RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART

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Talk about smart business moves. When PlayStation bought long-time collaborator Insomniac Games last year, making it a first-party studio, who’d have thought together they’d be releasing one of PS5’s defining launch games, as well as one of its most important new-generation showpieces?

Rift Apart is more than just another entry in a long-established franchise. It uses the quirkiness of this third-person shooter to show what the technology in your white-winged box can really do. Don’t let the cartoon visuals fool you (though they look tremendous, and make use of a Resolution/Performance mode toggle); under the hood this new Ratchet & Clank pushes PS5 hard.

The zany arsenal of overpowered and comical weaponry makes use of the DualSense so you finally feel what Ratchet feels, and the new rift-hopping powers employ the SSD to make the colourful