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CNN: Is this the end for Ratchet & Clank?

CNN writes: "When does a video game franchise end?

It's sometimes hard to tell. The immortal Mario the plumber has appeared in more than 200 video games since 1981 and is still going strong.

However, one popular series may be ready to give its fans some closure. Ratchet and Clank have been spanning their fictional universe since 2002 in an effort to defeat evil and save all from certain doom. The franchise, about two intergalactic heroes fighting evil, has sold more than 16 million copies."

RadientFlux5452d ago

If it is the end of the series, it had a really good run. I can see Insomnia wanting to the give the series a rest and trying something different.

Stryfeno25452d ago

Another milked franchised...Its not the end yet. Sony will soon announced Sing Alone with Ratchet and Clanked: The Lost Episode.

Cajun Chicken5452d ago (Edited 5452d ago )

You know. I don't want this franchise to end. I just know once this franchise ends, Insomniac are going to go all adult'y fulltime on us. I really hope this doesn't happen.

I find that Ratchet and Insomniac puts platform franchises to shame...why?

Because Ratchet has has so many games in so little time with such large improvements just made by ONE company. Not even Mario and Sonic have had that many games made by exactly the same development team and make every game fantastically entertaining.

Ratchet and Clank ends; it's the end of the mascot platform game as we know it, only Mario will exist in the genre, especially if Sonic doesn't improve soon. Sony have always been known for their action/adventure/platform games from Crash, Spryo, Medievil, Jak, Sly to Ratchet.

R&C in my opinion has been the last bastion of quality platform games this generation since ND left the scene moving from Jak to Uncharted last gen. I have seriously missed Jak, but R&C has perfectly filled in that void.

At least it looks like a corker of a game for Insomniac and R&C to go out on.

R&C ending can only signal a slow death for the quality cartoon inspired platforming game that isn't developed by Nintendo.

dorron5452d ago

I hope this isn't the last chapter for Ratchet & Clank. It is a really fun game to play and it deserves to live on for a long time...

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Older PlayStation games that we'd love to see on the PlayStation 5

From Xfire: "For a company with a three-decade-long history in gaming, Sony has done a crappy job at preserving its legacy. "

Flawlessmic877d ago (Edited 877d ago )

All the mgs games, all the ape escapes, silent hill 1-4, croc 1 and 2, legend of dragoon, tekken 3,tenshu, bushido blade, vagrant story, okami, ico, crash bash, gt4.

Thats just off the top of my head that i would play immediately, still so many more though that id love.

Welshy877d ago

MGS, Silent Hill etc are no brainers, but you earned my thumbs up for our boi Croc. I talk about him all the time, it's an honour to find another man of culture.

Flawlessmic876d ago (Edited 876d ago )

Hahaha yea was one of my very first games i owned on ps1 as a child, great memories!!

Love to hear there other people out there that enjoyed the gem of a game that is croc 👌

RedDevils876d ago (Edited 876d ago )

Okami has HD version already. I want those Sly games though since PS3 and vita had it.

Flawlessmic876d ago

Yea sly would be cool, i never got into those so would be a good opportunity for me to do so.

But yea theres so many games in sony catalogue we coukd be here all day listing titles.

Hopefully we all get the ganes we are hoping for.

outsider1624877d ago

Tenchu 1 and 2
Socom 1 and 2
MGS 1-3
MGS4
ICO

seanpitt23877d ago

RDR2 for me they can boost that up to 60fps with better graphic settings than last gen

Luc20877d ago

Folklore. It was such a unique and beautiful game. Great soundtrack. I still have my PS3 copy

The_Hooligan877d ago

YES please! Also I would love to see Warhawk come back. Such an awesome game.

moriarty1889877d ago

The Resistance and a killzone series for me.

Bigman4k877d ago (Edited 877d ago )

Infamous 1 & 2 probably will get remaster for PS5/4 at some point as for the others in that article idk

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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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Retroman2186d ago (Edited 2186d ago )

No Quest for booty/ into the Nexus??

Oops from the video both is emulated.

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Big discounts for PS4, PS3 and Vita digital games on Amazon

Amazon has heavily discounted several PS4, PS3 and Vita digital games. The deals include Final Fantasy XV dropping to $39.49, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction to $9.99, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time to $9.99, Rise Of The Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration to $30, Titanfall 2 to $29.99, Watch Dogs 2 to $34.99 and more.

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