Continuing the recent trend of bringing previously popular multiplayer shooters back to life, Modder VGFury is currently in the process of restoring the online PvP and co-op features of Insomniac Games' explosive release Resistance 2, which launched on PS3 back in 2008.

A new video from FPS enthusiast Bitter Roman shows an early Alpha test of VGFury's build, no doubt triggering a wealth of memories for those locked into Resistance 2's fast-paced fracas.

While Resistance 2 received an overall mixed response from critics and fans, its ambitious multiplayer - offering eye-watering 60-player skirmishes (then the highest to date in a PlayStation title) - is still highly regarded by the community.

The restored multiplayer mod is expected to add support for Resistance 2's suite of PvP elements of along with its dedicated co-op multiplayer campaign. The official servers were closed in 2014, so that's around 12 years of rust that has built up on the trigger fingers of Resistance 2 veterans. Time to shake it off.

Resistance 2 is the latest in a number of games that are seeing a multiplayer renaissance thanks to the work of homebrew teams. VGFury is working on two other defunct PS3 titles: Guerrilla Games' Killzone 3, which had its servers closed in 2018 and Zipper Interactive's online-only shooter MAG, which was rendered completely obsolete in 2014.

Away from the shooter genre, we recently, we reported on Shuouma and their efforts to get Dreamcast road-ripper Sega Rally 2 back online for the first time since 2001 (and for the first time ever in Western territories)

For many of us, there are those one or two multiplayer titles that we sank days, months, perhaps even years of our lives into playing online, only to one day turn the game off, never to return (Gears of War 3 and Overwatch, since you asked). These server resurrection projects, niche as they may be offer an important alternate option in an era where publishers will only push us ever forward - forcing our hand, if need be, with the mere flick of a switch.