Insomniac Games
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Insomniac Games is a video game developer which, as of 2005, develops exclusively for the Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2 game consoles. They created the first three Spyro the Dragon games, as well as the Ratchet & Clank series.
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Company Overview
Insomniac was founded in 1994 as an independent video game developer and is now based in Burbank, California. Its initial release, a first-person shooter called Disruptor for the PlayStation, was launched on November 20, 1996, and was a critical darling. Since then, the company has released six more games in two series (both of which were created by the company) for the PlayStation 2, and all have been both critical and commercial successes. After three Spyro games, the company went on to create the Ratchet & Clank series. The first Ratchet & Clank has the notable distinction of being the first Western-produced game to be officially bundled with the PS2 in Japan, a country notoriously fickle in its video game tastes.
Naughty Dog
Insomniac has often had a close relationship with Naughty Dog, (another video game company). They both make similiar style games, which sometimes contain references to each other. (Look at the some of the city walls in Jak II or check out the start-up menu in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando.) Also, Insomniac's Ratchet and Clank series uses a heavily modified version of the engine used in Naughty Dog's Jak and Daxter games. Because of their friendship, many people have wondered if the two companies would collaborate on a game. However they have, in the past, publicly stated that they don't have plans for making a game together.
Games
- Disruptor - November 20, 1996
- Spyro the Dragon - September 10, 1998
- Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage - November 2, 1999
- Spyro: Year of the Dragon - October 11, 2000
- Ratchet & Clank - November 4, 2002
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando - November 11, 2003
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal - November 2, 2004
- Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked - TBA
- I-8 - TBA
See also
External links
- Official website (http://www.insomniacgames.com/)