Split screen multiplayer action.

Up to four players can play offline, while the multiplayer online mode can support up to eight players over a broadband connection. There will be six new levels designed specifically for online play that will feature elements designed to encourage team-based activities in modes such as capturing an enemy's base. In addition, these levels will feature destructible environment obstacles that should provide for some unpredictable gameplay.

Vehicles will also be included in multiplayer games, and these vehicles will allow you to work together with a teammate with one gamer driving and the other firing away with its weapons. The game will also support voice communication via headsets, and gamers will be able to communicate with each other during online games and in the game’s main lobby. The lobby area will also feature an online friends list, so you’ll be able to look for players who match your ability and skills. The lobby will also allow you to view players’ game stats and give you a variety of player skins to choose from.

In addition to the multiplayer component, the game’s designers have also promised a refined intuitive enemy artificial intelligence. Basically this means that non-playable characters behave more intelligently by gathering information about their environments and forthcoming attacks in order to provide you with more challenging gameplay.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal looks like it will be a great addition to an already great series. By adding multiplayer battles to a platform game, Up Your Arsenal may just invent a whole new style of gaming. We’ll post more details on the game as they become available to give you an even more detailed look at Ratchet and Clank’s latest adventure.

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