'Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble' to Leave App Store This Month

Sony is pulling the plug on a mobile spin-off of one of the PlayStation's best-known franchises before its worldwide launch. "Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble" adapted the long-running series into a free-to-play multiplayer shooter for iOS and Android. The game reached the UK, Canada, France, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Indonesia, and the Philippines, but never launched in the U.S. Development has now stopped, with App Store downloads ending on November 21, 2026. Existing players can continue until May 1, 2027, when the servers close and the game becomes unplayable. In-app purchases have already been disabled, and the Super Pass is now free. Popular StoriesApple Pulls Keynote, Pages and Numbers From App Store [Update: Back]Thursday October 22, 2026 11:01 am PDT by Juli CloverApple has temporarily removed Keynote, Pages, and Numbers from the App Store, just after releasing an update that added iPhone Duo support and a new Intelligent Assistant. It is not clear if the apps were removed intentionally, or if it is a bug. Apple has not said when the apps will be reinstated, but if it was in error, they should return soon. Update: The Mac versions are back without...Apple Reveals More Than 50 Apps That Will Be Updated for iPhone DuoThursday October 22, 2026 6:04 am PDT by Joe RossignolApple today highlighted more than 50 third-party App Store apps that are or will soon be fully optimized for the iPhone Duo and its various layouts and poses. You can hold the iPhone Duo and set it down in a number of ways, such as partially folded like a book, placed down on a surface, or standing on its edges: With the Netflix app, for example, Apple said iPhone Duo users can scroll...Apple Says More Than 100,000 Apps Optimized for iPhone Duo, Here's What's Still MissingApple today announced that more than 100,000 apps have been optimized for the iPhone Duo, released two weeks ago. We confirmed that this figure refers to apps built with the iOS 27.1 SDK or later, meaning these apps fill the full width of the iPhone Duo's inner and outer displays and have vertical controls in the status bar. A statement from Susan Prescott, Apple's Vice President of...