New Ratchet & Clank in 2009?

TheSixthAxis: "The Swedish gaming site Level7.nu claims that by finishing Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty, you'll get to see a screen that says the next installment in the Ratchet & Clank series will be released in late 2009. For now, chalk this up as a rumour, but we wouldn't be too surprised if this is true since Insomniac are churning out games like madmen."

Original source is in Swedish, hence the TheSixthAxis link.

[smokeymicpot]

They are doing one every other year i think

[gaffyh]

Yeah, so they have a 2 year cycle for each of their games. I think as soon as Ratchet and Clank FTOD was completed a small part of the team kept working on the new R&C, and the rest moved on to Resistance 2. Now that Resistance 2 is almost complete the team will start working on Ratchet & Clank properly.

[Tomdc]

next year insomniac are opening a new, smaller studio. If one studio is churnin out one game a year, this new studio could make that average something like 1 1/2 games a year! =P

[psman012]

I hope so.

[Poor Xbots]

Poor Xbots

Poor Xbots, more AAA titles on the way. Poor Xbots, yall remove my bubbles, before even trying to read my bio you idiots.

Poor Xbots

[Fishy Fingers]

Pushing Ratchet & Clank in an episodic style?

[fire23]

Possibly, but I think that it would probably be more of a full title. I think that they might use episodic content for in between fillers and to help give fans a little bit more while they wait. Might end up doing that for Resistance(but thats just a guess)

[butterfinger]

Quest for Booty ends in yet another cliff hanger, so maybe this will pick the story right up:)

[drdre74]

I dont think it will be a full game. maybe another short game like Booty. Which more Devs need to start doing. Put out short games until the main one is ready to get people wanting more. Most games loose steam from having to wait 2 or 3 years on it and new stuff is coming out.

[DarkBlade]

What kind of booty?

[Bordel_1900]

Could it be this?
http://www.bullz-eye.com/ga...

[TheColbertinator]

Not bad Bordello.Nice job.

Bubbles

[Zerodin]

Booty butt, booty butt, booty butt cheecks.

[deeznuts]

new movie for this game has been announced. IN quest for the booty, Ratchet and Clank will now be played by Bunz and Rushon

[DFresh]

Holy S***!!!!!!!!
I bet you it will look even more impressive than Resistance 2 and even R&C Future combined.
All amazing games and Sony is on a role they can't be touched anymore.

[wolfehound22]

I wouldn't doubt it. Insomniac have been pushing out games every year. I would actually be surprised if in 2009 we do not get a new Ratchet and Clank.

[PoSTedUP]

i want jak&dak4.......R&C is ok but i prefer Jak&Dak ; D

[JVIDICAN]

wrong dev =P

[PoSTedUP]

doesn't matter : P

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

DON'T SAY THAT!!! ;) I love'em!!! ;-P
Hopefully there will be a Jak&Dak;) for you...I'll make it so!!! ;-D

[PoSTedUP]

only fooling. ; D

i think i need to play R&C to hold me over ; )

if you can do that.....i will.....BUY IT! lol but really i cant wait for a nex gen Jak&Daxter game man.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

Once you start collecting the Bolts you can't stop!!! ;-D

[TheColbertinator]

Holy Sh!t Already?

Nice work Insomniac

[41GClassic]

where the hell is jak & daxter cmon naughty dog

[beavis4play]

after uncharted, i can't wait to see new JaD game with that engine. plus what the new storyline will be. the name "the lost frontier" conjures up all sorts of ideas.

[cliffbo]

Insomniac made a RAC game on the PS2 every year so this is simply betting on a sure bet... nothing spectacular, just 90% obvious

[kingme71]

I like R&C and I would get it for sure, but I'm hoping they have yet a 3rd IP in the works.

Insomniac needs some kind of an award. I've never seen a company of their size so productive. Even companies alot bigger aren't that productive.

[cliffbo]

i agree. it's the way they develop levels. they don't finish a level and then improve the visuals on it at the same time, they get the whole game up and running, then they iron out the possible problems and alter the layout so that it works well. once the whole game is playable this way, they then go into fine tuning and polishing. this way there is hardly any problem with the running of the game at an early stage and then they can concentrate on making it look good

[micro_invader]

Fortunately, they do. They've been in the top ten for the "Best small and medium companies to work for in America" award for three years in a row.

[kittoo]

Insomniac are the best developers out there. Churning out one AAA title every year is not an easy task. They prove that developers who say PS3 is hard to develop for are lazy.
Dont let Insomniac go Sony, ever. They are the best thing you have got......

[Silogon]

Oh man do I hope it's true, I absolutley love this franchise and have bought everyone since its inception and will always support it. To me, this is what a next gen metroid or mega man should be like.

Insomniac always goes above and beyond.

[Splenda14]

i wonder what there new team is going to work on

[cliffbo]

that's a very good question. i believe that the rumoured development team that Sony were supposed to be buying are Insomniac and that part of the deal was to allow Insomniac to split so that Insomniac (or whatever the new team is to be called) can retain a certain amount of freedom... not that Sony don't allow them that already of course

[poopsack]

is just a small psn title, why does everyone suddenly think its going to be like this from now on.

[Omega4]

Why milk R&C for like the 15th game, Insomniac are clearly capable of creating new IPs, im mean they did with Resistence and if im correct in thinking Resistence sold a hell of a lot more than R&C PS3 (cant remeber name), they should just let the series rest and make a new game using the same pixar type engine

[f789790]

If they make a new ratchet and clank game I will play it. They are just too fun.

[poopsack]

and you have an avatar of what franchise?

[Zerodin]

Yes Sony, instead of trying to sling mud, just make more games! You'll actually make MORE money that way!

[cliffbo]

sling mud? can you explain to what you are referring? and bare in mind that this is Insomniac we are talking about (a third party not a first).

[beavis4play]

what the he11 are you talking about zerodin?

[thor]

Hmm... I'm going to get tired of a resistance-ratchet-resistance- ratchet cycle. I want to see a new IP! Resistance was the first current-gen game I played and I thought it was awesome, so come on insomniac, make a new IP because it worked out for you last time! (Come to think of it they _did_ just open up a new studio... hmmm...)

[xtreampro]

i have always loved the R&C and J&D series, i remember buying both Jak 1 and R&C 1 on the same day, i first played through R&C and the JD

[agentace]

when does quest for booty come out?

[beavis4play]

all thats been said is "fall". but i'm buying as soon as it's on psn. damn, it'll probably take all day to download on day 1.

[StrikingDmc4]

and droids claim halo was being milked hahahhahaha

[Harry190]

they are simply amazing. Their work rate is exceptional and the ratio quality/quantity is perfect. Incredible.

[IzKyD1331]

rathcet and clank is gonna own banjo so hard

[IzKyD1331]

insomniac is easily one of the best developers period, they currently only have 2 studios, but they release a AAA title year after year....
*round of applause*

[f789790]

I will buy every game they make.

[xxBATTLECATxx]

love these games
and quest for booty will only be 15 bucks on PSN so i wonder how long itll be
like 5-6 hours im guessing.

i read somwhwere that the average meta score for xboxlive arcade games is like 65% with a small handfull of good ones
this is what sony meant by QUALITY TITLES
have you played pixel junk eden yet!?!?!

[xtreampro]

i've always thaught of Rachet & Clank 6 (after seeing and completing R&C future) to be highly graphicale, and an open world, meaning visiting so many planets, with so many tall massive buildings in which you can meet past freinds, explore and customize your weapons, with so many space crafts you can fly in, buying loads of futuristic armor, with 1000 animations in just on movement of rachets foot/leg, i dont want to see one at the end of 09, i think that too early, i want them to spend 2-3 yrs on the next Ratchet game, so that all that i've said can come to their minds and build a spectaculare game, with pixr movie graphics

[micro_invader]

I hope this one's a bit harder than TOD, I found that game was way too easy for me.

[ElementX]

Talk about milking a franchise