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Thursday, Nov 12

Artist's resume lists work on 'R3' for Insomniac Games

If you're impressed by the works of artist Ben Mauro -- featured on his blog, "Perpetual Motion" -- you may soon be seeing more of it in the next game from Resistance developer Insomniac Games. According to Mauro's LinkedIn profile, he spent three sleepless months from March until May 2009...

Thursday, Nov 5

Ratchet & Clank's primary audience isn't kids, but 20-somethings

It probably comes as no surprise to you -- our well-informed and educated audience -- but the Ratchet & Clank series isn't just designed for the kids. Edge spoke with Insomniac writer TJ Fixman, who expressed that the primary audience for the weapon-indulgent platformer is the "male...

Tuesday, Oct 27

Insomniac says PS3 won't be maxed at least another two years

According to Insomniac's James Stevenson, developers won't begin maxing out the PlayStation 3's power for at least two or three years. The senior community manager's comments (via CVG) are directed towards how efficient developers have become at using Sony's platform to develop its t...

Tuesday, Oct 20

Dual demo details: Ratchet follows Clank into A Crack in Time

Sony's Playstation Blog announced today that the two expected Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time demos will hit the PSN over the next couple weeks. The first one, releasing this Thursday, is the Clank demo (he's the robot). Players will take the bucket of bolts with a destiny throug...

Tuesday, Jul 21

Insomniac not backing down from crowded pre-holiday release

If we were game developers, we'd be appropriately terrified of dropping our precious labors of love into the pre-holiday retail arena -- a battlefield filled with two-ton gorillas like Assassin's Creed 2 and Modern Warfare 2. Still, Insomniac Games hasn't thought twice about the late 2...

Thursday, May 21

Rumor: GTTV taping reveals Uncharted 2 beta deets, other E3 tidbits

The special is also rumored to reveal new details about Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, specifically that the game will include time travel as well as new hover boots for Ratchet. Throw in some Modern Warfare 2 footage, a new title from Bethesda and news about loads of games including M...

Tuesday, May 19

Insomniac tweet hints at upcoming Ratchet & Clank LBP pack

A tweet sent from the official Insomniac Games twitter account seems to indicate that Media Molecule is currently working on a large Ratchet & Clank pack for LittleBigPlanet. The tweet itself is quite hard to decipher, but it does say that "R&C content" is done and that it is "comi...

Thursday, Mar 26

Ratchet & Clank continue adventures in 'A Crack in Time' [Update]

No specifics have been revealed on price nor distribution, but A Crack in Time may again release as a downloadable PlayStation Network title at a budget price. (Quest for Booty launched at $15.) We've contacted Insomniac Games for more information, so stay tuned.

Thursday, Mar 19

DC Direct prepping Ratchet & Clank action figures

DC Comics toy line, DC Direct, is adding a familiar (but non-DC) property its upcoming action figure lineup: Ratchet & Clank. Consummate comics blog Newsarama managed to snag a first glimpse of the line, which DC unveiled at today's ComicsPRO 2009 industry event.

Tuesday, Nov 25

Holidaze 2008: Best of Black Friday

Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Note: No, the starred letters in this image don't rearrange to spell out Braid. We don't know what you're talking about. Nothing to see here, move along.

Tuesday, Oct 28

4GB Piano Black PSP Brite bundle nixed, sticking with Ratchet & Clank pack

Already have Echochrome on PSP, Ratchet & Clank Size Matters on UMD, as well as the DVD and Blu-ray release of National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets? Yeah, us too (except for the National Treasure 2 part ... seriously, what's your problem?), which is why we're drinking early this morning. S...

Monday, Oct 20

Sony investigating PSP Brite screen issues

We unboxed our PSP Brite to test some games and see if we encountered the same problem. Sure enough, in both FMV and gameplay, there is a noticable offset between the two video fields comprising the on-screen image. The included Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters looks significantly more "p...

Tuesday, Sep 23

Joystiq hands-on: Resistance 2

While Insomniac has been largely focused on its ambitious 60-player online multiplayer offering, yesterday's demonstration finally let us experience the single-player campaign for the first time. Finally, we could see what the new engine was capable of -- and it's much, much more tha...

Friday, Sep 12

Joystiq hands-on: WipEout HD race-ready at last

All the pre-race checks have been completed, the airfoils trimmed, and the antigrav systems brought online for WipEout's debut on PS3. Following up on our recent PAX '08 hands-on, Sony invited us for one final go at the game before it hits the PlayStation Store for $19.99 "within the next fe...

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Sunday, Aug 24

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 8/18 - 8/24

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP This week's big game on PS3 Fanboy? A little gem called EyePet, which actually generated four times more traffic than Heavy Rain. We don't think anyone here (or at SCEE) could've predicted the incredible response for this cuddly critter. On the PSP...

Wednesday, Aug 20

Ratchet's Quest for Booty is 2.3 GB in NA, 3.2 GB in Europe

We were a little startled when Eurogamer revealed Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty was a 3.2 GB download. We knew the game had junk in the trunk, but the last we heard it was around 2.3 GB. With no Blu-ray disc planned for North America, the less time we have to spend waiting for the interminable d...

Friday, Aug 15

WRUP takes a trip to (Sega) Saturn

Filed under: Meta (about Joystiq) While most people hail the Dreamcast as Sega's swan song, we want to go back one generation and remember the Saturn, which gave birth to person favorites NiGHTS Into Dreams, Dragon Force and ... um ... Christmas NIGHTS. We know there are other classics, so tell us...

New Ratchet & Clank in Fall 2009, 'Quest for Booty' teases

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 Spoiler alert! A new Ratchet & Clank game is coming next year. Upon completing Quest for Booty -- the downloadable Ratchet & Clank episode due on PSN next week -- 1UP was rewarded with ... more Ratchet & Clank; at least, the reassurance that there'l...

Saturday, Jul 12

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 7/7 - 7/12

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP This week has actually been pretty crazy -- possibly even crazier than The Last Guy developers seen in the above clip. With E3 coming around, we're both really excited and close to losing our marbles in preparation for the big E this year. We have alre...

Monday, Jul 7

Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty rated by ESRB

Many moons ago we heard of Ratchet: Quest for Booty due to a leaked PSN list, and now the ESRB has rated a very similarly named title. Although Sony hasn't officially acknowledged the game's existence, Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty is pretty much an open secret now following t...

Monday, Jun 9

Insomniac's Dezern and McCabe talk new North Carolina digs

Insomniac's push eastward was one of last week's most intriguing items of interest, despite a lack of details concerning what exactly the Ratchet & Clank developer has in store for its new Raleigh, NC studio. However, while we don't know exactly what the Burbank, California-based d...

Tuesday, Jun 3

Insomniac plans North Carolina studio

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action, Business Raleigh, NC had better stock up on Ambien. GameDaily reports that Burbank, CA based Insomniac Games - creator of Resistance and Ratchet & Clank - plans to have a North Carolina office open for business by January 2009. Insomniac art di...

Monday, Jan 21

The Joystiq Weekend: January 19 - 21, 2008

Rumors & Speculation Rumor: Anoymous Microsoft source reveals truth about the Red Ring of Death Rumor: Factor 5 working on a Kid Icarus game for Wii Rumor: Super Smash Bros. arriving on VC with Brawl Rumor: Frontlines canceled on PS3 (also, PC multiplayer beta is open)

Sunday, Nov 4

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/29 - 11/4

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP

Sunday, Oct 28

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/22 - 10/28

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP You did enter our Square Enix Store contest on PSP Fanboy right? Of course, maybe you don't want to win a Chocobo plushie (pictured, above). Or, maybe you really don't want a Cloud figurine. Heck, a free copy of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lio...

Sunday, Oct 21

PS Fanboy Week in Review: 10/15 - 10/21

Congrats to Tommy Z. who won our very last PSP in our giveaway. Stay tuned this week for even more fanswag. We're giving away this Ratchet & Clank movie poster and some concept art. Check back to PS3 and PSP Fanboy later this week. Until then, check out some of the big videos and news this week (t...

Saturday, Oct 6

Insomniac 'flattered' by Mario Galaxy concept

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Action, Video Did Nintendo's mascot plumber take a cue from a heavily-armed Lombax and his robot buddy? Insomniac Marketing Director Ryan Schneider seems to think so. In an interview with Kikizo, Schneider said, "There's evidence all aro...

Friday, Sep 14

Ratchet & Clank demo now at GameStop

Ratchet & Clank, along with their tools of destruction, are in demo form at GameStop according to IGN. You'll have to wait until Oct. 4 to get easy access to the Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction demo on PSN and just a little longer to get the full game on Oct. 23. But right now yo...

Sunday, Jul 15

Opinion: Joystiq impressions: Ratchet & Clank Future (PS3)

As innovative and new as the graphics may appear, the gameplay feels identical to previous iterations of the Ratchet series. Of course, that's not a bad thing -- the franchise has rightfully earned its legions of fans. However, we couldn't help but feel as though we've played Tools of Destr...