We knew that it was coming, but you can’t say for sure until the product strikes gold. Today, Insomniac Games revealed that R&CF: A Crack in Time has gone gold, and that it has sent out to manufacturing to be printed and shipped out across the country for its release on October 27th.

“It’s been an incredible experience seeing this game come together at Insomniac over the last year,” says James Stevenson, Community Relations Manager at Insomniac Games on the PlayStation.blog. “From our earliest prototypes of Clank’s time gameplay, to the final space exploration levels that allow Ratchet to land on and explore spherical moons, there has been a ton of effort and love put into this game by the team here at Insomniac.”

A Crack in Time is destined to be yet another huge exclusive for Sony’s machine and, as always, Insomniac is destined to produce a quality title, as you can tell.

Ratchet & Clank have always been know for their array of entertaining weaponry, and in the upcoming installment, it’s no different. At a panel entitled “Weapons 101″ at PAX, Insomniac creative director Brian Allgeier revealed some of the new weaponry that will be featured in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time.

The most entertaining of the weaponry had to be the Rift Inducer 3000. The Rift Inducer 300 summons tentacles from an interdimensional portal, which in turn grasp enemies and abscond with them through the vortex. Which, as you can tell, is very entertaining to watch.

Another weapon is the Chimp-O-Matic. The Chimp-O-Matic turns your enemies into adorable monkeys, and robotic enemies into robotic toy monkeys with cymbals – which is a gut buster. “Has there been a time when a weapon felt more ‘Resistance’ than ‘Ratchet’?,” Insomniac stated during the panel.

In an attempt of desperation, we’d do anything for details about  Insomniac Games’ upcoming Ratchet & Clank title, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. So when viewing the description of the on Sony’s website, we found some very hidden, read between the lines, details on the game - thanks to the Examiner.

According to the description, Ratchet’s sidekick Clank will be playable, once again, after mysteriously disappearing at the end of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. Clank returns upgraded with time-manipulation powers, much like what you’d see in Heroes, the hit television show.

However, on Ratchet’s sides of the equation, players can expect non-linear levels along with new weapons like Hoverboots and more weapon customization – you know, the works. Along with that, the space segment has been revamped. Players can now explore the star system and find hidden items in addition to participating in space battles.

That does sound entertaining. Expect the game to release sometime within this year – we where told this fall, but one never knows.