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Ratchet & Clank
A lombax, a robot, big guns
Insomniac Games launched this PlayStation platforming series in 2002, pairing lombax mechanic Ratchet with the small robot Clank and an arsenal of gloriously daft weapons.
- 2002
- First game
- 2
- Series
- Insomniac Games
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The PS2 years. The 2002 original, Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal and Deadlocked arrived one a year on PlayStation 2, each piling on new weapons and ideas.
Start with Ratchet & Clank: Up Your ArsenalYour next late night
The essentials
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Insomniac Games2021
Ratchet & Clank
Insomniac Games2016
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Insomniac Games2004
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Insomniac Games2003
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Insomniac Games2007
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Insomniac Games2009
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
Insomniac Games2013
Ratchet: Deadlocked
Insomniac Games2005
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Insomniac Games2008
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
High Impact Games2007
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Insomniac Games2011
Secret Agent Clank
High Impact Games2008
Chapters
Series (2)
Where the double act beganRatchet & ClankThe 2002 PS2 original, its sequels and the side games around them. Insomniac Games built the core, and High Impact Games took the duo to PSP with Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank.
The duo's PS3 story arcRatchet & Clank FutureInsomniac Games moved the series to PlayStation 3 in 2007 under the Future banner, starting with Tools of Destruction and giving Ratchet and Clank a story that runs from game to game.
A legacy worth revisiting
Bigger guns, better jokes.
Ratchet & Clank blends platforming with shooting and a shop full of weapons that level up as you use them. Planet-hopping levels and dry humour have held from PS2 to PS5, where Rift Apart tore through dimensions and introduced Rivet.
- 2002 to 2005
- The PS2 years
- 2007 to 2013
- The Future saga
- 2016 to 2021
- The modern era
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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