Along with continuing to make traditional games, Ratchet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive developer Insomniac is betting big on virtual reality. Feral Rites is a third-person, open world brawler, and the third VR title the studio has in development. An action game at its core, players are set loose to explore Strong Fang Island, aided by the ability to transform into different beast-like characters. Following the son of a beloved, but murdered, chieftain, Feral Rites sees him return to his childhood island home, looking for revenge.
While developing Feral Rites however, Insomniac has encountered a number of unique issues when making an open world in VR. Everything from camera movement and how enemies appeared on the screen had to be reconsidered, given how players will view the world.
May 13, 2021
Danial Norjidi
Sony provided a preview of three upcoming titles for the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and PlayStation 4 (PS4) consoles during its recent State of Play digital showcase.
The main highlight of the showcase was a tour of developer Insomniac’s PS5 action-adventure game
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, introducing some of the gameplay, characters and arsenal for the upcoming title, which has a June 11 release date.
The game sees heroes Ratchet and Clank go dimension-hopping as they take on an evil emperor from another reality.
Rift Apart also introduces a brand new playable character to the series – Rivet.
Rift Apart’s Creative Director Marcus Smith spoke during the stream, describing the upcoming title as a brand-new, full-length
âRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartâ will release in June
The mysterious new Lombax shares the gameâs box art
After being among the first exclusives announced for PS5,
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While the footage shown in this teaser has been seen before, it does show the gameâs unique hook of players being able to seamless jump between dimensional rifts with no loading screens, made possible by the PS5âs advanced SSD.
This makes
Players who pre-order will be able to immediately unlock the updated version of the Carbonox armour from
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando as well as the Pixelizer weapon introduced in the PS4 remake of