Insomniac Games responds to the criticisms about them over-milking the Ratchet and Clank franchise.
ConnectedConsoles: There have been many rumors hitting the internet concerning platform exclusive's and whether they'll be heading over to different consoles. Especially with games such as Left 4 Dead 2, which has recently come into the headlines with rumors that it will be heading to PS3 as well as Xbox 360 and PC. One [PlayStation 3] exclusive, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time however, won't be seeing green or white any time soon.
If you love the Ratchet & Clank characters, you might want to purchase the upcoming Action Figure that will be in stores in December 2009.
YourEMGN Writes: "Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack In Time seems to be in high demand, reaching the top 3 sales in the video games category yesterday on retailer - Amazon."
Soon Ratchet and his robot buddy Clank will be hitting stores in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, but long-time fans of the series have something to look forward to for their loyalty. Kotaku noticed that older Ratchet game save files unlock bonuses in the upcoming sequel. Having a save file of the previous disc-based game Tools of Destruction grants a nice bolt discount at Time's weapon-vendors. Meanwhile, if you have a save file from the download-only Quest for Booty, you get a sweet pirate hat for your game's community avatar. This is only for the community section, however, which seems to mean Ratchet can't sport the fashionable headwear in the game's actual stages.
Owning a PS3 you probably already know about the absolutely amazing games it has so far. Uncharted, Resistance, Killzone, or some other game from the long list, there is something there for everyone and every single game is a step ahead of the industry. While this is great, there is one problem PS3 suffers that no other console necessarily has. Great games get shafted in honor of other great games, which could be somewhat a big deal. Remember when Valkalrye chronicles first released? How it sold during the opening weeks? A majority of you probably believe it was this year and it sold well. The truth be had, it released last holiday season and sold terribly until this year. Reason being, the other big names over shadowed it and it's not the only game to suffer from this
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, two premier PS3 exclusives, are now on sale for 75% off at the popular North American retail chain, Target. The games' prices have been axed from $60 and $40 to $15 and $10, respectively. It's likely Target is putting these on sale to make way for the Greatest Hits editions, which are due to hit shelves any day now.
SCEA has just announced the next six games to get the Greatest Hits treatment.
Ever since the PS3 integrated Trophy support into its firmware with version 2.40, people have been keeping an eye on Sony's other platform: the PSP. It isn't hard to believe that people have been looking for Trophy support to move onto the PSP - it's proven a great success on the handheld's big daddy, the PS3, and taken plenty of cues from the highly addictive Achievement system created on XBox Live. While everything mentioned here is but speculation, Infinite-Bits believes there is enough evidence to favor the idea of trophies coming to the PSP in the near future.
Geoff Keighley posted this on twitter "New Ratchet and Clank is coming - and the teaser airs tomorrow on gttv."
James Stevenson writes: It's been a while since we've talked about Ratchet & Clank, but we wanted to give you an early scoop on a couple of things happening with everyone's favorite lombax and robot duo!
Insomniac Games has created some incredible games for the PlayStation consoles over the past 15 years. Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet and Clank, and Resistance are some of the well known franchises included in that line up, but it's a sin not to recognize the less famous titles the developer punched out, like Disruptor, as well. Insomniac recently announced, in fact, that they have sold an astonishing 32 million plus PlayStation exclusive games.
But while it's been known for quite some time that a new Ratchet game would be coming in 2009, details are still scarce on the title. Rumors have surfaced recently though that Insomniac is hard at work on the new title, and it may even make it's debut at the Game Developers Conference next month. Looking at Insomniac's track record, Resistance 2 was first announced in February 2008, so this rumor may hold some truth.
Courtesy of a friendly neighbourhood Best Buy employee, here's a look at a new PlayStation 3 holiday hardware bundle, just in time for Black Friday. It's an 80GB console that comes packed with a copy of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, as well as Casino Royale on Blu-Ray. It'll go on sale later this week (not sure whether it's for everyone or just a Best Buy exclusive), on November 28, and will cost $400, so yes, the game/Blu-Ray are free.
However, the success of multiplatform titles does appear lucrative to Price. Speaking to Gamasutra, he also adds that We see games that are multiplatform succeeding wildly, and doing great, and that too is a fantastic place to be." That doesn't mean Insomniac is planning on making games on Xbox 360 any time soon -- however, as an independent studio, they're certainly free to keep that option available.
mcvuk.com writes: Sony is delighted at the success of its debut PS3 Platinum range, and the platform holder is already gearing up for its second batch of releases.
Japan has more greatest hits than SCEA gives NA. This is a glimpse as to what could be coming to the US for greatest hits.
MCV: Insomniac, Infinity Ward and 2K Games all say they won't patch existing titles.
Joystiq writes: After it was announced that Uncharted and, well, "every game" for the PS3 will receive Trophies, many expected Insomniac's two titles would be on the shortlist of receiving updates in the "foreseeable future." Sadly, Insomniac's Bryan Intihar expresses on the PlayStation Blog that Ratchet and Clank Future and Resistance: Fall of Man aren't getting Trophy updates soon.
Gamedaily.biz writes: "Got a question for the man behind Ratchet & Clank and Resistance? Here's your chance! We're taking questions right now to be considered for our 10 Questions series.