Talk:Insomniac Games/Archive 1

Ordering
The Games and People of Insomniac should be priority compared to the few comparisons between Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch.

Insomniac Games Site Related Content
For content related to the site, all they have is a link on the external links section. Their site has gone through a lot of layout changes in the past and they have an active forum community. There must be a way to include an acticle about their website. -W.A.C. (7/14/2006)

A violent turn
In the article it says that Resistance: Fall of Man is a violent turn for the company that usually makes cartoony games. I believe it should be noted that Disruptor was a violent game and that Insomniac does not make specifically cartoony games or has been exclusive to that percieved type of game. -TruthQuest
 * You make a good point. Although do notice that most of their games have been fairly family oriented, and that Resistance is only jumping for the other half of the community thats not up for games like Ratchet and Clank and same for Spyro the Dragon.Aquzenn 01:40, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't belive that RFOM is a violent turn for Insomniac, Infact the opposite appears to be true, Many of their games have been in some way violent, albeit cartoony violence. I belive that insomniac were either going back to their roots with Resistance or were merely trying something new, lets remember that working on the same series of games for a long time can get repeditive-no matter how fun or enjoyable the series is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seanor3 (talk • contribs) 14:03, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

PSP
I added the fact that insomniac have created games for the psp. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.246.45 (talk) 14:54, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Insomniac & Naughty Dog
This page says "Contrary to popular belief, Insomniac never borrowed any part or form of the PlayStation 2 engine code or technology from Naughty Dog to use on the Ratchet & Clank games."

Yet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank says that Naughty Dog offered the technology from Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

So which one is right? The wrong one should be corrected. 22:33, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

According to this they both made their own engine and just shared resources with each other with their engines. --TheeCakee (talk) 04:44, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Insomniac / Naughty Dog Shared Technology Quotes
I noticed that there is a section stating that Naughty Dog and Insomniac never shared code. I think this needs to be discussed, since, in the Ratchet & Clank credits, it states that: "The Ratchet and Clank background engine was developed using proprietary techniques and code developed by Naughty Dog." Someone needs to do more valid research on the subject. It seems Naughty Dog and Insomniac share more than just "tips." Plus, anyone with any video game and programming knowledge can see how these game engines behave dangerously close to one another. (Naughty Dog's code seems to be the catalyst for a surprisingly large number of PS2 and PS3 games.) I added a segment to the Wikipedia page, but I expect it to be erased. Here's the full, unrevised quote:

Despite these quotes, the credits sequence for Ratchet & Clank on the Sony PlayStation 2 states that "The Ratchet and Clank background engine was developed using proprietary techniques and code developed by Naughty Dog."

So, let's discuss and research this matter, since it obviously needs to be done. - AxisRazorrrrr (talk) 20:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the Spyro license
Lots of people seem to believe that Insomniac Games sold the Spyro license to Universal Interactive (now Activision Blizzard). This however is not the case.

The facts are:

1) Universal had full ownership of the Spyro series since day one of development.

2) Insomniac Games came up with the concept for Spyro.

3) Insomniac signed a contract with Universal to develop 3 games. The contract expired after Year of the Dragon.

(This also applies to the Crash Bandicoot license as well)

I've posted this to avoid any further confusion and unnecessary edits etc about Insomniac selling Spyro.

Wadels (talk) 11:43, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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Also, there is no evidence that Insomniac will be developing Spyro in 2015! Whoever is making these edits, please stop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.190.133.97 (talk) 20:43, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

Ratchet & Clank Universe: Lost and Spaced
Does somebody have a source for this future game in the Ratchet & Clank series? I've checked Insomiac's website and forums, several gaming news sites, and twitter and I've seen nothing about it. Lost and Spaced was the title for one of the comic book issues a few years ago, so I'm thinking this is more wishful thinking. So if nobody can cough up a source for this, I'm going to remove it by the end of day. Thanks! Zidyn (talk) 17:30, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Slow Down Bull
http://www.twitch.tv/insomniacgames/c/4592112 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magnifai (talk • contribs) 10:18, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Hastings Brothers
How come the Hasting Brothers link goes to old soccer players, one of which died before the events of Insomniac Games came into play?