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Insomniac CEO Ted Price has said that he believes his studio’s unique flavour is personified in its weaponry in a newly-published interview.

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As magazine covers teased recently, the boxart for Insomniac’s latest effort puts me in mind of holiday snaps taken by my elderly aunts.

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Insomniac Game’s CEO Ted Price and Fuse dev Brian Allgeier have discussed why releasing a new IP like Fuse so late in the currency cycle makes sense, and have argued that gamers will still want current-gen titles even after PS4 and Xbox 720 have launched. Get their rationale below.

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Making the conceptual shift from console action games to the social casual scene isn’t as easy as many think. Insomniac talks about their growing pains as they further refine their online title Outernauts.

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Fuse may have changed name from Overstrike, but it’s still a squad based shooter with mad weaponry. Insomniac has released a video in which CEO Ted Price talks about Fuse’s gameplay and group tactics. Check it out below.

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Insomniac’s Ted Price has said he “can’t imagine” the studio creating single-player only games “from here on out” due to the social and multiplayer shift the industry has taken.

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Fuse is no longer a co-op game centered on stealth situations, according to Insomniac’s Ted Price, and this is just one of the changes made to the game originally known as Overstrike.

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Fuse, the shooter from Insomniac and previously known as Overstrike, has had its embargo veil lifted and various sites have gone live with information.

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Resistance was big, but never a big as Halo, and Insomniac CEO Ted Price has his theories as to why the shooter never became a juggernaut for Sony the way Halo did for Microsoft.

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Ratchet & Clank interest “certainly hasn’t waned” for fans of the series, according to Insomniac boss Ted Price. In fact, it’s a series fans of the developer “are most passionate about.”

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Fuse is the new name for the Insomniac co-op action title previously known as Overstrike. The video through the break is the first chance we’ve had to look at it since its metamorphosis, and while you’ll spot some familiar elements, it’s clear a lot ahs changed.

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Ratchet & Clank: Gladiator – alias Deadlocked – will get the HD treatment and release via the PlayStation Network. Insomniac Games announced the latest of its re-releases at PAX Prime; the upscaled conversion of the 2005 title has been expected for some time now, as it was the only game in the series not included in the recent collection.

Thanks, Eurogamer.

Ratchet & Clank: Q-Force is coming to a retailer near you this fall, and to get you excited, Sony has released the gamescom trailer for Insomniac’s latest. The game is known as Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault in the US, and it contains Cross-Play between the PS3 and Vita versions, and is one of Sony’s Cross-Buy titles.

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In celebration of the Ratchet & Clank Collection’s US release on August 28, Insomniac has released some very early concept art for what would later become one of the PS2′s most recognisable properties. Both of our heroes used to be lizards, apparently. Head through the break to see a new trailer for the anniversary collection, and visit the US PS Blog to see the artwork and read a few comments on the classic IP’s development.

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Insomniac’s Shaun McCabe has spilled the beans on the game’s new features.

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EA has announced the launch of Outernauts, Insomniac’s first game created for Facebook. The adventure role-playing social game allows players to capture and train “exotic alien beasts for battle” as they transform their “cosmic homeworld into a thriving galactic hub,” as members of United Earth’s elite Outernaut force. Players must also uncover the riddle behind mysterious “ancients” while “battling pirates and evil corporations seeking to control the galaxy.” Players will explore planets, harvest loot, and fight asynchronously alongside or against friends. Screenshots are below.

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Insomniac has posted new details on Ratchet & Clank: Q-Force, noting that first off, the game takes you back to the classic camera, weapons and third-person Ratchet gameplay, despite having a tower defense element to it.

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To make up for the delay in getting the Ratchet & Clank Collection well after the rest of the world, US fans will be rewarded with a bundled demo for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time .

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Insomniac has plans to show Overstrike off later this year, according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, who said the game missed E3 this year in order to get a bit more polish before showing it to the press. Speaking with CVG, Gibeau said: “It felt like we would stand out better later in the summer once we’ve hit some key milestones and we’re able to show off more,” he said. gamescom then? Sound like it might be the venue, although EA has yet to announce it’s plans for the European games conference. Overstrike was first announced during E3 2011 as a first-person, four-player co-op shooter in development through EA Partners. A release window has yet to be announced.

Insomniac has said its Facebook title, Outernauts, won’t be just a one-off entry but the start of a new franchise. Speaking with Gamasutra, lead designer Rowan Belden-Clifford said the studio is in the business of building franchises, “so don’t expect Outernauts to be going away anytime soon.” He also said with the firm is interested in seeing “where Facebook, mobile and tablet games go in the future,” the team is entirely focused on its first foray into the social games market, and for now a mobile version isn’t in the cards. For those uninterested in social titles, there’s always Overstrike, the firm’s first-person, four-player co-op shooter in development through EA Partners in works.