Resistance: Burning Skies

Overview

Resistance: Burning Skies is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Nihilistic Software and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Vita. It is a spin-off and the most recent installment of the Resistance series as of 2026. In the game, players control the character of Tom Riley, a firefighter who fights against an enemy called the Chimera during their invasion of the United States.

Burning Skies has competitive eight-player online multiplayer modes. Players can choose from among six maps and three game modes, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Survival.

On August 14, 1951, one month after the liberation of the United Kingdom, the Chimera invade the East Coast of the United States. New York fireman Tom Riley is caught in the middle of the conflict. In spite of the fact that he fights against the Chimera, he only has a desire to find and rescue his family caught in the middle of the invasion.

Burning Skies received "mixed" reviews as reported by the review aggregation website Metacritic. Destructoid said the game "settled on being the new worst Vita game to date". Game Informer generally approved of the game's campaign and said that "as long as you're not hoping for a console-quality multiplayer experience, Burning Skies should satisfy fans". In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for a total of 32 out of 40.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter

Developer

Nihilistic Software

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Series

Resistance

Platforms

PlayStation Vita

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

ESRB

M

PEGI

16

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies25

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

7

Silver

7

Bronze

10

Total

25

Points

1290

• Platinum Earn all trophies Platinum 24.05% of players
• Staten Island Successfully complete level 1 Bronze 27.52% of players
• Military Ocean Terminal Successfully complete level 2 Bronze 26.92% of players
• George Washington Bridge Successfully complete level 3 Bronze 26.42% of players
• Ellis Island Successfully complete level 4 Bronze 26.18% of players
• Protection Camp Successfully complete level 5 Bronze 26.08% of players
• Conversion Tower Successfully complete level 6 Bronze 25.86% of players
• G-man Kill Gorrell Gold 25.86% of players
• Upgrade Upgrade a weapon in the Single Player Campaign Bronze 27.5% of players
• Combine Upgrade both slots of a weapon in the Single Player Campaign Silver 26.71% of players
• Customize Upgrade all weapons in the Single Player Campaign Gold 25.77% of players
• Indiscriminate Kill an enemy with every weapon in the Single Player Campaign Bronze 26.23% of players
• Variety Use the secondary fire of each weapon in the Single Player Campaign Bronze 26.04% of players
• Dangerous Kill 250 Chimera in the Single Player Campaign Bronze 26.79% of players
• Deadly Kill 500 Chimera in the Single Player Campaign Silver 26.33% of players
• Lethal Kill 1000 Chimera in the Single Player Campaign Gold 25.88% of players
• Axed Kill 50 Chimera with Riley's axe in the Single Player Campaign Silver 26.36% of players
• Overheat Kill 50 Chimera by detonating their heatstacks in the Single Player Campaign Silver 25.7% of players
• Boom Kill 100 Chimera with headshots in the Single Player Campaign Silver 26.21% of players
• Impaled Kill an Impaler Silver 26.43% of players
• Executed Kill an Executioner Silver 27.54% of players
• Giant Kill any combination of 18 Impalers or Executioners Gold 25.39% of players
• Unnatural Kill the Abomination Gold 26.92% of players
• Inhuman Kill the Leviathan Gold 25.86% of players
• Incite Complete one round of multiplayer Gold 25.09% of players

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Developer

Nihilistic Software

Released

2012-05-29

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6.1 hours