PlayStation have announced the return of Play At Home; with a free copy of Ratchet & Clank (2016) and a three month trial of Funimation.
The scheme originally began in April 2020, offering free games to incentivize and entertain people at home due to the quarantine orders brought about by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Sony Interactive Entertainment also set aside $10 million USD to help support independent development partners.
Now PlayStation Blog have announced the return of the scheme, starting March 1st and continuing for four months. Match 1st will see Ratchet & Clank (2016) as a free download on the PlayStation Store for a limited time; and free to keep.
From March 25th, Funimation (a subsidiary of Sony) are offering “extended access” for new subscribers to the Funimation anime streaming service, or Wakanim where available. In an interview with GQ, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan stated this would be a three month trial.
The interview also confirmed Gran Turismo 7 has been delayed, the announcement of the PlayStation 5 VR system, and that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Uncharted movie and Last of Us TV series have not been delayed.
Ratchet & Clank (2016) is a remake of the first game, combining elements of that with the CGI 2016 movie. Clank is a defective warbot who learns of Chairman Drek’s plans to destroy planets to create a new one for his species. Fleeing to a lone planet, he meets Ratchet; and the pair set off to warn and save the galaxy.
Players acquire weird and wonderful sci-fi weapons to blast at foes, and gadgets to solve puzzles and navigate levels. Upgrade your arsenal, grab as many Bolts as you can get, and do it all over again in Challenge Mode.
You can find the rundown (via Insomniac Games) below.
Ratchet & Clank blasts onto PlayStation 4 for the first time, with a new game based on elements from the original Ratchet & Clank(PS2). Ratchet & Clank (PS4) re-imagines the characters’ origin stories and modernizes the original gameplay. Featuring all-new boss fights, several new planets, new flight sequences, and much more – with completely new visuals constructed to take advantage of the power of the PS4.
Produced alongside the major motion picture coming to theatres in 2016, Ratchet & Clank (PS4) is a curated experience borrowing from the spirit of the classic PS2 titles while infusing some of the best elements from the Ratchet & Clank Future games. Return to the Solana Galaxy and find all your favorite characters: Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark and super villain Chairman Drek, as well as many new ones in this third-person action-adventure platformer. Explore exotic planets, collect out-of-this-world weapons, and help Ratchet and Clank save the galaxy for the first time, again.
Image: PlayStation Blog, Insomniac Games
