ratchet & clank: up your arsenal (known as ratchet & clank 3 in europe and japan and ratchet & clank 3: up your arsenal in australia) is a 2004 3d platform video game developed by insomniac games and published by sony computer entertainment for the playstation 2. it is the third installment in the "ratchet & clank" series and was released in north america on november 3, 2004. shortly after it was released in japan on november 25, when the first volume of the ratchet & clank manga, drawn by shinbo nomura, was released. a demo of this game was included in the pal release of "".