Hi All,
This is Kevin Smyth the European Product Manager on Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time with a quick update on all things Ratchet related.
Release Date Confirmation
Most PAL territories (except Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland): 4th November 2009
Australia/New Zealand: 5th November
UK & Ireland: 6th November
Demo Date Confirmation
Two demos will be released on the store on the 29th October (Today)
- Demo 1 – Krell Canyon – featuring your chance to try out Ratchet’s awesome new Hoverboots.
- Demo 2 – The Great Clock – enjoy Clank’s time manipulation puzzle solving skills and an exciting boss battle.
Dynamic Theme
The very cool A Crack in Time Dynamic Theme is now available from the store. Check out the video for a preview
TV Commercial
Last but not least, I’m also delighted to share the SCEE TV commercial with you. It will run across Europe and the PAL regions as the game is released and follows the ‘The Game is Just the Start’ campaign which was kicked off with the launch of the new PS3 model. It features a mix of animation and gameplay which we feel does a good job of getting across the essence of A Crack in Time. Hope you like it!
That’s it from me, feel free to post any questions you have and I’ll do my best to answer them.











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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:05 pm by Cronnie
Good stuff, will be checking out those demos out when they are released!
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:05 pm by Blasteroids
Yay demos!
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:06 pm by Darkos87
When is the game out in uk? I have it on preorder
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:07 pm by Kevin Smyth
6th November (Next Friday)
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:07 pm by Envisager
Awseome stuff, Oh by the way, could you tell us what is involved in the “Community Mode” on the game?
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:25 pm by Kevin Smyth
Your stats are tracked on http://www.insomniacgames.com/
This includes things like weapons used and time to complete the game
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:07 pm by MadmanButter
Both demos! Thats a nice surprise!
Thought we were just getting the clank demo that the US got last week.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:07 pm by gdfhfggs
3RD!! and this game rocks! i tried the clank demo with my us account ad it was awesome; it was so much better than tools of destructions clank segments
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:07 pm by almighty-slayer
That advert is awesome. Lots of good gameplay in there
Nice one.
Downloaded the Clank demo already, but will give Ratchet a try later
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:08 pm by DANTHEMAN121
hey looking forward to this next Ratchet & Clank looks Epic the guns weapons sound funny as always just one question tho.
for the Play.com pre-order is the avatar skin for Home a T-shirt or a new outfit
Thanks
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:11 pm by Kevin Smyth
Its a T-Shirt with Ratchet & Clank on it
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:14 pm by gta_4
where did the box around the time and date go?
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:15 pm by Chimpanzee
Cannot wait for this game! But how come the release date is being announced so late?
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:15 pm by DANTHEMAN121
kk kools Thanks and have a Happy Halloween
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:16 pm by Laraman
Why is the UK releaste date the 6th of November? I’m assuming “Most PAL territories” is meaning “Europe” so why is the UK and Ireland 2 days later? UK and Ireland is part of Europe.
At any rate, the surprise of both demos today is a nice one. I played the Clank demo from the US store and it was a great load of fun and I’ll be getting the Collector’s Edition for Christmas!
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:30 pm by Kevin Smyth
Yes PAL includes Europe but it also includes countries in the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, India and many others. Mainland Europe release games on a Wednesday and the UK & Ireland release on a Friday, this is how their retail is set up.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:16 pm by Lucreto
I can’t wait for the game. It is always the highlight of the year for me.
I already have the Dynamic Theme and I love it. I hope for a Dr. Nefarious one some time in the future.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:16 pm by rick_x
Why can’t we just have the same release date in the UK as the rest of europe? Why does it always have to be last? Please don’t say it’s because of tradition as that’s not really a valid reason in this day and age.
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:31 pm by Kevin Smyth
See response above to Laraman
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:17 pm by adz2k7
Cannot wait to get my hands on this game
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:17 pm by Bahamut44-4
Not a big fan of the SCEE ‘start’ adverts im afraid, the SCEA ones are just in a different league. But obviously you guys had to keep the same theme going so I respect that.
How about trophy patches for the first two games so I can enjoy the series from the very beginning?
Would net you a guarenteed 3 sales here. ;P
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:17 pm by Blasteroids
@9 probably an old dev FW that allowed making of dynamic themes before 3.00 was made public, which was then given the box and scroll bar.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:18 pm by ER-nut
I’ve got tools of destruction. is there a bonus for having that game?
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:18 pm by critter44
have the release dates recently been changed? ‘coz my local gamestop have it advertised for release tomorrow, which is when I was planning to buy it! the 6th is too close to MW2, I won’t be buying it on the 6th!
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:20 pm by Laraman
@18: Yes there is! If you have a game save of Tools of Destruction I think it’s a number of bolts you get but I’m not sure how many. If you have a game save of Quest For Booty then you get a pirate hat!
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:26 pm by LSB123
Hey Mr Kevin?
Fancy giving me a free copy of the game>
I’d buy it myself, but I am unfortunately a very, very poor boy
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:26 pm by almighty-slayer
Any idea when you will start airing the Ratchet and Clank adverts? For some odd reason i like seeing them on TV
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:32 pm by Kevin Smyth
They should start airing next week
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:27 pm by LSB123
And I just noticed how F’d my punctuation was in the last post
See, the lack of Ratchet is getting to me
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:28 pm by Joe382
that adverts nice, well done. I can’t wait to get this game, unfortunately I do not have enough money to get it on the 6th. Guess I will just have to replay those demos until my wallet fills up.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:33 pm by Amigaguru
hmm,what happend to the interview questions from last week?
btw i preordered the Collectors ed of ACIT!
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:34 pm by Kevin Smyth
Stay tuned, we’ll be posting the interview with Insomniac soon with responses
Thanks for the pre-order
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:38 pm by Soild_Nat
So pleased this is out next week. Its a game me and the misses have played from the very first one on PS1 and we both love it. Only problem now is having to share the game time!
Although this game concludes the story arc i cant wait to see what games and adventures you have in the pipeline for Ratchet and Clank, one of the jewels in the crown of the PS3.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:40 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Excellent. Will be downloading these. R&C games are always good.
I really like the Sony Europe commercials currently too. Far better than ads for other game systems (You seen those embarrasing DSi ads, especially those with Ant & Dec?). I like them more than the Sony US ones too.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:40 pm by almighty-slayer
Solid Nat, the very first one was on PS2 :p
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:44 pm by CRASHBASHUK
everyone play.com are doing a better deal than the CE http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/10502363/Ratchet-Clank-A-Cra ck-In-Time/Product.html
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:48 pm by Apnomis
I never got into R&C on the PS2, but I loved Tools of Destruction and Quest of Booty so this is a definite buy for me, actually I think it’ll be an Xmas pressie so won’t be able to try it straight away. I’m tempted by the nice cover of the Game Limited Edition, but it’s not worth £50!
I’ll look forward to playing the demos tonight!
Out of interest is that Dynamic Theme running on a development system or is it using some beta firmware? I can’t help but notice the clock display in the top right corner is different to how it looks on the current firmware? Also am I correct in assuming that is a working clock in the background image?
P.S. Good job on the ad, nice eye-catching collection of gameplay footage, I’ve not got sound on the PC I’m using currently but I’m assuming it’s the usual bloke going on about “Start doing this, Start doing that” etc!
Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:55 pm by Kevin Smyth
The Dynamic Theme footage is from a US dev kit from a few months ago which is why it looks different to your home set up
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:55 pm by whoismilan
Awesome, I’m looking forward to the demos.
This game is a sure buy for me, but unfortunately the problem for me seems to be the same as has been a couple times earlier this year here in Finland… I want the Collector’s Edition, but it’s still not available for pre-order, and after e-mailing the store about, it, they said they have no info on such a thing.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 2:56 pm by Roxas598
Don’t suppose you could say the file size for the ratchet demo? i know the clank one is over 2gb
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 3:04 pm by Amigaguru
@Kevin:
Thank you for the heads up.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 3:10 pm by Amigaguru
@Whoimilan:
CDON.com has it on preorder and its available in Finland too.
Check it,you won’t regret it and btw i always have the games on release day or the day after,depending on the local post office.
I preorder quite a bit from cdon and never had issues with em,postage is cheap too.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 3:14 pm by Pin-Pin-Ire
How large are the Demos? I heard their about 3GB each
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 3:19 pm by CEK111
3GB ?!?!?!?
I’ve got like 10GB of my 60GB
If i delete demos after im done, do i get my memory back ?
Posted on 30 October, 2009 at 7:53 am by Kevin Smyth
Yes if you delete old content on your hard drive like demos and videos it will free up some space for new content
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 3:54 pm by coolking111
Sweet i can`t wait (:
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 3:57 pm by HawkeyePierce
Damn thought it was released today…
Guess ill have to wait a bit longer for my collectors edition
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 4:00 pm by ijeffers
Looking forward to Ratchet and Clank. Good to see an advert, but best advert I’ve seen for a Ratchet and Clank game was the original one with the morph-o-ray (what got me into the series actually!)
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 4:08 pm by Raider197
Not a huge fan of the dynamic theme (not a lot going on) but I’m looking forward to this game, I would get the limited edition but I don’t have any money! Christmas present maybe…
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 4:31 pm by Carl-G
Nice 1
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 4:54 pm by wiktorclunk
demos yes!!!!
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 5:36 pm by Dusky_Husky
I seem to be missing something. I just rushed to download the demos, and they aren’t showing in my PlayStation Store. Where are they?
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 5:53 pm by theshepanator
I’m glad that the ads contain actual proper gameplay rather than the uncharted 2 ads that had the whole “ripped paper” treatment! It looks much better that way, looking forward to this game, MAG, R&C:ACIT, Uncharted 2, KZ2, this year playstation is bleeding my wallet dry with all the good games!
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 6:40 pm by TheAlp
my local gamestop says it comes out on the 4. is there a chance it might come out earlier in some countries?
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 6:53 pm by indy-greg
Who’s the voice narrator in the TV Adverts? He is very good. I love hearing his voice when PS3 adverts come on telly.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 7:45 pm by beckyh
It won’t let me download the demo, says I have run out of hard drive space, but i haven’t there is loads of space on there.
I recall this exact same problem happened with the demo of the last ratchet full game. Whats the fix please? I remember last time I had to delete some stuff, but I cannot remember how much.
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Posted on 29 October, 2009 at 9:19 pm by JohnCritton
There is still no word about a Collectors Edition for Germany or Austria. Will the UK CE feature the german voice and text as well?
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Posted on 30 October, 2009 at 6:45 am by wing126
saw that video before
also noticed that they cut out the part at the start showing two MAG themes
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Posted on 30 October, 2009 at 9:52 am by mnemonic-dk
I can only see one R&C demo in the store?
I downloaded and played “Krell Canyon”, but I can’t find the Clank demo anywhere in the store?
Did it get pulled or are the Danish store just FUBAR’ed?
Posted on 30 October, 2009 at 10:21 am by Kevin Smyth
Thanks for pointing that out, for some reason its not showing on the Danish Store but I’ve spoken to the guys and they are fixing it now so it should show up shortly.
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