Ratchet&Clank Dev Won't Develop NGP Games In-House

Insomniac Games' franchises are sure to end up on NGP, but Insomniac is unlikely to develop any of them itself. It'll provide support, sure -- just don't expect its focus to stray from its newfoundmulti-platformdevelopment projects for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Speaking at an Insomniac community day event at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California yesterday, senior community manager James Stevenson explained that the company is currently"totally focused on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360."We don't know what the Xbox 360 project is except that it's the product of a partnership with Electronic Arts; for PlayStation 3, Insomniac hasResistance 3(pictured above) andRatchet&Clank: All 4 Onecoming later this year.

Stevenson explained that Insomniac would offer to"support Sony"on NGP game development but those games are"probably not something we would develop in-house."And indeed, the upcomingResistancegame for NGP is in development atPlayStation Move Heroesdeveloper Nihilistic Software. Insomniac wasn't responsible for the PSP edition of Resistance,Retribution; it was made by Sony Computer Entertainment's Bend Studio (which is now at work onUncharted NGP).

Insomniac isn't completely ignoring all non-console development. CEO Brian Hastings recentlyspokeabout how"increasingly challenging"the console market is and the need to"expand into the social sector"because of the size of its audience. This prompted Insomniac to open a new division called Insomniac Click that will be dedicated to web and mobile development.

"I don't think that every console developer needs to join the social and mobile markets to survive, but as an industry we do need to broaden our audience in order to have more companies survive in general,"Hastings explained.

Source:Kotaku

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