PlayStation Cancels Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble After Year in Soft Launch

PlayStation has canceled Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, its free-to-play mobile spin-off of the platforming series, a year after it entered soft launch.

Shutdown Details

The game's final update rolled out on November 6, according to a statement on its official website. It will be delisted from the App Store and Google Play on November 21, and its servers go offline on May 1, 2027.

"We've made the difficult decision to cease development of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble," the statement reads.

Players can no longer spend real money in the game, and the previously paid Super Pass has been made free. Qwark Pass seasons will keep running until shutdown.

Development and Release

French studio Oh BiBi developed Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble in partnership with Insomniac Games. It initially soft-launched in November 2025 in the Philippines and Indonesia, and later expanded to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Canada, and the UK. Global pre-registration opened in July, but it never received a worldwide release.

Ranger Rumble generated around $62,000 in player spending and 391,000 downloads across iOS and Android during its year in soft launch, according to AppMagic estimates.

Sony's Mobile Strategy

Sony's San Diego Studio has had more success with MLB The Show Mobile, which launched globally in May after a soft launch the previous October. AppMagic estimates it has brought in $2.3 million from 1.9 million downloads.

Sony set out ambitious mobile targets in 2022, telling investors that mobile titles would make up 10% of its first-party releases by March 2023 and 20% by March 2026. Later that year, it acquired mobile developer Savage Game Studios and hired executives from Apple, Kabam, Meta, and Tencent to build out a dedicated mobile division.

Savage Game Studios - later renamed Neon Koi - closed in October 2024 without releasing a game. Firewalk Studios, the developer of Concord, also closed.

Sony's biggest mobile earners sit outside PlayStation, at Sony Music-owned Aniplex, publisher of Fate/Grand Order and Disney Twisted-Wonderland. AppMagic estimates the Sony group's mobile apps have grossed $4.9 billion to date, with 88% of that coming from Japan.

Why it matters

The cancellation shows the challenges Sony faces in expanding into mobile gaming. Ranger Rumble never reached a global launch despite soft launching in multiple regions and opening global pre-registration. The shutdown adds to Sony's mobile setbacks, including the closure of Savage Game Studios, renamed Neon Koi, in October 2024 without releasing a game.

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Sources

• gamesindustry.biz: PlayStation cancels Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble a year into soft launch | GamesIndustry.biz
• pushsquare.com: Sony's Killing This Ratchet & Clank Game Before It Even Comes Out | Push Square
• videogameschronicle.com: Sony’s free-to-play mobile Ratchet & Clank multiplayer shooter has been cancelled | VGC

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