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Mike Acton and Andreas Frederiksson will be joining the new Burbank office to work on data-oriented programming
Read More »Two Insomniac engine developers join Unity
Insomniac would love a publisher for Sunset Overdrive 2
Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac games has said that it remains interested in the possibility of making a sequel to 2014 Xbox One title Sunset Overdrive. As spotted by Destructoid, the studio responded to a question about making a possible sequel on Twitter by saying: “We’d love to, we just …
Read More »Insomniac and Naughty Dog weigh in on the benefits of HDR for devs
‘Because Ratchet & Clank wasn’t authored in 4K the addition of HDR has a lot more punch than the improved resolution,’ says chief architect Al Hastings
Read More »Insomniac’s Spider-Man marks a new beginning for Marvel games
Marvel has said that the new Spider-Man game unveiled at Sony’s E3 press conference should be regarded as a battle cry from the company. The PS4 title, in development at Insomniac, represents to first showing of a plan that was put into place back in 2014. "With a treasure trove …
Read More »E3 2016: Surprise! Insomniac, not Sucker Punch, is making the new Spider-Man game
Sunset Overdrive and Ratchet & Clank studio confirms that web-slinging title will not be based on upcoming movie
Read More »The Develop Post-Mortem: Insomniac retraces the evolution of Ratchet & Clank
14 years, three generations of hardware and countless innuendos after it first appeared, Insomniac’s lombax-meets-robot series of action platformers has been reborn on the PS4 – with a silver screen debut to boot. Studio head Chad Dezern walks through the franchise’s history
Read More »Insomniac announces two extra Oculus Rift exclusives
Brawler Feral Rites and multiplayer battler The Unspoken follow previously revealed VR debut Edge of Nowhere
Read More »Ready At Dawn and Frozenbyte among first studios signed to new GameStop label
US retailer previously announced it would publish Insomniac’s Song of the Deep
Read More »GameStop launches full publishing division and signs Ready at Dawn, Insomniac, Frozenbyte and Tequila Works
US retail giant GameStop has launched a publishing division called GameTrust. The firm has signed new games from well-known independent studios including Ready at Dawn (The Order: 1886), Tequila Works (Deadlite, Rime) and Frozenbyte (Trine). The company also announced in March it was working with Insomniac (Ratchet and Clank) on …
Read More »Is GameStop’s publishing move the future of the retailer, or just an interesting side-project?
On the surface, Song of the Deep doesn’t come across as anything particularly remarkable. The 2D underwater action adventure is pretty, and bound to delight a certain type of gamer. But ultimately it looks like most other 2D indie games that are on the market at the moment. Yet there …
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