EGM Reveals New Jak, Sly and Ratchet Sequels

It appears EGM has revealed in this month’s issue the next installation in Sony’s Sly Raccoon, Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank game series. Sly Raccoon is no big surprise, as is Ratchet & Clank, but I thought there weren’t supposed to be any more Jak & Daxter sequels? In addition to the new games they appear to be going in some strange new directions with Ratchet & Clank going under the name “Ratchet: Deadlocked” and Jak & Daxter named “Jak X”.

Ratchet: Deadlocked will be developed by Insomniac and from the pictures in the magazine Clank is nowhere to be seen. This title will be more squad based with Ratchet sporting new Master Chief battle suit-type armor, more firearms and performing missions with various new characters in tow. This title will also feature multiplayer with the possibility to play single-player missions with friends of the Internet.

Jak X is turning into a full-on racing game following the events of Jak III. You will need to save the world from poisoning and the only way to obtain the cure to race the Krew (of course). The environment will be a free non-linear Grand Theft Auto-type environment with your goal to complete various races including time trials, deathmatch races, time box and so on. You will be able to modify your ride with a variety of short and long-range guns, missiles, repair kits, and so forth. There will be full online multiplayer action as well as split-screen multiplayer.

No word on how the new Sly will play, but I would imagine with would be similar to past installments. Hopefully the new games will build on the greatness of the past games and won’t be just a marketing gimmick. You should be able to find the full previews in the new issue of EGM.

Posted by Gaming Steve at 6:00 PM | Comments (1) | Posted to PlayStation 2 |