which as you can guess packs the first 2 games together.

An insert included within the Battle: Los Angeles Blu-ray disc reveals that a Greatest Hits bundle – which contains both the Resistance: Fall of Man and the Resistance 2 game – will be coming to stores sometime in the summer, with an MSRP of $39.99.

The insert also states that the bundle will include $10 worth of bonus content, as well as an exclusive Resistance 3 skin. As we mentioned in a previous article earlier this month, anyone who purchases the Battle: Los Angeles Blu-ray will also gain access to a single player demo of the upcoming Resistance 3 game.

Resistance: Fall of Man originally released on November 17th, 2006 in North America. The game saw players stepping into the role of Sgt. Nathan Hale, as he battled against an alien invasion. Resistance 2 followed Nathan Hale’s story, as he left Britain and headed to America.

Have you played the first two Resistance games yet? If you haven’t, are you tempted to buy the Greatest Hits bundle?