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Resistance is a science-fiction horror series of first-person shooter and third-person shooter video games developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable game consoles. The series takes places in an alternate history around the year 1950, in which an alien species known as the Chimera have invaded Earth and taken over all of Russia, and continue to invade and conquer much of Europe and the United States, expanding their armies by capturing humans and converting them into monstrous, super-powered soldiers to fight on their behalf. The player takes the role of one the sentinels,who are a few people injected with the Chimeran virus which grants them super abilities,like health renegeration.

The series is noted for its use of both conventional and futuristic weaponry, reflecting Insomniac's previous work on the Ratchet & Clank series.

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The Widowmaker is a larger strain of Chimera that resembles an extremely large Leaper, but only has four legs. Human forces are known to suffer from a high rate of casualties when engaging these creatures. However, in addition to serving a heavy support role for the Chimera, the Widowmaker has been known to have a rallying effect on the other Chimeran strains. Read more...

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• ...that, so far in the Resistance series, there has been 3 PS3 games, 1 PSP game, 1 PS Vita game, 2 books and 7 comics/1 graphic novel?
• ...that inmate Mick Cutler was a Black Ops soldier for SRPA before being thrown into prison?
• ...that the MP-47 Pulse Cannon is a Human weapon but is used by the Chimera online?

• ...that Joseph Capelli's scar on the left side of his face was caused by a doctor hitting him with a crowbar after Capelli attacked him during Project Abraham?

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