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Insomniac: “We Aren’t Stopping Making Ratchet & Clank Games”, FFA Will Have Paid and Free DLC

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault launched today on PS3 for $20, complete with a promise to get a free PS Vita copy thanks to cross buy. While you’ll have to wait until January 2013 for the handheld version, Insomniac has let us know some snippets of news about the near future of Full Frontal Assault. - PSLS

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Abash4161d ago

Can't wait to see Ratchet & Clank PS4, Ratchet and Clank in all that next gen glory

dbjj120884161d ago

I do hope the new hardware can provide some amazing effects. R&C have always had a beautiful world.

medziarz4160d ago

So Insomniac realized that their on-their-own FUSE is going to fail hard, good news they are returning to Sony and making games people actually care about

Relientk774161d ago

This is what I'm waiting for. Can't wait.

jakmckratos4161d ago

will literally be a pixar movie

-Gespenst-4161d ago

I hope so. Although maybe they'll create a new platforming / adventure series for the Ps4. Like that game they canned, Girl with a Stick or something?

In any case, a brand new, next gen PROPER R&C game would be delightful. Up to Insomniac though.

Tonester9254161d ago

I would like to see them make a new character the only focuses on Melee weapons.

They've created so many guns for Ratchet I want to see how many melee weapons they could make

Krew_924160d ago (Edited 4160d ago )

Yeah, Ratchet and Clank: FToD was among my first PS3 games. I hope I can say the same when the PS4 comes around.

badz1494160d ago

that's all I have to know! good news all around! still haven't had the chance to get FFA yet but I will next week! all R&C games has been AMAZING!

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TrendyGamers4161d ago

I'm really happy that the important stuff will be free for FFA.

dbjj120884161d ago

Well I'd ask them to please stop. They're not exactly doing the IP justice anymore.

mushroomwig4161d ago

Nobody is forcing you to play them, just let people enjoy the games.

rezzah4161d ago

here's the thing about this series, they are passionate about it. They don't shove it down your throat every year because they are not completely business oriented.

There is always a balance and these like to do what they love more than what only brings in money.

PopRocks3594161d ago

Looks at Mario articles.

"Nintendo releases the same franchises over and over."

Looks at this one.

"Can't wait for the tenth Ratchet and Clank game!"

Man, everything is topsy-turvey around here.

calis4161d ago

Do you think it is the same people commenting?

pixelsword4161d ago

I believe he actually does...

PopRocks3594161d ago (Edited 4161d ago )

@pixelsword

Actually no, I'm not narrow-minded enough to believe that. However, I'm aware some people say it. And I think it's a little hypocritical when they do.

Before someone knocks me for it, I love the Ratchet games. But they've been releasing one each year lately. Yeah, Mario releases more if you count Kart, Party and the sports games, but if we're talking about the primary platformers then Mario releases significantly less per generation.

calis4161d ago

Well unless the same people are saying it's too much for Mario but happy with R&C, it's not hypocritical.

jakmckratos4161d ago

We haven't seen a legit release since 2009
everything else has been different

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BitbyDeath4161d ago

Mario had 34 games on the Wii alone, how is that the same thing?

PopRocks3594161d ago

Actually that isn't true at all. Here's a list of games that feature Mario in them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Click on platform and look at all the Wii games listed. It only goes up to about 18, and it counts games like Smash Bros. and Dr Mario Online Rx.

BitbyDeath4161d ago (Edited 4161d ago )

This is the list i was using -

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

EDIT: That wiki list looks to be missing all Wii Mario titles from 2006, among others.

RuperttheBear4161d ago

How many of those are Virtual Console titles BitbyDeath?

BitbyDeath4160d ago (Edited 4160d ago )

@RuperttheBear,

Virtual Console games are on the Wii.
You exclude them then you may as well exclude the R&C remakes which'd still put the difference at ridiculous levels.

PopRocks3594158d ago

Why the hell are you including Virtual Console games? I wouldn't count the Ratchet and Clank collection since they're just ports of old games.

BitbyDeath4158d ago

It's not my website, you can't exclude them.
Theirs still about 30 titles though even without em.

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doctorstrange4161d ago

This comment makes sense when there's Ratchet & Clank Tennis

Luthar4161d ago

10th? That happened a long time ago.

mushroomwig4161d ago

There's a major difference between the two franchises though, how many Ratchet party games have there been? Exactly, zero. The day I see 'Ratchet and friends party 9' is the day you can compare the two.

PopRocks3594161d ago

Well, if we're going by main platforming games as oppose to spin-offs that aren't even developed in house, it's important to note that there's been a Ratchet almost every consecutive year. Mario has at most two per console generation.

G20WLY4160d ago

Poprocks359, No... There just hasn't.

And you can't say "every consecutive year" and then stick "almost" in front of it and think that makes it okay.

Whether you're lying, or mistaken; you're wrong.

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Sevir4161d ago

I wish they'd continue with the resistance franchise, they really hit it out the park with Resistance 3 a damn shame ps3 gamers just gave a collective meh when it released. But then again Sony also left this game out to die, there wasn't any marketing for this game. Which is sad because this game was awesome much like R:FoM :-)

Skate-AK4161d ago

Resistance 3 was great but the ending made me wanna break the game.

CRASHBASHUK4161d ago (Edited 4161d ago )

I was kina hoping for the last resistance game to be based in Russia where it all started because you would think the main base would be there not in new York
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

KingofGambling4160d ago

Just wait for the PS4, Resistance 4 for the PS4.

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Celebrating 20 years of Ratchet & Clank

20th Anniversary Armor Pack arrives today for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart; more games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium November 15.

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darthv72532d ago

Man... what i wouldnt give to have a full PS5 UHD of all the R&C games in one collection. i guess streaming them on PS+ is the next best thing (or naturally a PS3)

Aloymetal532d ago

Rift was a joy to play, absolutely beautiful.

FallenAngel1984532d ago

They couldn’t make PS2 versions of those R&C games like they did with the J&D games?

mkis007532d ago

considering they are ps3 games that never had ps2 versions....no.

CobraKai531d ago

Yeah? You might wanna double check that.

mkis007531d ago

Kobra
What fan that waited for launch day needs to know? There were 4 ps2 games the rest starting with tools was ps3 only. Quest for booty, a crack in time, nexus, full frontal assault were ps3 games.

FallenAngel1984532d ago

You really saying Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal and Ratchet: Deadlocked weren’t on PS2? 🤨

theandinator92531d ago

Even Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank had PS2 versions...

mkis007531d ago

Of course I wasn't talking about the actual ps2 games...why would they need to make ps2 versions of ps2 games? That is why I only included the ps3 games in my comment.

FallenAngel1984531d ago

@ no

You must’ve misunderstood what I asked for.

I’m saying they should’ve made PS2 Classic versions of these Ratchet & Clank titles on PS4 so they’d be downloadable just like Jak & Daxter had rather than just streaming the PS3 versions

mkis007530d ago

Ya I realized you meant emulated versions after the fact.

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Relientk77532d ago

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is amazing. I really hope Insomniac are working on more. I'm always up for another Ratchet & Clank game.

CobraKai531d ago

I think it’s still the only “Next Gen” game that truly looks next gen.

Levii_92532d ago

Sick ! R&C is still one of my favourite franchises.

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Ranking the Ratchet and Clank Games from Worst to Best

From Xfire: "Insomniac Games first introduced the unlikely duo of Ratchet and Clank back in 2002 on the PlayStation 2. Since then, the series has taken audiences on a journey that has spanned not just an entire galaxy, but multiple dimensions, with its most recent outings."

Levii_921035d ago

Best games of the franchise are Up Your Arsenal, A Crack in Time, 2016 Remake and without a doubt the newest one Rift Apart. You simply can’t go wrong with these.

Man what a glorious game series.

neutralgamer19921034d ago

Only ones I don't like as much are all 4 one and full frontal assault other than that all games are awesome( even these are good games just not up to the standard of other games in the series)

victorMaje1034d ago

Nice article, good list, they're all fun & I love this game!
Rift Apart is spectacular.
Insomniac are wizards, I want their next game to be a new Resistance. I can't wait to see what they have in store for us next.

DOMination-1034d ago

Ryan Mccaffrey said last week that Resistance 4 was in development but Sony cancelled it due to the high number of post-apocalyptic games around at the moment.

victorMaje1034d ago

Well that’s a shame. I feel they could do something truly special with today’s technology.

chicken_in_the_corn1034d ago

I'm looking forward to playing Rift Apart then the whole series sometime afterward. Up Your Arsenal is my favourite

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All the Ratchet & Clank PS3 exclusive games can now run on the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3

The RPCS3 team has announced that all the Ratchet and Clank games that were released exclusively on Playstation 3 can now run on the latest version of RPCS3. RPCS3 is the best Playstation 3 emulator that is currently under development and its incredible progress has really amazed us.

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Retroman2030d ago (Edited 2030d ago )

No Quest for booty/ into the Nexus??

Oops from the video both is emulated.