There’s a certain tension in the air here at Attitude Towers. The normally carefree (or slightly bizarre in the case of Danny_D) banter has been replaced by hushed, worried whispers.

You see, there are Kittens in the Tower today. This generally wouldn’t be any cause for concern – kittens are cute right?

But these kittens have a penchant for shooting, and routinely sharpen their claws – step forward the Kamikaze Kittens.

We are big fans of Resistance 2, and believe it is a step in the right direction for the franchise.

But some hardcore fans of the first game were left angry and disappointed with the sequel that brought a lot of change.

Broadcasting on the first and third Thursday of every month (so not actually matching with the lunar cycle), Insomniac’s “Full Moon Show” podcast is a way for the studio to connect with its fans, answer some questions and basically goof around for nearly an hour.

Revealed on the podcast is just what Insomniac’s new studio over in South Carolina are up to.

With hints in the past that the new division would be focusing on their own titles, the podcast confirms that the new game is not a Resistance or a Ratchet entry and is “a lot of fun”, if not a long way off.

Welcome to the PS3 Attitude Retro Review, where we take another look at titles that were released at least six months ago and discover whether they still ought to garner your attention. First up, Resistance 2.

A new Resistance 2 patch hits today, May 14th, and though it’s missing the much sought after Home launching ability, it does contain some other welcome tweaks.

So, it’s a big one this week and the highlights of the European PlayStation Store update are the Resistance 2 packs, adding great new multiplayer maps and player skins to the game.

Without further ado, here is the update in full…

Yesterday we mentioned the small fact of a new patch coming for Resistance 2. Among the welcome trinkets like Super human co-op mode was suggestion of a dual PSN log in ability, something bemoaned as flagrantly missing when the game launched last year.

Until now. With Insomniac claiming the ability to perform this very multiple log in feature coming March 26th with the Resistance 1.50 patch, and the fact that they’ve been waiting for Sony’s firmware to support the enhancement, it’s a safe bet to say that 2.70 is coming tomorrow.

Prepare to resist, againWe might be transfixed with Killzone 2 at the moment but there is always room in our hearts for some other multiplayer goodness.

With Resistance 2 somewhat neglected around these parts of late, news of new free (and paid for) game content have us itching to square up against the Chimera once again.

Yesterday, PS3 Attitude gave you the news that Insomniac Games have some new information to announce today.

Naturally, this provoked speculation on what exactly Insomniac had planned. Well, now we know.

In a press release today, they confirmed that their next title that they are working on right now will be exclusive to the PS3…

Many companies, websites, and people in the game industry use Twitter to tell fans about what is happening in their world, and Insomniac are one of those.

Today, they made a post informing everyone that they have some information to be revealed tomorrow. What could this be?

PS3 Attitude investigates the mounting evidence that a PS3 Syphon Filter game is in the works. From job postings to a company who has apparently worked with Sony Bend on the game – are we about to get some HD Gabe? We sure hope so.

In order for your chance at glory, you must first submit a 200 word essay as to why you are the best soldier for the job. If selected, you will then participate in a multiplayer match against eight others in which the top four get the opportunity to play with the Resistance 2 team. The team members will then select the top dog from those four and he/she will receive a concept art print signed by the whole team!

So you bought the collector’s edition of Resistance 2 only to covet the regular edition’s cover art. Or maybe you picked the standard edition and quietly loathe the fact that the higher priced collector’s edition has the cooler box art. Maybe you just grew tired of looking at the same cover and want to spice your case’s life and want to slip the old case a new one.

Boy do I have good news for you.

Figurines, art books, soundtracks; it is all good stuff but presentation is key. It is what sets them apart from the rest of the games out there. Ranging close to 1.5x the price of the game itself, are these so called Collector’s Editions worth collecting though?

We take a look at both the usual and unique items in Collector’s Editions and whether they are deemed fit to be worthy of their name…

Monday’s patch will have numerous behind the scenes fixes like stability improvements and whatnot, but the gem in this patch is a fix for the competitive and cooperative character level 1 reset bug. Not only will all your previous XP/stats/attributes come back intact, but it will also add up all the XP/stats/attributes that you may have earned since the bug ate your stuff. Awesome news.

Medal and Trophy problems are being addressed as well, like the “Killing Machine” trophy bug. If you already met the requirement for a Trophy but you still haven’t earned it, it will pop up right after the patch works its magic. Read on for the main patch details.

Insomniac is coming to town and they are bringing gifts for all of us PlayStation 3 lovers this Thursday December 11th.

What’s this? MORE inventive ads from Sony? Resistance 2 goes back in time with its own 1950s styled broadsheet.

ThreeSpeech offer a competition to win a copy of Resistance 2. All you need is some sweet MotorStorm: Pacific Rift screenshots to be in with a chance of winning.

New videos of Resistance. One European, one Japanese. We ask: which one floats your Chimeric boat?

Our Trophy Wars competition isn’t the only internal battle here at PS3 Attitude.

Some of us (wrongly) think the R2 Beta rocks, but the more balanced members of the team aren’t blinded by the light of new-ness. We’ve seen all sorts of ‘wrong’ in the R2 Beta…