before its release, ign was highly anticipating the final version of the game as they had played two previous versions of the game already. concentrating on the multiplayer aspect of the game, they praised the developers for moving a solely platform game into the multiplayer genre so well. "ratchet & clank: up your arsenal" was featured at the e3 games festival in 2004, where there was a playable demo. only the multiplayer siege mode and a single-player demo were available but they were enough to get 1up.com's award for best action game at e3.