Terminator: Resistance - Infiltrator Mode

Terminator: Resistance is a 2019 first-person shooter video game developed by Teyon and published by Reef Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game is based on the Terminator franchise, set during the original future war depicted in the films The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It was released in Europe on 15 November 2019. In the United States, the Windows version was released a day earlier through Steam, while the other versions released on 7 January 2020. An enhanced version of the game for PlayStation 5 was released on 30 April 2021. The same version is scheduled to release for Xbox Series X/S on 27 October 2023. It received generally mixed reviews from critics.

Terminator: Resistance is set in a post-apocalyptic 2028 and 2029 Los Angeles. Players take on the role of Jacob Rivers, a soldier from the Resistance led by John Connor against Skynet's robotic killing machines. The game features multiple possible endings.In November 2020, a free update included a new game mode called Infiltrator mode, allowing players to play as a T-800 infiltrator as it clears scavenger, resistance and Tech-Com patrols and hold-outs to locate an officer of the Resistance known as Daniel Ramirez. Annihilation Line is downloadable content (DLC) released in December 2021. It is set during the middle of the main game's campaign mode, depicting the Future War segments in The Terminator. As Jacob Rivers, the player teams up with Kyle Reese to rescue a group of people captured by Skynet.

In August 2013, UK video game publisher Reef Entertainment announced the acquisition of the video game rights from StudioCanal for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and their intention to use them to create a video game with the working title Terminators: The Video Game.Terminator: Resistance was announced in September 2019. It was developed by Poland-based Teyon, and published by Reef Entertainment. In Europe and Australia, Terminator: Resistance was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 15 November 2019. The Windows version also received a U.S. release on 14 November through Steam. In the U.S., the home console versions were delayed from December 3 to 10, 2019. The release was subsequently pushed back to 7 January 2020, due to unexpected manufacturing delays. In Europe, the game included a free prequel comic book.A sixth film in the franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate, was released shortly prior to the game's release, but the game does not have any relation or connection to its plot or characters.An enhanced version of the game for PlayStation 5 was announced in December 2020, and was originally scheduled to be released on 26 March 2021, but was delayed to 30 April 30 2021. The enhanced version is scheduled to release for Xbox Series X/S on 27 October 2023.

The PlayStation 4 version of Terminator: Resistance received "generally unfavorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic, while the other versions received "mixed or average" reviews. The Windows version received "very positive" user reviews from Steam players.Wesley Yin-Poole of Eurogamer called it "generic and boring". Alex Avard of GamesRadar called it the best Terminator game he had ever played, but wrote that "given the series' historically poor record when it comes to interactive entertainment, that's an admittedly low bar to clear." Avard also called it the worst game he had played in 2019. Zack Zwiezen of Kotaku favorably compared it with two earlier games published in the 1990s: The Terminator: Future Shock and Skynet.The Annihilation Line DLC received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic. Aaron Potter of Push Square opined that it lacked refinement as a result of budgetary issues, while Tristan Ogilvie of IGN called it "as forgettable" as the main game. Other critics noted improvements over the main game.