Ever since Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was announced, players have wondered who the mysterious female Lombax is that Clank meets in an alternate dimension. Insomniac Games has finally named her today. Rivet is even the star of a new trailer featuring a classic DEVO song, also revealing that DEVO founder Mark Mothersbaugh will be composing the soundtrack for the entire game.
In the alternate dimension, Rivet is a resistance fighter who opposes Emperor Nefarious and has made herself one of his targets by doing so. After Ratchet and Clank are separated (or “rift apart,” as it were), Clank teams up with Rivet to take down Nefarious in a world where he seems to have the upper hand. The trailer showcases some of the game’s new weapons and locations, like Nefarious City. As players switch between the dimensions with no loading times, they’ll also see familiar locations like Sargasso and Torren IV that now have different features when experienced in Rivet’s dimension. The trailer also shows off some of Rivet’s moves and she seems especially handy with that hammer of hers.
The trailer also showcased one of the tracks that will make up the game’s soundtrack. Mark Mothersbaugh previously composed the soundtracks for the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter trilogies, as well as the MySims franchise. He also has extensive credits within the film and television industries, having composed the soundtracks for shows like Rugrats and dozens ...