Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time announced

Today it was announced that Ratchet and Clank will return to the PS3 this fall in Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time.

While Ratchet and Clank travel though time, the duo will find answers to some of the franchise’s biggest questions. Gamers will discover the origin of the titular characters, as well as their ultimate destinies. The official announcement poses the question, “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?”

The only real detail we have about A Crack in Time is that it will use the same engine that was used in Tools of Destruction and Quest for Booty. As more details arrive, you can be sure I’ll post them here on the Wire.

Hit the jump for the full announcement.

Concluding the events that began in Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time will answer some of the franchise fans’ biggest questions. 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?

If you haven’t played Ratchet & Clank before and are new to this successful franchise, prepare to be immersed in hilarious action-packed galactic capers and discover how time travel will entertain you in ways never before experienced.

Powered by Insomniac Games’ fourth-generation PS3 technology, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time will continue to bring the experience of playing your own computer generated animation movie to PS3. Expect all the laughs and witty banter of a Ratchet and Clank title, as you enjoy all-new space gameplay that gives players the opportunity to engage in space battles, explore the surrounding star system, and discover hidden items and collectables.. You’ll come head-to-head with a brand-new cast of baddies, and some old favourites, and obliterate them with cool new weapons and abilities.

Get ready for a brand new time-bending, laugh-out-loud adventure when Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time arrives in stores in Autumn 2009. With Ratchet and Clank, the future is never certain!