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Friday, Dec 19
And The Most Downloaded PSN Games Of 2008 Are... [Psn]
A top 10 list of the most downloaded games on Sony's PSN for 2008 was released today. Did your favorite downloadable make it? If that list looks kinda bleh, 2009 will be better, with games like Flower and Fat Princess coming! 1. Pain 5. Flow 6. Warhawk 10. Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty
Thursday, Dec 11
Sony Responds To November NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and the Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP Entertainment Pack proved to be a popular choice for movies, games and entertainment content on-the-go in November, with 420,539 units sold. This represents an increase of 118% from October.
Thursday, Nov 27
The Great Black Friday 2008 Round-Up
Toys 'R' Us Opens 5:00 AM - Store Locator Nintendo DS Ice Blue with Brain Age [5 AM -1 PM] - $149.99 Nintendo DS Mario Red with New Super Mario Bros. [5 AM -1 PM] - $149.99 Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway (Xbox 360/PS3) - $17.99 Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Wii) - $14.99
Monday, Nov 24
New PS3 Holiday Bundle Includes Ratchet, Bond [Playstation 3]
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...
Wednesday, Nov 19
The PlayStation 3 Gift Guide [2008 Kotaku Holiday Gift Guide]
The follow-up to the best launch title for the PS3, Insomniac's first-person shooter continues the epic tale of man versus mutant that started in Resistance: Fall of Man. While the story mode delivers action on a scale seldom seen in a first-person shooter, the 60-player online multipla...
Here's A (Sort Of) New PSP Bundle [Playstation Portable]
A moment's silence for the deceased PSP/4GB bundle. It was taken before its time. While Sony saw fit to publicise one bundle's demise, however, a new bundle has arrived on the scene completely unannounced. Looking a lot like the PSP/Ratchet & Clank deal from a few months back (because it...
Monday, Nov 17
Holiday Game Review Madness [What To Buy?]
PS3 Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty Review: Short Of Greatness LittleBigPlanet Review: Play, Create... Share? MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Review: A Festival of Mayhem Resistance 2 Review: Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore
Thursday, Aug 28
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty Review: Short Of Greatness
Super Fuzzy Graphics: Quest for Booty uses the same graphics engine as Tools of Destruction, which means it is also one of the best looking games on the system, with graphics approaching CGI cartoon quality. Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty, developed by Insomniac, published...
Thursday, Aug 21
PlayStation Store Update: Booty Calls
Downloadable Games Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty ($14.99) Vampire Rain Gameplay Trailer #2 Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Wallpaper PLAYSTATION Store for PC Downloadable Games PSP Wallpaper
Tuesday, Jul 22
Rounding Up Sony's E3 Presser Announcements
A new "Life With Playstation" channel was announced, set to launch in North America at the end of the month, said to bring the news, weather and more to your PlayStation 3. On to PSP, a new bundle was announced, the $199 Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters pack, which comes with the game, National...
Thursday, Jul 10
Will Sony Inflict Massive Damage At E3 08?
But Sony has far more than that to squeeze into its presentation, including what's coming for the PlayStation Network, PSP and PlayStation 2. While not guaranteed to make an appearance, there are a handful of "safe bets" that may come up during its E3 keynote.
Monday, Jul 7
ESRB Rates My Japanese Coach, Ratchet & Clank Future Follow Up
Hey, geeks and otakus, there's good news on the edutainment front, as the Entertainment Software Ratings Board has given ratings to a slew of new games, including Ubisoft's My Japanese Coach. Yes, now that you've mastered the Spanish and French languages via your Nintendo DS, your next c...
Monday, Mar 17
Rumored PlayStation Store Release List Shows Home, Ratchet: Quest For Booty Due In July [Playstation 3]
Ratchet: Quest for Booty? Lair: Diabolical Dragons? The Last Guy? A Resistance 2 trailer next month? Those releases are rumored to be hitting the PlayStation Store this spring and summer, according to the above pic going 'round the internet today. It's all based on a allegedly leaked Pla...
Monday, Mar 10
Week In Games: Suffer Like G Did? [Week In Games]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) Formerly known as Winning Eleven, Pro Evo returns. Wild Arms XF (PSP) Hex-based RPG action on the go. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (PS2) The former PSP game gets a PlayStation 2 port.
Friday, Mar 7
Size Matters PS2 Mutliplayer Details [Ratchet & Clank]
With the PlayStation 2 port of High Impact's excellent PSP take on the Ratchet & Clank series just a week away, the official PlayStation Blog posts some details about the game's multiplayer. PS2 Size Matters takes the same amusing multiplayer functionality from the PSP version and s...
Thursday, Mar 6
Mag Announces Top 50 Developers [Study]
1. Nintendo Kyoto (Brain Age, Wii Play) 6. Konami Japan Studio (Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer, Dance Dance Revolution Universe) 7. Insomniac Games (Ratchet & Clank Future) 18. Epic Games (Unreal Tournament 3, Gears Of War PC) 19. Hudson Soft (Mario Party 8, Mario Party DS)
Thursday, Feb 21
Insomniac Announces Nocturnal Initiative, Gives Away Source Code [Gdc08]
Last summer, the gang at Insomniac Games pulled back the curtain on PlayStation 3 R&D, attempting to the light the way of the dark and dangerous development path. It was a classy move, aimed at helping other, less fortunate developers. Today, they've one-upped themselves, announcin...
Wednesday, Feb 20
Interview: Secret Agent Clank
Today, in between our sprinting between Moscone centers to cover all of Microsoft's news, we had a chance to sit down with High Impact Games' Lesley Mathieson. She was the Lead Designer on Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, worked a bit on its PS2 port and is now Design Director on the second...
Thursday, Dec 13
PlayStation Store Update: Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock [Playstation 3]
Hey, wait... when did those PAIN add-on characters arrive? Did I get conked on the head and sleep through that two weeks ago? Game Videos Gran Turismo Awards At SEMA Ratchet & Clank Future Behind the Scenes - Art Tony Hawk's Proving Ground - Tony's Skater Story
Thursday, Dec 6
PC PlayStation Store Update: Wild Beats [PSP]
Game Videos Heavenly Sword Anime 1 Heavenly Sword Anime 2 Heavenly Sword Anime 3 Heavenly Sword Anime 4 Heavenly Sword Anime 5 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Trailer 1 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Trailer PlayStation Store
Tuesday, Nov 27
Sign Up for AOL, Get a Free PS3, Ratchet & Clank [Deal]
AOL is giving away a 40GB Playstation 3 with a copy of Ratchet and Clank Future and a wireless Sixaxis controller to customers who sign a two-year contract for AOL Broadband Wireless Plus. AOL Broadband now offering a free Sony PlayStation 3 [Think Broadband]
Wednesday, Nov 21
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart [Media Create]
Good news! Mario Party DS' success probably means there will be future Mario Party games! Thanks, God. We appreciate you answering our prayers. What didn't hold up as expected was Shin Sangoku Musou 5, also known as Dynasty Warriors 6, which certainly didn't sell as well as Mario Party and R...
Wednesday, Nov 14
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart [Media Create]
Mario tops the charts again this week, with Mario Party DS selling close to a quarter million copies in its debut week in Japan. It's followed by the game that is sure to push tens of thousands of PlayStation 3s, Shin Sangoku Musou 5, to be known as Dynasty Warriors 6 in North America. Its Xbox 36...
Wednesday, Oct 24
Frankenreview - Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) [Roundup]
Whereas earlier installments of the Ratchet and Clank series offered a range of single player and online multiplayer modes, Tools of Destruction hones in on its solo experience with just a story-driven campaign. Dropping multiplayer negatively impacts the game's long-term value; ho...
Thursday, Oct 18
Read The 40GB PS3 Press Release [North America]
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) today announced plans to introduce a new 40GB model of its PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system. Beginning November 2nd, to further enhance the HD entertainmen...
Wednesday, Sep 19
Tgs07: The List Of PS3 Games That Support The DualShock 3
echochrome Sony Computer Entertainment Folklore (*1) Sony Computer Entertainment Go! Sports Ski (*1) Sony Computer Entertainment MotorStorm (*1) Sony Computer Entertainment TOY HOME Sony Computer Entertainment Warhawk (*1) Sony Computer Entertainment
Liveblogging Kaz Hirai's Tokyo Game Show Keynote [Tgs07]
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII is on screen. The limited edition version sold out within hours and nearly 700,000 units were shipped on day one. The pair of pack in games with Star Wars Battlefront and Daxter will push more units of the PlayStation Portable, he hopes.
Secret Agent Clank Coming To PSP
Just as Ratchet from the Ratchet & Clank series of PlayStation games was given a spotlight role in Ratchet Deadlocked, it appears his robotic sidekick will be on the receiving end of his own spin-off. One of the surprising and unannounced titles making an appearance at the Sony media e...
Tuesday, Sep 11
Ratchet & Clank Future Demo Due October 4th
We now know the date of "the future." It's when Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction will be released in demo form via the PlayStation Network. According to IGN, we'll all be wearing silver jumpsuits, issuing commands to our personal sex robots and tossing bac...
Friday, Aug 17
Ratchet & Clank Future Hands-On
After four PlayStation 2 games—Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal and Ratchet: Deadlocked—plus a solid portable release, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters from High Impact Games, each delivering solid gameplay and avoidi...
Thursday, Aug 16
Ratchet & Clank Future Release Date Revealed
Today's Insomniac Games podcast reveals the final, formal, set-in-stone release date for the PLAYSTATION 3 platformer Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction will be October 23rd. Awesome. That's a nice little birthday present for yours truly. The Full Moon Show was also kind e...
Tuesday, Jul 17
Wilson Vs. McWhertor On Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Maybe we're thinking about this too hard (a Kotaku first!). Ratchet & Clank Future is the "blue sky in games" answer to just about every question we've been asking this generation's action games. Sure, Clank may be bald, but Ratchet's got hair.
Monday, Jun 25
Insomniac Games, A Great Place To Work
About Insomniac Games Insomniac Games is a wholly independent console videogames developer that has released award-winning hits for the PlayStation® game console, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 for 13 years. The company created the first three...
Tuesday, May 1
Can The PlayStation Store Save The PSP?
Mario Kart DS 92.3% Advance Wars Dual Strike 90.5% Castlevania: Sorrow 90.3% New Super Mario Bros. 88.8% Meteos 88.7% Kirby: Canvas Curse 87.6% Elite Beat Agents 86.9% Animal Crossing WW 86.6% Super Mario 64 DS 86.5% Tetris DS 86.4% Ratchet & Clank: SM 86.7% Gurumin 82.0% Winning Eleven: 2007 81.9%
Tuesday, Apr 3
Daxter, Syphon and PSP Get Price Drop
The PSP will now sell for $169.99. And in a very smart move, SCEA also dropped the price of two of the better PSP games, adding both Daxter and Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror to the PSP Greatest Hits collection, making them both about $20 each. That, is three good reasons to buy a PSP. "We have always be...
Tuesday, Mar 20
Breaking Down The PAL PS3 BC List
In the hazardous "Should play on PLAYSTATION®3 with noticeable issues" category are the following: Okami Jak 2 & 3 After the jump? The games that aren't on the list at all. Which means they don't work. At all. These games currently won't run on your PS3. Jak 1 All Ratchet & Clank games
Thursday, Mar 1
Insomniac Kicks Off Podcast Series
From the team that brought you the PLAYSTATION 3 hit Resistance Fall of Man, as well as the long running Spyro and Ratchet & Clank series, comes The Full Moon Show, their latest.... podcast?! Yes, Insomniac Games is hip to the whole podcasting scene, as evidenced by their new, bi-weekly, s...
Sunday, Feb 11
Week in Games: PSP Edition [Week In Games]
Wii Play (WII) A collection of casual games including billiards, air hockey, tank battles, table tennis rally, Mii poses and a cow-riding race. Comes bundled with a Wii remote! Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (PSP) No matter what they tell you, bigger is better.
Wednesday, Jan 31
Opinion: Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters Impressions
Aside from the PSP controls and slightly lower-quality graphics, the game looks and plays almost exactly like its PS2 siblings. Developer High Impact Games has done a great job of capturing the distinctive R&C feel, which isn't really a surprise considering High Impact was spawned...
Thursday, Dec 28
Associated Press Dig Okami, Do Not Dig 25-To-Life [Best Of]
10. "Resistance: Fall of Man" (Sony, for the PlayStation 3): "Ratchet & Clank" creators Insomniac Games juice up the World War II shooter with alien invaders and flamboyant weapons. The best of the PS3 launch titles.
Wednesday, Nov 1
Ratchet & Clank PS3 In "Full Production"
Now that Resistance: Fall of Man is in the bag, what's up for Insomniac Games? A little vacation, probably some press events, maybe they'll finish weather treating that patio. Oh, right, and the next Ratchet & Clank for the PlayStation 3!
