PlayStation cancels Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble a year into soft launch
PlayStation has canceled Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a free-to-play mobile spin-off, one year after its soft launch, citing development cessation and delisting by November 21.
PlayStation announced the cancellation of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a free-to-play mobile spin-off of the long-running platforming series, exactly one year after its soft launch. The game’s final update was released on November 6, as confirmed in an official statement on its website. It will be removed from the App Store and Google Play on November 21, with servers scheduled to shut down on May 1, 2027. Players can no longer make real-money purchases, though the previously paid Super Pass has been made free, and Qwark Pass seasons will continue until the shutdown.
Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble was developed by French studio Oh BiBi in collaboration with Insomniac Games. It initially launched in soft release in November 2025 in the Philippines and Indonesia, later expanding to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Canada, and the UK. Global pre-registration opened in July, but the game never received a full worldwide launch. During its year in soft launch, the game generated approximately $62,000 in player spending and recorded 391,000 downloads across iOS and Android, according to AppMagic estimates.
Sony’s San Diego Studio has achieved greater success with MLB The Show Mobile, which launched globally in May after a soft launch the previous October. AppMagic estimates the baseball title has earned $2.3 million from 1.9 million downloads. The contrasting performance highlights Sony’s uneven progress in its mobile gaming ambitions, despite setting ambitious targets in 2022.
Sony outlined plans in 2022 to have mobile titles account for 10% of its first-party releases by March 2023 and 20% by March 2026. To support this, the company acquired mobile developer Savage Game Studios in 2023, later renamed Neon Koi, which closed in October 2024 without releasing a game. The closure followed the shutdown of Firewalk Studios, developer of the high-profile title Concord. Sony’s most profitable mobile titles, including Fate/Grand Order and Disney Twisted-Wonderland, are published by Sony Music-owned Aniplex, with AppMagic estimating the group’s mobile apps have grossed $4.9 billion to date, 88% of which comes from Japan.