The PS Blog has got the scoop... Wow, check out the slick new box art... wish we had a bigger image handy, but I'm impressed. The new Ratchet game is also going to be awesome, and it's officially out on 10/27...we'll have a review right about then, so stay tuned =)

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time had quite a lengthy offering for E3 this year. Three distinctly separate missions were available and, because I have a particular affinity for the Insomniac’s beloved Lombax, I made sure to play through each one. Reacquainting myself with Ratchet’s world, I noticed a few changes from Tools of Destruction and Quest for Booty. The new guns were an obvious difference; the Sonic Erupter was a living, breathing pig thing which, if you were patient enough to let the reticule sync, distributed a robust sonic blast at an enemy. Another was the Cryo Glove, which threw a bomb that froze an enemy not unlike the T-1000 and liquid nitrogen. Once frozen, the enemy could be further annihilated by shattering it with a rifle. As always, the weapons took style and finesse over absolute function. Of particular interest were Ratchet’s new hover boots. Not unlike Jak’s wakeboard, the hover boots could be activated at any time, and, with the assistance of a boost, used to increase Ratchet’s land speed. Ramps, eager to fling Ratchet through the air, were also in place for both fun and function. One would have to conclude that, with Clank’s...

We got our hands on R&C: A Crack In Time today at Sony's booth. I captured this audio while Eric Layman played the demo, and we asked several questions to an Insomniac employee along the way. Enjoy.

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