Insomniac Games explains why it is expanding beyond Sony exclusive games

All-star developer Insomniac Games has a long history of making outstanding video games as exclusive titles for Sony’s PlayStation consoles. But the company announced that its next title will actually be published by Electronic Arts, not Sony, on multiple platforms. That’s a big blow to Sony, which has considered Insomniac games such as Resistance Fall of Man and Ratchet & Clank to be critical to attracting players to the PlayStation 3. Sony still owns the rights to those particular franchises. But Ted Price, chief executive of Insomniac in Burbank, Calif., explained why his company is now making its future games based on brand new properties available to a broader audience.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.