Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is looking spectacular, so it's a good thing that we'll be able to snap up pictures in the game's recently announced photo mode.
The PlayStation Blog confirmed the news without much information on what's actually featured in the mode. We do know that stickers will play a part in your creative genius as they're included as an incentive in the Digital Deluxe Edition. Other than that, we're expecting a bunch of filters, depth of field, aperture, and much more, but we'll have to wait for more information.
We might get that news during this week's State of Play on April 29, a presentation that will include 15 minutes of lombax action from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. A few indie games will be shown during the event too. It will start at 2pm Pacific Time.
A new trailer released on Monday revealed the female lombax's name Rivet. She's a resistance fighter who is rebelling against Emperor Nefarious, who, unlike prior games, succeeded in this alternate dimension. PlayStation also revealed that we'll be exploring Nefarious City, along with different takes on old worlds like Sargasso and Torren IV.
Furthermore, Mark Mothersbaugh has been confirmed to be the composer of Rift Apart. You may know his work from the first three Crash Bandicoot games, the Jak & Daxter series, and even the highly lauded Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor Ragnarok. To celebrate the announcement, PlayStation released three tracks from the OST on Soundcloud. Here is one of them:
If you decide to get the aforementioned Digital Deluxe Edition, it will give you the game, five cosmetic skins (The Imperial, Scavenger, Android, Rebel, and Hacker), the photo mode sticker pack, 20 Raritarium, the digital soundtrack, and digital art book. This package will cost $79.99.
If you want to preorder before the June 11, 2021 release date, you'll obtain early access to the Carbonox Armor and the Pixelizer. If you live in the United States or Canada, you'll also get a $5 discount on the PlayStation Gear store.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will be on the PS5 exclusively as it heavily relies on the power of the fast SSD of the system.
If you want to get your fix of Ratchet before the next entry releases, you might want to play the Ratchet & Clank remake from 2016, which now supports 60 FPS on PS5 after a recent update from the developer Insomniac Games.