Insomniac ends acquisition rumor, eyes multiplatform titles

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Fumanchu said:

DMeisterJ said:
If Sony published the games (i.e.: Jak, Uncharted, Ratchet, Resistance, etc.) the IP's are theirs. Insomniac, or ND could go and make games for other people, as long as it wasn't published by Sony. So there'd be no Ratchet on the Wii or anything like that.

Do you know that they own the IP's to those games? Microsoft published Mass Effect...

 It's a common thing for publishers to own the rights to the games they publish, although this isn't always the case. In terms of Mass Effect, I believe that EA currently has the rights to the franchise as they accuired Bioware recently. Rare also retained the rights to their IP's.

 

Ratchet & Clank and Resistance are franchises owned by SCE though:

 

Sony Computer Entertainment owned franchises:

Alundra Ape Escape Arc the Lad ATV Offroad Fury Beyond the Beyond Buzz! Calling All Cars! Colony Wars Cool Boarders Dark Cloud Destruction Derby Downhill Domination Dropship: United Peace Force Echochrome Extermination EyeToy FantaVision Folklore Formula One G-Police Gangs of London Genji Getaway, The Ghosthunter God of War Gran Turismo Grind Session Heavenly Sword

Hot Shots Golf ICO InFamous Intelligent Qube Jak and Daxter Jet Moto Jumping Flash! Kileak: The DNA Imperative Killzone Kinetica Lair Legend of Dragoon, The Legend of Legaia Lemmings LittleBigPlanet LocoRoco Mark of Kri, The MediEvil MLB Motor Toon Grand Prix MotorStorm NBA ShootOut NCAA Final Four NCAA GameBreaker NFL GameDay NFL Xtreme NHL FaceOff Okage: Shadow King

Omega Boost PaRappa the Rapper Philosoma PoPoLoCrois Porsche Challenge Primal Pursuit Force Rally Cross Ratchet & Clank Resistance Rogue Galaxy Shadow of the Colossus SingStar Siren Sky Odyssey Sly Cooper SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Syphon Filter Turbo Prop Racing Twisted Metal Uncharted War of the Monsters Warhawk Wipeout Wild Arms White Knight Chronicles Xtreme Games

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