Insomniac Games facts for kids
| Private company | |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, USA |
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Key people
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Ted Price (CEO) |
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Number of employees
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180 |
| Parent | Independent |
Insomniac Games is a company from the USA. They make awesome video games! The company started in 1994.
They have created many popular games. These include the first three Spyro the Dragon games. They also made most of the Ratchet & Clank games. Another famous series they developed is Resistance.
Their very first game was called Disruptor. It was made for the PlayStation. So far, Insomniac Games has sold over 32 million copies of their games. They have also won many awards. Since 2005, they have won eight "best workplace" awards. This means it's a great place to work!
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About Insomniac Games
Insomniac Games began in 1994. Today, their main office is in Burbank, California. Their first game, Disruptor, came out on November 20, 1996. It was a first-person shooter game for the PlayStation. Critics really liked Disruptor, but it did not sell many copies.
After Disruptor, they created Spyro the Dragon for the PlayStation. This game series became very popular. Insomniac made the first three games in the Spyro series. Later, they no longer had the rights to make Spyro games.
So, Insomniac started working on a new game. It was called Girl with a Stick. But the people making the game didn't like it much. They decided to create the Ratchet & Clank series instead. The first game, Ratchet & Clank, was released on November 4, 2002. It got amazing reviews! Insomniac has made six more Ratchet & Clank games since then. The Ratchet & Clank games have sold 25 million copies.
In 2006, Insomniac released their first game for the PlayStation 3. This game was Resistance: Fall of Man. They released Resistance 2 in 2008. The final game in that series, Resistance 3, came out in 2011.
Key People at Insomniac
- Ted Price (President & CEO)
- Alex Hastings (Chief Technology Officer)
- Brian Hastings (Chief Creative Officer)
- Chad Dezern (North Carolina Studio Director)
- You can see more team members here: Team members
Games Made by Insomniac
Here is a list of some games Insomniac Games has made:
| Game name | US Release Date | Platform |
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| 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 | |
| Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault | November 27, 2012 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
| Fuse | March 2013 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
Other Game Developers
High Impact Games
High Impact Games is another game company. It was started by people who used to work at Insomniac. They made two Ratchet & Clank games for the PlayStation Portable. These were Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank. They also made a PlayStation 2 version of Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters.
High Impact Games also created a Jak and Daxter game. It was called Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. This game was for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. It was the first Jak and Daxter game not made by Naughty Dog. Naughty Dog is a company that is good friends with Insomniac Games.
Images for kids
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Ted Price, founder and CEO of Insomniac Games
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Mark Cerny gave advice on many Insomniac games
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Insomniac Games logo from 2002 until 2017
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See also
In Spanish: Insomniac Games para niños
