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[UP] Ratchet & Clank in Theaters !

By Ratchetlombax, on 04/24/13 at 2:00am

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[Update] A new section has been added to to Multimedia menu : R&C The Movie. It will be updated over time.

It's literally a dream come true, Sony Computer Entertainment just announced the release of a Ratchet et Clank animated movie !

Expected for early 2015, this project is being taken care of by Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment, both specialized in CG-animated movies, and is written by T.J Fixman, the saga's lead-writer at Insomniac Games. And that's great news!

A first teaser trailer

I leave you now with the first teaser trailer from this upcoming movie, filled with humor, and which gives us a sneak peak of our favorite franchise under a great level of detail worthy of a Pixar animated movie :^^:

>> Watch the teaser trailer of the R&C Movie

Official plot

Ratchet & Clank tales the story of two improbable heroes, when they're fighting to counter the plans of an alien with evil intentions, Chairman Drek, planning to reduce to nothing the planets of the Solana galaxy. Ratchet is the last specimen of his kind, a stubborn and impetuous lombax who grew up alone on a desertic planet, without any family by his side. Clank is a little robot with great intellectual abilities, wiser and thoughtful than his companion. When these two adventurers find the weapon capable of reducing to dust a whole planet, they join their forces to the forces of the colorful and crazy Galactic Rangers in the hope of saving their galaxy.
During this quest, they'll learn the importance of values such as heroism, friendship and the discovery of their identity.

Official statements

Citation : Ted Price, founder and CEO of Insomniac Games

We always thought that Ratchet & Clank would make a great movie for all ages, and we are thrilled to see our intergalactic heroes seize their luck to shine on the big screen. Insomniac is particularly honored to play a major and decisive role in the production of the movie, from the story to the animation, going through the characters' development, as well as a new marketing support.

Citation : Ryan Schneider, brand development director at Insomniac Games

I think Ratchet & Clank is particularly well suited for CGI adaptation given its stylized nature. By being able to integrate our in-game assets, the Ratchet & Clank film is inherently authentic. That sense of authenticity is what gamers want when they see a game-based movie. All too often, Hollywood directors take the premise of an already cool games universe and completely re-imagine it for their own purposes. What players experience on a console and see in the theater don’t match up, and that leaves a sense of viewer disappointment. Insomniac would never agree to participate in helping create a Ratchet & Clank movie were it not for our ability to guide script development, and consult on character creation and animation support. With that in mind, we hope gamers are as excited about the Ratchet & Clank film as we are – our goal is to shatter the perception that authentic games-to-film adaptations can’t get made in Hollywood.

Citation : Brad Foxhoven, CEO of Blockade Entertainment and producer on the film

What we have with Ratchet and Clank is access to a franchise that was built in a production environment that can be easily transitioned over to a CG film. We’re using the game assets as design reference for our model builds and character performance. The digital game assets will also be utilized in the pre-visualization phase allowing us to block the scenes using CGI characters and in some cases locations. When it’s possible to utilize the game assets – characters, locations and props, for Previz and design reference, this will significantly reduce our preproduction phase, allowing us to move quicker into animation.
When a game sells over 26 million units worldwide, that is a significant advantage in trying to get people to pay attention to your film. For many animated films, they need to spend a lot of time and money marketing their new story. With our built in fan base, we already have that initial visibility, and can instead work on ways to expand the audience.

Citation : Michael Hefferon, president of Rainmaker Entertainment and executive producer on Ratchet & Clank

Rainmaker has built a robust feature film pipeline. Not having the high budgets of typical Hollywood animated films, we’ve had to employ a production methodology that gives our talented crew of artists the technical tools needed, to deliver the high quality results on screen. This will include utilizing the latest technology to produce the film in stereoscopic 3D.

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Ratchet Galaxy celebrates its 5th birthday!

By Ratchetlombax, on 08/28/12 at 8:00pm

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It's hard to believe, but we're already there...
Ratchet Galaxy is now 5 years old !

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[Here are some surprises to help us celebrate the event!]

5 years, 5 mystery guests!

After 5 years in existence, which represent a huge step for the site and its community, we have decided to create a pretty much exclusive video.

Let's just say that some people have decided to share this birthday in our company, including 3 of the french dubbers (Ratchet, Clank and Captain Qwark) and some others who... Well, I won't tell anything more, that would ruin the surprise for you guys, wouldn't it? :p)

Some tracks from the FFA/Q-Force Beta!

After a common demand from Insomniac Games and Sony, the partial soundtrack won't be available anymore. Thank you for your understanding.

More cutscenes from the series incoming!

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On this part of this newspost, you might say you guys have a slight advantage on the french community members! As they only have the cutscenes from R&CF: A Crack In Time (revamped in HD), you now also have access to the entirety of the cutscenes from Going Commando (in a much better quality than they have, thanks to Malier) and the cutscenes from Quest For Booty (in good-looking HD)! This represents more than 2 hours of cutscenes in a much more comfortable visual and audio quality!
Of course, I've also created for this unique occasion a English YouTube account for the videos available on this section of our website! You'll be able to seamlessly watch playlists filled with cutscenes from our favorite games, comment and subscribe!

> Cutscenes from Going Commando in HQ
> Cutscenes from Quest For Booty in HD
> Cutscenes from A Crack In Time in HD
> Our brand-new English YouTube channel

Coming soon : Ratchet Galaxy for mobile devices

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And to go out with a bang, how about we share our projects for the future! As some of you may have noticed, browsing Ratchet Galaxy with a smartphone isn't the most comfortable thing to do. That's why, because of the expansion of mobile browsing, we have decided to launch a mobile version of our site !

But no worries there, you don't have to expect a release date for 2015 but for the next few weeks. Anyway, stay put, because in the near-future, the Ratchet Galaxy Community will make your mobile devices heat up !

[R&C FFA/Q-Force : trailer, gameplay and public beta]

A brand new trailer for the upcoming R&C game!

Well, even though it's not that brand-new, we still wanted to share with you the first trailer from the upcoming Ratchet & Clank : Full-Frontal Assault... Will you be able to guess who the villain evoked in the trailer is?

>> Watch the R&C FFA/Q-Force Trailer

A gameplay video from Q-Force

This video enables us to see more of the action taking place in the online battles from the next Insomniac Games title!

You'll be able to witness a great dynamic in the battles and the fluidity of the 3rd person gameplay the saga has used us to!

>> Watch the gameplay video from FFA/Q-Force

FFA/Q-Force Beta : try your luck !

The FFA/Q-Force beta has now been launched on a small scale, and you have to ask for an exclusive invite via the Insomniac Games official website. For those who live outside of the US, you'll need a SCEA PlayStation Network account and a valid e-mail adress to see if you are one of the lucky devils who can enjoy this beta!
You might as well receive some surveys for the Insomniac developers in North Carolina in order for them to make this game the best multiplayer experience possible, so check your e-mail inboxes often!

>> Good luck to all of you !

[The Ratchet & Clank Collection is now available in North America!]

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While European could enjoy this HD-remaster for more than 2 months now, today is finally the day (what a coincidence, right on our anniversary!) where all North American residents can enjoy the Ratchet & Clank HD Collection, a great package including the first 3 original games of the series in glorious high-definition up to 1080p, with 3D support for enabled TVs, but also trophy support for the 3 games!
Don't forget that Idol Minds (in charge of the HD remaster) have also implemented the critically-acclaimed Up Your Arsenal multiplayer mode, so go grab a copy and explode some of your friends online!
Oh, and you might want to save your money for the HD-remaster of Ratchet Deadlocked announced in a japanese trailer and probably available in the next few months on the PlayStation Store :p)

[In other news...]

> Insomniac goes back in time and releases 10 years of artworks from the Ratchet & Clank series. A pretty nice collection that enables us to look at some of the first concepts of the saga with some interesting comments from the Insomniac artists
> A Crack In Time is featured in top 25 PlayStation 3 games for IGN UK.
> One of our french community members Lana celebrates our 5th birthday with a really sweet drawing. Thanks to her !