Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One Coming to PS3

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Hi everyone. My name is Chad Dezern and I’m the Studio Director at Insomniac Games’ North Carolina studio. I’m here to share some exciting news. We’ve been hammering away in our secret shack in the middle of the woods since January 2009. Now it’s time to emerge into the sunlight and hold our creation aloft. It’s alive!

We’re excited to announce that we’re hard at work on the first ever one-to-four player cooperative, online/offline, drop-in/drop-out Ratchet & Clank title, Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One!

We knew from our earliest meetings that we wanted to give players a chance to play in the Ratchet Universe with Ratchet and Clank at the same time. And after we started, we felt an almost moral obligation to include Captain Qwark and Dr. Nefarious; there was just too much comedy potential in bringing this group together for us to pass up the opportunity. Their bumbling idiocy, prickly antagonism, and unfettered evil was a perfect reflection of how we play All 4 One here in the office. I’m looking forward to telling the story of how the four of them find themselves together . . .

Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One [Gamescon 2010]

The game is about cooperative play through and through. We want to make it easy to get together with friends and family, get in a game and have fun in the Ratchet universe. We’re working hard to capture the feeling of fighting through amazing battles with other players, whether they are on the couch next to you or playing online half-a-world away.

Ratchet and Clank: All Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One [Gamescon 2010] One Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One [Gamescon 2010]

Our official reveal happened at the PlayStation Press Conference during gamescom in Cologne, Germany. We will be following up with a panel at Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle on September 4. There, I’ll be joined by other Insomniacs: North Carolina Production Director Shaun McCabe, Senior Writer TJ Fixman, and Senior Community Manager James Stevenson. We’ll talk about all things Ratchet (including comics and action figures), and we’ll show all of the content from our announcement.

Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One [Gamescon 2010] Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One [Gamescon 2010]

We can’t wait to show you more of the game. We feel like the game we want to make lines up perfectly with the game our fans want to see–the time is right for Ratchet coop! Keep an eye out for more info in the coming months. Don’t miss a thing: follow @InsomniacGames on Twitter, and sign up for our community and newsletter on InsomniacGames.com to stay up-to-date with new announcements.

So long for now, we’ll talk more soon.

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152 Comments

  • no thanks captain shishkabob

  • Flipped out when I heard the R3 news, now news about a new Ratchet. With Co-op. This is why I love you Insomniac, your a great studio and you make great games. Keep up the good work guys and we’ll keep playing the good products.

  • PLEASE bring back competitive multiplayer (death match)!

  • this is by far the best news! love ratchet games

  • I love R&C games! I also love Co-op. I just hope there is an option to play single-player.

  • Looks like this could be my first R&C game :)

  • SOOO HAPPY! my bro said he was 95 percent sure that they were gonna announce R3 and i was hoping soooo much that he was wrong cuz i wanted another R&C! I [DELETED] GET BOTH!!!!

    although im definitley gona buy this im still a little scared. the best part of ratchet and clack is the upgradeable weapons…i dont see this….PLEASE PUT THIS IN!!!

  • Why?? WHY???? Insomniac North has RUINED Ratchet and Clank. RUINED IT. Ratchet, Clank, Qwark, and Nefarious don’t even LOOK like they’re supposed to. :'( I want a continuation from ACiT, not some Sonic Heroes wanna-be with poor Ratchet and Clank clones. I’ve been a fan of the series since 2003, and it’s been my #1 series since. Insomniac North, you disappoint and sadden me. I’ll be getting R3, but not this. Stay true to the REAL Insomniac. Insomniac Games based in Burbank, California!

  • it sounds interesting but I just don’t know about this. What has made Ratchet & Clank good is the story, weapons & gameplay. 4 player co-op might work but will there be a decent single player experience & story

  • Interesting idea, but the tweaks to the character designs that I noticed during the trailer make the characters feel unfamiliar to me, like they were made more…plasticy. Not sure how this will work, but I’ll be waiting for Insomniac’s EA-partnered creation anyway.

  • PS3 exclusive right?

  • Looks good and all, but I’m not really a fan of the designs and music… that music was weird, even for Ratchet and Clank. It looks alright, but I’m not really feeling for this game.

  • cool. not what i thought it was but cool.

  • *sniff* I love you! *sob* Fall 2011 is so far away! *sob*

  • Now I’m going to finally be able to go online and get some help for those annoying, and sometimes-hard-to-figure-out, puzzles!

  • thanks insomniac…thanks a lot for turning ratchet into crap

  • not everything needs multiplayer. i hope one day devs will realize this. ratchet and clank is a perfect SINGLE PLAYER experience. the trailer made it look like a mario party game

  • So in the run up to this will we see a R and C collection with trophies,720p widescreen,dual analog control in every game like gow collection before gow 3.

  • AWESOME. :D I’ve still gotta pick up the figurine collection too lol.
    Gotta say though, not digging the kiddy look of this game. Kind of reminds me of the beginning of ACiT… Which was… shocking, to say the least.

  • Sounds awesome! I can’t wait! I’ll definitely be picking this one up!!

  • Ya know, unfortunately, either Ratchet is the best player and everyone will only want to play as him or else Ratchet will be nerfed and then it will feel odd. Not that I won’t get this game anyway, but I’m curious to see how this sort of obstacle will be dealt with.

  • OMG… not in a good way, this looks like lbp – create mode in ratchet skin… I hope this is a joke and they make a real R&C Future game…

  • When it was first announced (w/o) the trailer my reaction was like this -___-

    And when the trailer showed 4 player co-op I was 0_0

    Finally after settling down, I was XD

  • I thought this was going to be a R&C Collection, but as much as I’d like that I must say that this is quite the pleasant surprise! I’m really glad to hear that I’ll be able to play it with my friends at home, I just hope that everything that makes the Ratchet and Clank series great is still included. Oh, and if it’s not too much to ask, at least make split-screen an option as to avoid tethered gameplay. I love this series! :D

  • Ratchet and Clank is one of the best exclusives of Sony. I’ll try if I can pick this up because this looks awesome but anyway I gonna pick up Resistance 3. Sony just buy Insomniac Games.

  • give it a good online multiplayer and though i’m sold already, it will be an extra ;)

  • T_T This is all the game critics fault. “Something, new Insomniac?” Everyone said. But… Not this… “new”. The least you could do is to fix the art of Ratchet and Clank, because the look… >.>. And give an exciting single player sequel to ACIT, with a separate online feature. That’s probably what would please everyone.

  • It’s not all about pleasing critics, what about us? D:

  • ok. so u can play offline with friends. Will their be an offline splitscreen mode (deathmatch,Capture the flag) like their was in Ratchet and Clank:Up your arsenal or Deadlocked??? Cause those were the highpoints of the series. I really do not buy single player games because its not fun to play by yourself. It more fun to play with REAL people, not ppl online or single player campaign.

    I love what you are doing wwith this game. Its on my To-Buy-List!!!! Cant wait. Now show us some pre-order info!!!! jk its way to early.
    SO EXCITED!

    Thanks again Insomaniac Games!

  • Listening to the music and watching the 4 players together on screen really made me think this was a LBP 2 level. I’m still not sure it isn’t ;-)

    Will buy just the same. Though like others have said the biggest problem will certainly be balance and everybody wanting to play as Ratchet. Parts of that video had ONLY Ratchet in them fighting.

  • 4 player, jump-in/jump-out?

    I hate to be the one to say it, but

    Left4Dead much??

  • @ pmonsterX (130)

    Yeah, genius, obviously so- I mean, how else did they get the idea, along with all those zombies that Ratchet et al were beating up in the trailer? Of course, they clearly stole the graphics too. Probably got the idea to use guns from it too. In fact, it’s practically a carbon copy. Thanks for drawing that line for us, ’cause clearly you’re the only one who sees the connection.

  • The most disappointing thing to come out of Gamescom so far. It is made worse that it has some of my favorite video game characters in it.

  • AWESOME!!!!! I am so happy that you guys are finally releasing a 4 player co-op game after deadlock i never thought u guys would… AWESOME stuff guys :D

  • @117 – I agree with you whole heartedly. Not every single game needs to have co-op, multiplayer, online playing, and so forth. Give me a good, solid, single player game and I’m all there. If the new R/C game does not have this, then I’m not buying it.

  • heres the question, when am i going to be able to have 3 of my friends at my place login under thier own PSN on my PS3 for this 4 player co-op so they can get credit for thier playtime

  • promess me that it isn’t an obligation to play it multiplayer or online!
    can you give some info about Insomniac North Carolina? for exemple why was it made for?

  • @135 (TripG) Are you berserk!!!!! there are barely any fun games (OTHER THAN SHOOTERS) that are offline multiplayer!!! LBP is fun, but I miss the classic Ratchet and Clank. Where you can play with 4 ppl and still be in the same room!

    Thanks for understanding!

  • Wow, why does this game look like it was made for children?
    I mean, Ratchet looks the same size as Clank, and Nefarious is supposed to be a bad guy!!
    Ratchet & Clank should be an offline game, it always has been and it should be.

    Though as a really huge R&C fan I still can’t resist to get this game when it comes out, and I hope it’s not the last R&C game to come! :)

  • The more I read about this game, the more I get excited for it. I love all of the main series R&C games, and I have loved all of the spin-offs too.

    One thing though: I do want to have the option to control the camera myself. I am okay with the camera being fixed, but I would like to look around once in a while.

  • AWESOME! I’m getting this one for SURE! :D

  • One of the Best Games PS has too offer I will be Buying this on day ONE

  • too many games! got pick both this and R3 up.

  • I’m not saying the whole thing is L4D rip, just that the L4D hype caused the extra 2 players in co-op, which seem otherwise out of place in the R&C universe

  • @zekececil14

    If a game is being developed with multiplayer in mind above all else, then don’t expect a game to have a single player mode with an exciting story.

    See also BioShock 2, Transformers: War for Cybertron (at least the Decepticon campaign, right up until the end boss), Borderlands, etc. Note that what I just listed are not bad games. They’re fun multiplayer games, but you can tell that the stories in the single player modes were not very well thought out.

  • Seems kind of cheesy, I’ll probably need more info before I buy it

  • Is It Just ME Or Does Qwark Look A Lot Fatter…?

  • im glad ratchet and clank is going co-op. but i still like to play one player so please make that option. im probabliy getting this game (ive got or completed every other ratchet and clank game, even on ps2) but why change the grathics, teh way the character look is apalling. i know the company is just thinking. we’ll have to get used to it. but if your going to make more than one game with diffrent looks to the charcters. dont bother. every person ive asked dosent like the new look. and looking at comments. other people dont ethere. so if you make more than one with difffrent looks you’ll lose out on profits big time. and may even sufer a lose. im going to get the next ratchet and clank. but probabily no more.

    co-op rules!!! but the new look stinck.i grantee by some of the other comments. you’ll lose alot of fans. (it was as 1st rate game, but downt even co-op will even cover for the look change) and why is naferious doing fighting with ratchet?, and whats with ratchets kitten eyes? the other characters are fine. and as long as you dont change the charcters personalitys you might keep some fans. this game has gone down hill……… (im a ratchet and clank crazy gamer. but you may have lost a fan)

  • Wow this is so Awesome ! :D
    I just can’t wait until the release !
    and why Insomniac wo’nt make Spyro anymore ? because I dont like the new one :(

  • oooooooooooooooo man i cant wait until it comes out. I have always loved INSOMNIAC games. i hope the ratchet and clank series never ENDS!!!!!!!!!!!

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