Sony and Oh BiBi cancel Ratchet & Clank mobile game before launch

Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Oh BiBi announced on November 6, 2026, through a notice on the game’s official website that they are ceasing development of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, shutting down the free-to-play mobile multiplayer game before its planned global launch.

The final planned update for Ranger Rumble rolls out on November 6, 2026. The app will be removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play on November 21, 2026. Existing players can keep the app installed until November 21, 2026, after which new downloads are no longer possible.

The game’s servers will permanently shut down on May 1, 2027. The game will no longer load after that date. The servers will delete all player data at the end of service on May 1, 2027. Players cannot transfer progress, unlocked items, and account content to another game.

Oh BiBi has removed in-app purchases and made premium content free or earnable through normal play. The studio made the Super Pass free for every player, so players can earn seasonal content without spending. All current game modes, matchmaking, and competitive features will remain available until May 1, 2027. Qwark Pass seasons will continue running until the servers close.

Players seeking refunds for previous purchases must check their eligibility through Apple’s App Store or Google Play. The correct storefront depends on where the purchase was made. Oh BiBi developed Ranger Rumble as a French mobile studio in partnership with Insomniac Games. PlayStation published the title after its announcement in November 2025.

Ranger Rumble soft-launched for iOS and Android in the Philippines and Indonesia in November 2025, a limited release used to test the game in select markets before wider availability. The title expanded to Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark in December 2025. It reached Canada in May 2026. It launched in the United Kingdom in August 2026.

Ranger Rumble was pitched as a fast-paced multiplayer platformer arena shooter featuring Ratchet & Clank weapons and characters in short competitive matches built for phones. The game planned 12 heroes and six modes for launch. Those modes included team PvP, or player versus player, PvE wave battles, or player versus environment, and a battle royale-inspired mode, a last-player-standing format.

On the App Store, Ranger Rumble has a user score of 4.2 out of 5 after 93 ratings. On Google Play Store it has a 4.4 score after more than 2,000 ratings. Polygon reported that Ranger Rumble’s reception was mixed at best after it was revealed on Nov. 12, 2025, and Sony had soft-launched it in regions since then, most recently in the United Kingdom in August.

As recently as July 2026, the PlayStation Blog said the game was gearing up for global launch. The company cited a successful testing phase shaped by player feedback. Worldwide pre-registration was open. The official shutdown statement gives no reason for the cancellation, according to TalkEsport.

TalkEsport frames Ranger Rumble as the latest PlayStation multiplayer project to shut down before finding an audience, as Sony pulls back from once-ambitious live-service plans, meaning games updated over time with ongoing content. Concord went offline within weeks of launch in 2024.

Sony confirmed that ceasing development of Ranger Rumble has no impact on other Ratchet & Clank games or PlayStation services. Insomniac Games’ last mainline Ratchet & Clank entry, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, launched on PS5 in 2021 before arriving on PC in 2023, and neither Sony nor Insomniac has announced a new mainline game. Sony has at least one other mobile game in the pipeline, Horizon Steel Frontiers, which is in development at NCSOFT.