Resistance 2

The follow up by Insomniac Games’ debut PS3 title has been long in appearing, but it’s finally here. I tend to prefer the Resistance series to Gears of War, even though I expected that to go the other way, the first time I tried both. Go figure!

Valkyria Chronicles

My hopes are set high on this one, not so much because it’s a PS3 RPG (which is much-needed) but because it looks like Sega’s finally going to make a great RPG for the first time in too long. Just hoping the game lives up to the hype for a change.

Alone In the Dark: Inferno

A great survival horror franchise returns from the (un)dead to set up all-new chills and wet-your-bed moments. The tight episodic structure encourages frequent gameplay sessions because you know what kind of time commitment you’re making each time you pick it up, and it’s not overly-demanding.

Tomb Raider Underworld

Lara Croft hasn’t disappointed yet in this generation of hardware. This title is also available on Xbox 360, but I discovered the series on the original PlayStation, so I prefer to pick the PS3 version and have a DualShock 3 in my hand.

These are four great titles, but with God of War III, Killzone II, Resident Evil 5, inFamous and Final Fantasy XIII all missing this holiday season, Sony’s left with another holiday season in which they don’t have as many killer apps overall as does the Xbox 360.

This is a nice November crop, but not enough for PS3 to overtake the 360.