Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus Coming to PS3 This Holiday

Insomniac Games has been a staple of the PlayStation family since Disruptor on the PS1. With their Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, and Resistance franchises, Insomniac was as close to a first-party studio as one could be–until they decided to move on. After 2011’s release of Resistance 3, Insomniac entered a deal with EA Partners, an arrangement that would see the formerly PlayStation-exclusive developer create games for other platforms while remaining an independent studio. Their EA Partners game, Fuse, released on PS3 and Xbox 360 this spring to lukewarm reviews, though our own Sohrab Osati enjoyed it quite a bit. However, when Insomniac President Ted Price came on stage at the Microsoft press briefing during this year’s E3 to announce Sunset Overdrive–funded by Microsoft Studios and exclusive to the Xbox One–many PlayStation faithful were left wondering just what this meant for any future games by the Burbank, CA and Raleigh-Durham, NC-based developer.

Today, we were given a sliver a hope for the PlayStation faithful. While there is still no word on PlayStation 4 development for Insomniac, IGN and the PlayStation Blog provided the first look at Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus. Exclusive to the PlayStation 3, Into the Nexus is a return to the “‘traditional’ Ratchet & Clank game the likes of which PlayStation gamers haven’t seen since 2009’s A Crack In Time,” IGN’s Colin Moriarty wrote in his preview. Insomniac community manager James Stevenson told PlayStation Blog readers that Into the Nexus, under the creative direction of Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time creative director Brian Allgeier, will feature all-new gadgets and weapons focused on gravity. “[Y]ou’ll experience zero-g space, you’ll use gravity-defying new gadgets, and you’ll manipulate gravity to solve brand new Clank puzzles,” according to Stevenson.

Here are the first screenshots from the game, courtesy of Insomniac and the PlayStation Blog:

For more on all things Insomniac, Ratchet & Clank, even Sunset Overdrive if you’re getting one of *those* consoles, check out the Insomniac Games Facebook and Twitter pages.