Ratchet & Clank News

When asked to name 3D platform games most people would name Mario. Then possibly Ratchet and Clank or Jak and Daxter, maybe a few might even mention Crash Bandicoot.

The once-delayed PlayStation Vita version of Insomniac's hybrid tower defense-action game Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault will launch next week as a downloadable PlayStation Network title in North America and Europe .

Insomniac Games has announced that composer Boris Salchow scored Fuse , a 4-person co-op action shooter set be available on North America on May 28th and across Europe on May 31st.

Known as Ratchet: Deadlocked in North America and Ratchet & Clank 4 in Japan, the 2005 PS2 classic sees the Lombax and his robot sidekick trapped in Dreadzone, a game show in which contestants are forced to battle to the death.

Sony Computer Entertainment updated the PlayStation Store on April 30 and the new update brings with it a number of new PlayStation Network releases, a major new PlayStation Vita software release, and a massive sale on a number of worthwhile PS3 , PSN , and PS Vita games.

This week's free PS Plus game is Zombie Tycoon 2 , launching tomorrow as a PSN download on PS3 and PS Vita.

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That Ratchet & Clank movie trailer sure came out of nowhere, huh? Here's another tidbit of news from a little further out of left field; The Same studio is also working on a CG movie based on Ninja Theory's Heavenly Sword.

So many video game adaptations are tailored toward older audience members who want to see if Doom , Tomb Raider or Prince of Persia will translate properly to the big screen.