Amazon is sending word that they have a new deal available for their copies of Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters for the PSP. Those interested in understanding the events that transpired before Secret Agent Clank's storyline will want to check out this deal. More details are available via the full article.

Fans of Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Killzone: Liberation can finally get the chance to relive all the fun times with both titles as Sony introduces them into the PSP Greatest Hits list. Whether you're new to either series or just want to take a walk down memory lane, this is definitely a good time to revisit both games for the handheld. For more details, check out our full article.

If you've missed Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters when it was released for the Sony PlayStation Portable last year, then you'd be glad to hear that Amazon is offering a very sweet bait to make you add this title to your collection. How does a 50% discount sound? More details over at the full article.

We all know piracy runs abound when it comes to technology, especially game. Now, just how bad is the rate of piracy on Sony's PlayStation Portable? Well, we were able to get the low down on some of the top games. Boy, oh boy! it's definitely one scoop you guys don't want to miss out on. Find out the details in the full article.

Previously, there were rumors about the PSP's Silent Hill Origins supposedly getting a port onto the PS2 platform. It made some happy, true, but it also hit a nerve on others. The next on the list is Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, as seen on a Gamestop product listing under PS2.

Will Ratchet & Clank would pull a GTA:VCS/LCS?

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Not a lot of game franchises can take two genres, meld them seamlessly and come up with something that isn't fertilizer. Even fewer can use the same core model repeatedly and come up with stellar success in terms of media and consumer reception. The Ratchet & Clank series combines elements from a platform game and a shooting title to form a respected brand that gamers just eat up each and every time a new installment comes out.

In February of 2007, the Sony PlayStation Portable received its first taste of the Ratchet & Clank series with High Impact Games' Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters. High Impact is a group of expats from Insomniac that still has some of the key members responsible for the success of earlier iterations. The game was scrutinized with excitement and it passed all tests with flying colors.

No rest even if you're not wicked

The lovable tandem's new adventure starts off with Ratchet and Clank getting some time off the battlefield with some rest and relaxation. The heroic lombax and his trusty robot sidekick bask in the sun for a while until a strange girl named Luna approaches them and asks Ratchet for a small favor.

As it turns out, the odd-looking Luna is a huge fan of our robot-busting hero and wants him to pose in his trademark stances for an extemporaneous photo-op. Being the nice guy that he is, Ratchet gives in. A series of events unfold while Ratchet roughs up some robot hide for Luna which leads to the alien girl's abduction. Ratchet and Clank decide that vacation time is over and the two set off to save the girl.

That's not to say that this is a Mario-style plot where you simply have to go through multiple castles to eventually save the hostaged damsel. Fans of the Ratchet & Clank series will not have their expectations dampened as the game features an elaborate succession of plot twists that eventually leads to a huge unfolding that will have you chasing ancient artifacts and encountering a genius race known as the Technomites.

Old and new characters will be present to spice up the game's storytelling sequences. Favorites such as Captain Quark will do cameos with style as they supply excellent humor that nicely complements the script's pop-culture references. Notice that there's no single character who's badly voiced, allowing the comedy to be driven home as well as it should be. Making the dialogue even more immersive is the fact that character expressions are in perfect sync with what they're saying thanks to the dandy visuals that we'll be discussing next.

You won't be seeing those quirky dustballs in this video. Instead, you'll find Insomniac Games' life-sized Ratchet and life-sized Clank helping out a hapless Japanese friend. Well of course the kid's gotta be Japanese. This is, after all, Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters' Japanese TV spot.

Anyway, we don't really understand the dialogue that transpired in this clip, but it's probably safe to say that they're trying to send across the message that their duo is big, and they'll be rocking your world. Oh, and that they can destroy classrooms, too? Maybe not. Oh well. Just enjoy getting lost in the translation.

After the new wave of witty commercials for Sony's PlayStation Portable, this British ad sadly brings down its coolness meter several notches back to the negative once again.

We know, we know, these dustballs did help launch the handheld in America. But apparently, the viewers are not liking it any more than the real dustballs lying underneath their living room couch. Okay, so this one's for Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, with the dustballs attempting to embody why size matters.

That much we get. But as to this whole obsession with dustballs, not really. Come on, Sony. You can't keep on doing the same thing and expect a different result. There has got to be something wrong. There's just got to be. What do you think it is, huh?

Over at GameExpress.com, you'll find a pleasant deal waiting for you all Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters fans for Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP). That's because they have an ongoing deal which will allow you to get the famous unlikely duo on your handhelds for only US$ 19.99.

Now, there's no other information as to how long this deal will be happening, but we suggest you grab a copy as soon as you can and save yourself the bucks and the hassle, especially since High Impact Games' Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters will be shipped to you within 24 hours. For more details on the shipment and the deal itself, just click on our Read link, and off you'll go to GameExpress.

So, if you're one of those people who managed to get their hands on the free demo about a couple of months back, and liked the game but still don't have a copy, then this is your chance.

Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters is a new PSP game, and Lesley Mathieson is the game's design director. Gamasutra took a look at the game designer's media and art diets. Let's check how much books that she reads, the movies she watches and the other games she plays influenced Ratchet and Clank's design.

Lesley listens to a wide variety of music, including 70’s rock: Blue Oyster Cult, Kiss, early Aerosmith, The Strokes, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Matchbox 20. She also thinks that there's a huge amount of room for using music as a hint to players as to when they should interact with objects, or to guide them towards different kinds of gameplay.

Being a former film major in college, Lesley's been exposed to a lot of films, and she particularly loves monster films. Her favorite movie is The Creature From The Black Lagoon. Lesley also reads a lot, and her favorite authors include T.H. White, Iain M. Banks, Gerald Durrell, and Jack Vance.

As for games, Lesley enjoys playing Beyond Good and Evil, Kingdom Hearts, Pikmin, The Sims, Pokemon, the Ultima series, and Morrowind. Lesley says that she's just as comfortable picking up Half-Life 2 as picking up Pokemon. Spoken like a true gamer, we think.