Insomniac Games

**Insomniac Games** is an American video game developer founded in 1994. The company has created many games. This  includes the first three _Spyro the Dragon_ titles for the PlayStation, most of the _Ratchet & Clank_ games for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, the _Resistance_ series for the PlayStation 3, and the _Marvel's Spider-Man_ game series for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

Their first game was _Disruptor_, released for the PlayStation. To date, they have sold 32 million copies of their games and received numerous awards. Since 2005, Insomniac Games has earned eight "best workplace" awards.

## Company

Insomniac started in 1994, and is now based in Burbank, California. Its first game, a first-person shooter called _Disruptor_, was released on November 20, 1996 for the PlayStation. It was given very good reviews by critics, but did not sell many copies. After this game, they made the _Spyro the Dragon_ for the PlayStation. This series was very successful, and Insomniac made the first three games in the series. After Insomniac lost the license to the Spyro series to Universal Interactive, they began working on a game called _Girl with a Stick_. The developers at Insomniac didn't like this game, so they decided to make the _Ratchet & Clank_ series instead. The first game in the series, _Ratchet & Clank_, was released on November 4, 2002. It got very high reviews, and Insomniac have made six more _Ratchet & Clank_ games since. _Ratchet & Clank_ games have so far sold 25 million copies. In 2006, Insomniac released their first PlayStation 3 game, _Resistance: Fall of Man_, and released _Resistance 2_ in 2008. _Resistance 3_ was released in 2011.

## People

- Ted Price (President & CEO)
- Alex Hastings (Chief Technology Officer)
- Brian Hastings (Chief Creative Officer)
- Chad Dezern (North Carolina Studio Director)
- See also: Team members

## Games

|Game name|US Release Date|Platform|
| --- | --- | --- |
|_Disruptor_|November 20, 1996|PlayStation|
|_Spyro the Dragon_|September 10, 1998|PlayStation|
|_Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!_|November 2, 1999|PlayStation|
|_Spyro: Year of the Dragon_|October 11, 2000|PlayStation|
|_Ratchet & Clank_|November 7, 2002|PlayStation 2|
|_Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando_|November 11, 2003|PlayStation 2|
|_Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal_|November 2, 2004|PlayStation 2|
|_Ratchet: Deadlocked_|October 25, 2005|PlayStation 2|
|_Resistance: Fall of Man_|November 17, 2006|PlayStation 3|
|_Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction_|October 23, 2007|PlayStation 3|
|_Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty_|August 21, 2008|PlayStation 3|
|_Resistance 2_|November 4, 2008|PlayStation 3|
|_Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time_|October 27, 2009|PlayStation 3|
|_Resistance 3_|September 6, 2011|PlayStation 3|
|_Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One_|October 18, 2011|PlayStation 3|
|_Ratchet & Clank Collection_|June 29, 2012|PlayStation 3|
|_Outernauts_|July 2012|Facebook|
|_Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault_|November 27, 2012|PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita|
|_Fuse_|March 2013|PlayStation 3, Xbox 360|

### High Impact Games

High Impact Games is a game developer made by people who used to work at Insomniac. They made two _Ratchet & Clank_ games for the PlayStation Portable, called _Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters_ and _Secret Agent Clank_. They also made a PlayStation 2 version of _Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters_. They made a _Jak and Daxter_ game, called _Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier_, for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. It is the first _Jak and Daxter_ game not made by Naughty Dog, who are also close friends of Insomniac Games.

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: Insomniac Games, Inc.
- **company type**: Privately held company, Private company
- **foundation**: 1994
- **location**: Burbank, California, United States, USA
- **industry**: Video game industry
- **num employees**: 180
- **key people**: Ted Price (CEO)
- **parent**: Independent
- **homepage**: [http://www.insomniacgames.com www.insomniacgames.com]