Remember the teaser at the end of PSN expansion Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty that promised to “continue the quest in Fall 2009?” Well, it looks like the game wasn’t kidding!
Sony just announced that Insomniac will be releasing a new game in the awesome Ratchet & Clank series exclusively on PlayStation 3 this fall. Entitled Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, the new iteration will conclude the events of the last two PS3 games, following Ratchet and Clank as they search to find the truth of their origins. Along the way, they will encounter more of the series’ classic humor, splendid level design, and great characters.
Being a huge fan of the Ratchet & Clank games, I have to say I am more than excited about this news. You better watch out, old ladies of the world! I am coming for you today with a fist full of awesome!
What do you think? Are you ready for a new adventure with everyone’s favorite Lombax and robot duo? Don’t Ratchet & Clank games have the best titles? How many old ladies do I think I should punch in excitement? Or, even easier, should I just run into a retirement home doing a windmill move with my arms?
Hit the jump for the full press release.
The galaxy's coolest duo are back on PLAYSTATION®3!
Get ready for time-bending fun and intergalactic mayhem with Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
London, 26th March: Ever wanted to travel back in time? This Autumn Ratchet and Clank are back on PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) like you’ve never seen them before – and they’re on a mission to save the future!! Get ready another round of intergalactic chaos with Ratchet and Clank™: A Crack In Time, the latest addition to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s multi-million selling Ratchet and Clank™ franchise.
Concluding the events that began in Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time will answer some of the franchise fans’ biggest questions. After discovering that lovable robot Clank’s disappearance was engineered by Dr. Nefarious, the Wrench-swinging Ratchet races to save his best friend. Along the way, both will finally uncover the hidden truth behind their origins, and discover their ultimate destinies. As the duo come closer to reuniting, they’ll have to ask themselves the biggest question of all: Do Ratchet and Clank’s destinies lie with each other? Or is it finally time for the universe’s greatest duo to separate for good?
If you haven’t played Ratchet & Clank before and are new to this successful franchise, prepare to be immersed in hilarious action-packed galactic capers and discover how time travel will entertain you in ways never before experienced.
Powered by Insomniac Games’ fourth-generation PS3 technology, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time will continue to bring the experience of playing your own computer generated animation movie to PS3. Expect all the laughs and witty banter of a Ratchet and Clank title, as you enjoy all-new space gameplay that gives players the opportunity to engage in space battles, explore the surrounding star system, and discover hidden items and collectables... You’ll come head-to-head with a brand-new cast of baddies, and some old favourites, and obliterate them with cool new weapons and abilities.
Get ready for a brand new time-bending, laugh-out-loud adventure when Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time arrives in stores in Autumn 2009. It’s the newest addition to the smash-hit Ratchet and Clank franchise, with eight titles across PlayStation®2, PS3™ and PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) platforms. With Ratchet and Clank, the future is never certain!
About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and sales of PLAYSTATION®3, PlayStation®2, PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®Network software and hardware in 99 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes, markets and distributes entertainment software for these formats, and manages the third party licensing programs for the formats in these territories. Since the launch of PLAYSTATION 3 in November 2006, over 21.3 million units have been sold globally and continue to be sold at a record level. Maintaining its position as one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history, PlayStation 2 has sold over 136.3 million systems worldwide. Since its launch at the end of 2004, over 50 million PSPs have been sold globally, highlighting the importance of the portable entertainment market. With the huge increase in interest and accessibility of network applications and network gaming, over 20 million accounts have registered to PlayStation Network, the free-to-access interactive environment, and over 380 million items have been downloaded.
PlayStation, PLAYSTATION and the PlayStation logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. PS3 and PSP are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Yay!
I loved ToD so much that I bought QfB as soon as it was out and I even bought a used PS2 just so I could play the previous games. (They don't work on PS3s with software emulation - bastards...)
This is awesome news!
I've been meaning to play the PS3 game since I got the console, but I want to find and complete the last two games before I get into that thing. God! So many times I could have got them on the cheap; someone needs to send me at gunpoint into a game shop just so I can pass that impossible hurdle of buying a second hand PS2 game. >.<
My mind is so painful sometimes...
Best news I've had all day! :D
Yeah, I noticed the same thing. Very odd. I like it without the "Future," though, so I guess it's a good decision. :)
Between this and the MW2 formal teaser, a real Nintendo game and a Kojima keynote, this years GDC has been better to me then E3 was last year.
@Pascuz and Brains
It's a platinum game over.
I'd buy it for 60 again if I would. The game is worth it.
Also, Chad, go into a retirement home, pull off a Zangief, and do spinning lariats to everyone. lol.
I guess it's less exciting to shout "similarly to how you saw them last time but doing other stuff!"
They need to breathe new life into the series by creating a super mega Voltron-esque title with all the little gameplay mechanics that have been used throughout the series, except all in one game and polished to the nth degree.
I just want them to take 3 years off to produce a real AAA Ratchet title, and to burn any Resistance 3 files they have laying around.
Unless, of course, this title proves me the fuck wrong.