Insomniac Games, creators of the Ratchet & Clank, Spyro the Dragon and Resistance franchises and a long time Sony second party developer, have long been rumoured to be entertaining thoughts of multiplatform and this has now been confirmed. Their next game, set in a brand new gaming universe, is to be published by EA Partners on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
No details of the game has been revealed at this time, but the game is in development at Insomniac's main head quarters in Burbank, California. Here are a couple of quotes from the press release:
"Working with EA Partners allows us to extend the reach of our games to a multiplatform audience while retaining ownership of the intellectual property," said Ted Price, founder and CEO of Insomniac Games. "We are excited and eager to introduce Insomniac to a new group of gamers while reinforcing to our loyal fans what makes our games special."
"This is an exciting day for all of us at EA Partners and for gamers everywhere," said David DeMartini, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA Partners. "Insomniac is renowned for their commitment to quality and their ability to create unique, exciting worlds for gamers to explore. We look forward to help them bring their next blockbuster franchise to the millions of diehard Insomniac fans on PlayStation and the soon to be millions of diehard Insomniac fans on Xbox 360."
Ted Price also directed a few choice words to Insomniac fans and Playstation fans on his blog over at the official Insomniac website today:
"We know many of you are extremely loyal to the PlayStation family, and especially to Resistance and Ratchet & Clank. We are too. Our relationship with Sony Computer Entertainment is still very strong, and continues as we develop additional projects exclusively for PlayStation 3 - projects that will take full advantage of our additional development time."
In an interview with Kotaku, Ted Price, all but confirmed that Playstation 3 owners will see more Insomniac developed games in the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance universes.