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Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time, Now With Really Bushy Eyebrows

By Spencer . October 13, 2009 . 11:43am

Sony altered Ratchet’s design in Japan by giving him ridiculously huge eyebrows. Originally, this quirk was restricted to cover art, but starting with Ratchet & Clank Future the in-game graphics were altered too.

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Ratchet And Clank Take A Cue From Cursor*10

By Spencer . June 4, 2009 . 11:00am

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time brings Ratchet’s robotic sidekick, Clank, back as a playable character. In this game Clank was carrying carrying a golden staff that allows him to activate time pods.

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Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty costs $15

By Spencer . July 15, 2008 . 12:17pm

Sony officially announced Ratchet & Clank Quest for Booty, a follow up to the PS3 game where you search for Clank. It's a shorter game likened to "a summer blockbuster" with a little more puzzle solving. Ratchet can pick up…

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Who is that mustachioed… Lombax?

By Dan Zuccarelli . November 11, 2007 . 7:19am

Why, it's the only Lombax left in the universe and the star of the Ratchet and Clank games. But he's currently incognito in order to spy on the enemy. So while in disguise he's no longer mechanic and smart-alec Ratchet,…

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Spyro the Dragon graces the Playstation Store

By Spencer . October 26, 2007 . 2:25am

Downloadable PS1 games are so rare outside of Japan that the (re-)release of Spyro the Dragon deserves a post of its own. You can snag Insomniac’s second Playstation game from the US Playstation Store for $5.99.   Remember that Piyotama…

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Are more PS1 classics coming to the Playstation 3 soon?

By Spencer . September 8, 2007 . 3:35pm

Unlike Japan, PS1 classics sporadically appear on the Playstation Store and Spyro: The Dragon may be next. The ESRB rated Spyro for the PS3/PSP with a predictable E rating. Hopefully, this will be the first in a new batch of…

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Animating Ratchet, 3.0

By Spencer . August 16, 2007 . 7:15pm

Over at the Playstation.blog there is a new video showing the stages of animation for Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. The short clip goes from the rudimentary 3D models up to the final animation, American style. Ratchet doesn’t have…

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Ratchet’s new (happier?) look for Japan

By Spencer . July 25, 2007 . 2:04pm

I knew something was off in the Japanese trailer for Ratchet & Clank Future and it’s the way Ratchet looks. In Japan, Sony coined Ratchet like a Disney character with big bushy eyebrows and a cheek to cheek grin. Most…

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Hands on Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

By Spencer . July 16, 2007 . 12:06am

The E3 demo for Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction was based on the trailer Sony showed at their Gamers Day back in May. Like the other games in the series you play as Ratchet and Clank, his tiny…

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Summer of “Resistance” begins today

By Spencer . June 18, 2007 . 4:53pm

Sony Computer Entertainment America, Gamestop, the Global Gaming League and Insomniac Games are teaming up to run a summer online tournament for Resistance: Fall of Man. Sign up begins today and if you’re interested head over to the official site and…