Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
Developer: Insomniac Games
Platform: PLAYSTATION®3 system
Genre: Action-Adventure
Launch Date: Fall 2009
Rating: “RP” for Rating Pending
OVERVIEW
Everyone’s favorite intergalactic duo is back this fall with Ratchet & Clank® Future: A Crack in Time, developed by highly-acclaimed developer Insomniac Games exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. The latest addition to the best-selling series will at long last answer some of fans’ most-asked questions as it concludes the story arc from Ratchet & Clank® Future: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank Future®: Quest for Booty.
Players can control both Ratchet and Clank as they attempt to reunite and save the universe. Each will have new abilities at their disposal such as Ratchet’s Hoverboots, which allow him to travel at high speeds and soar to new heights around the galaxy. With all-new Clank gameplay, players can utilize special time-manipulation abilities in an effort to thwart Dr. Nefarious, one of the franchise’s best-known villains who is attempting to control time itself.
Powered by Insomniac Games’ fourth-generation PS3 technology, Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time continues to bring the experience of playing a CG-animated movie to PS3. An original adventure wrapped around a heartfelt storyline and the franchise’s signature humor, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is sure to delight fans of all ages.
STORYLINE
After discovering that Clank’s disappearance was engineered by Dr. Nefarious. Ratchet races to rescue his best friend. Unfortunately, he discovers that Clank’s capture is just the beginning of Nefarious’s latest diabolical plot.
In this follow-up to the best-selling series, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time puts players into the role of both Ratchet and Clank as they attempt to reunite and save the universe. 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?
KEY FEATURES
- An original new adventure and story that answers many of the fans’ most-asked questions wrapping up the story arc that started in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank® Future: Quest For Booty.
- Travel freely through non-linear levels with new space gameplay that allows players to engage in space battles, explore the surrounding star system, and discover hidden items and collectables.
- Taking on the roles of both Ratchet and Clank, players will experience new gameplay with each character.
- Use Ratchet’s new Hoverboots to travel at high speeds, soar to new heights and jump off ramps to get to distant locations in search of Zoni and other rare collectables.
- Experience all-new Clank gameplay and special “time” abilities that bring meaning to “past selves.”
- The series’ renowned arsenal gets even larger with new weapons including the Cryo-Bomb Glove, Plasma Striker and Sonic Eruptor, along with classics such as the Negotiator and Buzz Blades.
