In 2010-2011, a comic mini-series was released to bridge the gap between ACIT and A4O, with Qwark outright mentioning that Lawrence had teleported Dr. Nefarious away from his space station before it exploded. We are also introduced to the comics' main villain, "President" Artemis Zogg, who plans to create his own galaxy using a machine capable of teleporting entire planets. The machine was powered by a Surinox Shard, which was also used to power the Dimensionator (Zogg mentions that the Lombaxes may have also built multiple Dimensionators). After Ratchet thwart's Zogg's plan, Zogg is last seen trapped on an asteroid in another dimension along with Emperor Tachyon, TOD's main villain.
Fast-forward to Rift Apart and suddenly, the Dimensionator is now powered by a Phase Quartz, not a Surinox Shard. This bothered me for a while and it made me think that the writer(s) for RA never read the comics. And after seeing the development leaks for the next game (which may or may not >!bring back Azimuth as a giant monster, and feature another Lombax as a new villain!<), it makes me wonder whether or not Insomniac are actually going to acknowledge these two or the comics' events. Now the development leaks don't necessarily represent the final product, which won't be released until 2029, so who knows what Insomniac will change throughout the course of its development.