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Instead of waiting to show off things at E3, Insomniac and Sony have been keen showing a lot of Resistance 3 to the public lately.  Stuff like Insomniac’s recent games day allowed a bunch of lucky folks to get some hands-on time with the multiplayer mode of R3 and shortly a large amount of gamers will be privy to the multiplayer beta that’s set to launch.  Perhaps the big reason for this Resistance 3 push is to show gamers that after the mehtacular project that was Resistance 2 Insomniac has learned their lesson and won’t be making such mistakes in R3.

Leading up to the joyous event that is E3 there’s nothing better than enjoying some of the pre-E3 hype and rumors that come out.  Occasionally leading up to E3 we’re privy to finding out some unannounced details, some of which come from inside sources while others are accidentally revealed by the companies themselves (never forget the infamous PSPgo Qore incident of 2009). Usually we don’t get major E3 rumors as early as April, but a source has come forth that reportedly has the “inside” info on what Sony is prepping to unveil this year.

The war drum is beating once more as another Patapon game is hitting the PSP this year. It may seem a bit pointless to release another Patapon game for the PSP when the NGP is waiting in the wings, but we can just look at Patapon 3 as the perfect send-off for the PSP.  For gamers who didn’t play the first two Patapon games, which I think is quite a few of you out there, the Patapon series involves players rhythmically tapping the face buttons (Triangle, Circle, etc.) in order to move a series of cute little critters as they engage in battle.

Last year we were given Heavy Rain, a game that for almost two years prior had a pretty heavy amount of hype going for it.  Heavy Rain was far from being a perfect game as it had a few issues (no, I’m not directly referring to the now meme worthy Jason! moment), but as a whole the game did deliver the goods, whether it was on a technical level or through providing a narrative that despite a few kinks was still captivating and wasn’t the overly simplified rubbish we’re used to seeing in games.