PlayStation

New Ratchet & Clank Collection Thankfully Omits The Bad One

You’ll be able to buy a Ratchet & Clank Collection for PlayStation 3 later this year. It collects the first three games in the series, all wonderful, all from the PS2.


October 28, 2011
PlayStation

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One: The Kotaku Review

Last year, I gave a friend of mine Enslaved because I’d loved the asymmetrical partnership in Ninja Theory’s post-apocalyptic action game. After he’d finished, he said to me that he’d had a hard time going back to other games because it suddenly dawned on him how lonely those experiences were. Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One‘s made me feel the same way.


October 20, 2011
PlayStation

Should You Buy Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One? Yes.

Let’s get this out the way first: going through the PlayStation 3 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One in singleplayer isn’t much fun at all. The one AI partner you get while playing solo tends to move slow and All 4 One has clearly been built as a multiplayer-first experience, from the menus to the level design. So is it worthwhile for anyone to play? Let’s take a gut check.


October 19, 2011
PlayStation

Ratchet & Clank Want To Stay Up Late And Play Video Games

Everybody’s favourite lombax-and-robot duo returns to the PS3 in an all-new, co-op focused adventure this week. Here’s the opening cinematic sequence from the game, showing off the trademark humour that Insomniac’s known for bringing to the Ratchet & Clank games.


October 14, 2011
PlayStation

Work Together To Survive These Big Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Co-Op Moments

With only a few days left before Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One hits stores shelves, the folks at Insomniac put together a little video to help four-player gamer gangs prepare themselves for the challenges ahead.


September 24, 2011
PlayStation

Can Four Ratchet & Clank Heroes Triumph Over The Massive Light-Eating Z’Grute?

When Dr Nefarious’ latest evil plan goes awry, two heroes, one villain and one President Qwark must join forces to take down a rampaging Z’Grute. This is how it all goes down.


September 13, 2011
PlayStation

How The New Ratchet & Clank Will Play If You Have No Friends

Ideally, you’ll play next month’s PlayStation 3 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One with three other people, online or offline. That’s what it was made for. But in case you can’t — in case you refuse — you can solo it. This new trailer shows what that looks like.


July 29, 2011
PlayStation

Nobody Shoots Things Quite Like Ratchet & Clank

Once you get past the irresistible Lombax/robot dynamic, the most appealing aspect of any Ratchet & Clank game is the creative ways Insomniac Games comes up with for blasting enemies into their component nuts and bolts. Let’s look at four fancy new weapons coming in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One.


May 21, 2011
PlayStation

Will Next Ratchet & Clank’s Pre-Order Incentives Piss Fans Off?

According to the people who want to sell us the next Ratchet & Clank game, “everyone’s favourite Ratchet & Clank weapon” is the Sheepinator, a gun that transforms bad guys into sheep.


May 18, 2011
In Real Life

Your Eyes May Not Survive These Uncharted Figures

If you had to ask people which game series they’d most want action figures based on, your top answer would be Half-Life. Your number two, though, would be Uncharted, so it’s a shame to see these are the first plastic representations of the game’s characters.