Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time box art multiplayer listing simply 'placeholder'

by Andrew Yoon { Sep 2nd 2009 at 3:30PM }

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The PlayStation.Blog has announced the release date for Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. But wait -- isn't that, as commenters like to point out, old news? Thankfully, more can be gleamed from the box art included with the post.

In addition to touting the redesigned PS3 logo, the box art for A Crack in Time features the now-standard PlayStation Network banner on the back. The various PSN features include Trophies, PlayStation Home support, leaderboards and ... multiplayer? That's certainly new to us.

Unfortunately, a SCEA representative confirmed to us that the box art posted on the web was constructed from a template and that all information listed in the PSN banner is simply placeholder. That doesn't mean A Crack in Time won't have multiplayer -- but it means that this is far from the "omg confirmationz!!!!1" that many have been hoping for. Update: SCEA's Jefferson Dong puts it more directly: "There is no multiplayer."

[Thanks, tmacairjordan87]

Tags: a-crack-in-time, boxart, insomniac, multiplayer, psn, ratchet, ratchet-and-clank, ratchet-and-clank-future

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nedtheshred @ Sep 2nd 2009 3:39PM

Please Please Please Please Please Please Please have online!

Longhorn Slim @ Sep 2nd 2009 3:34PM

OMG
Muiltiplayer = Day 1

Space @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:57PM

FPO FTL

sony boy (6 years til sony man child!) @ Sep 2nd 2009 3:44PM

co-oP??

Space @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:26PM

haha you actually changed your name to add man-child!

I'm glad you didn't take that joke seriously.

j.howlett @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:02PM

we never talk about 'nut newz' anymore. the new boxart format isn't as shocking to me as i feared. it's staying the same size, unlike my collection of ps one games

Pumapayam @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:12PM

The PlayStation Blog removed the back of the box art, wonder why?

Multi-player was supposed to be a surprise maybe?

Akronon @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:10PM

Multiplayer doesn't exist maybe?

And they don't want to have launch day gripes because all the webtrolls will say, "R&C:ACIT is broken. You haven't even provided all the functionality listed on the box."

jarhead906 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:46PM

@ Akronon

Sony would not give a damn about people complaining about there not being online multiplayer.

They WOULD care, however, if such information was leaked to the public when it might have been planned as new information at a later date.

tmacairjordan87 @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:16PM

Personally, I couldn't care less if it has multiplayer or not, I just decided to pass that along when I saw it.

I was going to wait and get this later, but after reading about the space exploration previews recently I'm getting it day 1.

mikeburnfire @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:34PM

Improved graphics, epic gameplay, *AND* multiplayer mode? Who do they think they are, Naughty Dog?

Seriously though, I'm about to get my hopes up. Perhaps they will have extra co-op missions similar to Uncharted 2. That would be pretty awesome.

shadowmasterx3 @ Sep 2nd 2009 4:42PM

Is it just me, or is this "revisioning" of the playstation 3 brand feeling like Sony is trying to really blend in with the market hoping to pick up sales? Don't get me wrong, I love me PS3, and i'm playing Arkham Asylum on it as we speak, but with all the logo changes and box redesigns, it just looks really odd to me.

When they introduced the little tab things on the side of the box, I liked that a lot. It had the same function that the little bubbles had on the 360 boxes, but it was easier to read and in an easier spot to find. But they at least made things look the same. Now, it's just odd to me.

{@} @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:04PM

I absolutely hate the new box art. I seriously don't know what their reason was for changing it.

jarhead906 @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:39PM

I thought Up Your Arsenal's online multiplayer was a very cool premise for the series even if it didn't pan out too well in actual performance.

If R&C: A Crack in Time does have online multiplayer (campaign co-op?) then this will be my first R&C game for the PS3.

Filthy Assistant @ Sep 2nd 2009 5:59PM

Hey, remember when everyone made a big deal about multiplayer being in... Going Commando, I think it was?

Remember how a week after it came out everyone forgot about it?

Yup.

Jerdude1234 @ Sep 2nd 2009 6:53PM

I remember whne up your arsenal came out and added the multiplayer.

i actually REALLY loved that multiplayer. it was fun. played that for hours....was very solid

Solace @ Sep 2nd 2009 7:07PM

FUCK YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!11111!!!! DAY ONE BUY!!!!11!1

karmatrom03 @ Sep 2nd 2009 9:53PM

I really like R&C games , they are amazing ,one of the reasons I got my ps3 ! & if it doesnt have multiplayer thats ok , i just wanna play the story mode, cant wait 4 the free demo, also heres something I didnt know the mini-ninjas game is out but only to those who reserved at gamestop, it will actually be released the 9th ,& then it hit me why? isnt gamestop makes more of its money thru re-sells ? isnt this illegal? did you get it?