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Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble Development Ends With Shutdown Set
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Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on the official Ranger Rumble website on November 6, 2026, that development of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble is ceasing. The mobile game will be delisted from Apple’s App Store and Google Play on November 21, 2026, and its servers will permanently close on May 1, 2027, making it unplayable.
The final planned update rolls out on both stores on the announcement date. Existing players can download or reinstall the app only until delisting; those who already have it installed can continue playing until the server closure. The schedule cuts off new downloads first, then ends access for the remaining audience.
The FAQ separately refers to a November 7, 2026 update: pre-registration rewards will be placed in the inboxes of all players logging into it, and no updates are planned after that date.
What Existing Players Keep Until Closure
Matchmaking, competitive play and every existing mode will remain available for the remainder of the service. The seasons built around the Qwark Pass will also run through closure; the Super Pass has been made free, and players can still earn each season’s content. Rewards earned through play must be claimed and used before the shutdown.
In-app purchasing has been withdrawn. Players can continue earning currency through play and spending it on upgrades, cosmetics and characters, but any earned or purchased currency must be used before closure. Refund eligibility for previous purchases is handled through Apple’s App Store or Google Play.
The end of service will also bring deletion of all player data from the servers, although players can contact support to request earlier deletion. Progress, purchased content and unlocked items have no transfer option to another game. The decision has no impact on other Ratchet & Clank games or PlayStation services.
The Mobile Project’s Original Launch Plans
In a July 15, 2026 PlayStation.Blog post, Oh Bibi chief executive Stanislas Dewavrin described Ranger Rumble as a free-to-play multiplayer hero shooter developed by Oh Bibi in collaboration with PlayStation Studios and Insomniac Games. Its arena combat paired real-time player-versus-player battles with dynamic player-versus-environment elements, while players selected heroes, mastered abilities and used an arsenal of weapons.
The launch plan included 12 heroes, among them robots, aliens and new Lombaxes. Oh Bibi worked directly with Insomniac on the new Lombaxes’ designs and backstories. Six modes were planned, including team PvP, waves of enemies in PvE, a battle-royale-inspired mode and a football-inspired showdown.
Oh Bibi said it had tested and refined the game through regional soft launches in Canada, the Nordics, France and Asia before worldwide pre-registration opened on both mobile stores. The team was preparing for a global launch. Its community campaign offered Qredits, Reebos and Raritanium as milestone rewards, with an exclusive Clank Suit skin for Widget as the final-milestone reward.
The practical result is a temporary continuation for existing players rather than the worldwide launch outlined in July. Matchmaking and earnable season content remain during that window, but the closure will erase player data and leave no route to transfer progress, purchases or unlocked items into another game.
