Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is the planned sequel to the game Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty and the next instalment in the Future series. According to IGN, it will be released in North America on September 30, 2009 and by December 31, 2009 in Europe and Australia. It was stated that this will conclude the series, therefore making it the final game.

In an interview with James Stevenson and Brian Hastings, Insomniac Games confirmed that there would be another Ratchet & Clank game. It would be the tenth installment in the series, and would take place after Quest for Booty. The game will possibly show more details and information about Max Apogee, what happened to the Lombaxes, the Zoni, and other background information about the Ratchet & Clank galaxy. It is also known that Ratchet is on a mission to save Clank.

According to the end scene in Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty, Ratchet will be fighting once again, Dr. Nefarious and his butler, Lawrence, who both somehow managed to get off of the abandoned asteroid they were stuck on. The Zoni have also hired Nefarious to repair Clank, although it is unknown how much connections they have to him. The story's start will probably take place in Breegus Nebula.

Storyline
Concluding the events that began in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time will answer some of the franchise fans’ biggest questions. After discovering that lovable robot Clank’s disappearance was engineered by Dr. Nefarious, the Wrench-swinging Ratchet races to save his best friend. Along the way, both will finally uncover the hidden truth behind their origins, and discover their ultimate destinies. As the duo come closer to reuniting, they’ll have to ask themselves the biggest question of all: Do Ratchet and Clank’s destinies lie with each other? Or is it finally time for the universe’s greatest duo to separate for good?

Trophies
Sony made an announcement stating that from January 2009 all PS3 games must contain PlayStation trophies. Because of this A Crack in Time should contain PlayStation trophies to be earned.