{"id":92705,"date":"2026-11-06T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92705"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:39:07","slug":"ratchet-clank-game-shutting-down-before-ever-fully-launching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92705","title":{"rendered":"Ratchet &amp; Clank Game Shutting Down Before Ever Fully Launching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sony Interactive Entertainment and French developer Oh BiBi\u00a0have announced Ratchet &amp; Clank: Ranger Rumble, a phone and tablet game, is coming to a close before it was even released fully. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rangerrumble.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rangerrumble.com\/\">statement<\/a>, the developers said the game&#8217;s final update is coming today, November 6, and the game itself will be removed from digital stores on November 21, 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No information was provided as to why Ranger Rumble is shutting down. The game soft-launched in 2025 in limited territories, and expanded to more markets, but it&#8217;s no longer going ahead with a full global release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People who already have the game installed can keep playing until May 1, 2027, which is when the game&#8217;s servers permanently close. Once the servers are shut down, the game will be completely unplayable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ranger Rumble is described as a &#8220;fast-paced multiplayer platformer arena shooter&#8221; where you battle others on a quest to become a galactic ranger.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AlblXRS14Mg  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-app purchases have been removed from Ranger Rumble, and if you have a balance of currency, you should spend it before May 1, 2027. Alternatively, you can seek a refund from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/118223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple\u2019s App Store<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/googleplay\/workflow\/9813244?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;On behalf of the dev team and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Interactive Entertainment and French developer Oh BiBi\u00a0have announced Ratchet &amp; Clank: Ranger Rumble, a phone and tablet game, is coming to a close before it was even released fully. In a statement, the developers said the game&#8217;s final update is coming today, November 6, and the game itself will be removed from digital stores&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":92707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92708,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92705\/revisions\/92708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}