Now Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is out and old news, fans are turning their attention to Marvel's Wolverine, the next title from the industrious Insomniac Games. Announced back in 2021 with no release date of any kind, a few observant people recently found potential evidence of a 2024 launch for the PS5 exclusive. Now, new scuttlebutt suggests it's actually aiming to arrive in 2025.
This comes from "known leaker" Daniel Richtman, who has written about the game on his Patreon (paywalled). He says the game will release in 2025, and adopts a "darker" and "more violent" tone than the studio's usual works. Additionally, he says it'll be set in Madripoor, a fictional island in Southeast Asia known as a "haven for pirates".
Insomniac Games is a two-game studio, and will be well underway with development of Wolverine, so a 2024 release doesn't seem out of the question. However, we could easily see it targeting 2025, given how little we've seen. We're more inclined to believe Richtman here, but really, you shouldn't put too much weight into either argument. Still, it's fun to discuss, isn't it?
[source patreon.com, via insider-gaming.com]
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Hopefully Insomniac will use the dev time to come up with an interesting story for once.
If they are targeting 2025 today then i'd say add 6+ months for most games, so it could easily be early 2026, and that is how I will set my own expectations. That said Insomniac are wizards.
Just give Insomniac time and release Wolverine when it is ready.
Looking at amount of games they've made in last years it seems dev are working 24 hours per day.
Maybe even Cyperpunk gets its final patch by then.
So Sony haven't got a single first party exclusive for next year? The last of us 2 remake does not count
@PlayStationGamer3919 I heard from reliable source they'll bring out Knack 3 in 2024.
2024 was always wishful thinking in my eyes.
Wolverine leads are same guys who worked on Miles Morales, which was only finished at the end of 2020. So they basically started their work on Wolverine in 2021. Even as impressive as Insomniac devs are, 3 years for AAA game is just too short. Especially since it is not a "sequel"
It took 5 years for Spider-Man 1 team to create a sequel.
Honestly. I'm fully expecting 2025 "bait" during next year showcase but game will slip into 2026.
Maybe GTA: 6 next year? 🙃 maybe not but we’ll find out in the first week in December
Anytime it is marvel wolverine is coming. insomniac take your time.this game is going to be amazing.insomniac is the mvp right now.sony does need some first part games for 2024.insomniac is PlayStation savior.word up son
I honestly think I might not buy a single new game on PS5 next year, it’s all multiplats and “exclusives” that will be pc
Finally a game not set in New York!
After trying out Spiderman 2 for 3 hours I have realised I have a huge superheroes fatigue. In general playstation games need to shift from their tested formula and start making more diverse games, all of their games different yet the same.
@Sil_Am I'm probably in a very small minority, but I'd actually love a Knack 3 lol.
If no one actually knows yet, then maybe don’t write articles until we have actual news?
Sounds about right to me, insomniac have great this generation so far.
No what your other studios got for 2024 Sony.
Not released until possibly 2025 but most definitely blogged, vlogged, analysed, datamined, discussed and spoilt to death by the time it finally does come out, yeah? Who knows, we all might have been annihilated by global warfare, climate change or that damn pesky AI by then but hey, it makes for a new post!
So, when is Spider-man 15 coming out and how long will the Platinum take? And will we be getting The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Remade Rewritten Recast Rejigged Readjusted Retweaked Rebooted Restructured Redesigned Rereleased Retired Rewound and Repeated by then?
"insomniac Games is a two-game studio."
I think the writer meant "two-team studio."
@Quintumply
@Exerion76 not a whole lot from first party but quite a bit 2nd and 3rd party exclusives.
Sounds like pure speculation to me. A Wolverine game is going to be darker than a Spider-man game? Well, obviously yes. Set in Madripoor? Madripoor appears on a poster in the bar in the teaser announcement and is referenced in SM2, so that seems like a safe bet. 2025 release? Seems like an educated guess based on the pipeline at Insomniac. Not sure this 'leaker' knows anything at all.
@TheCollector316 they have at least three teams, or at least three distinct creative leads and have had at least three projects on the go in recent years. There is the Spider-man 1/2 team, the Miles Morales/Wolverine team, and the Ratchet team (potentially working on the rumoured multiplayer project).
Insomniac is really carrying Sony this gen.
What are the rest of their teams up to besides remastering their older games?
@PlayStationGamer3919 @Toot1st Helldivers 2 is out in February but other than that its a barren slate.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Silent Hill 2 will both get paraded as if they are first party titles though
@Bamila I agree!
sony studios has a very lackluster year ahead by the looks of things (maybe a service game or two?). i doubt they have any single player games on the horizon outside of the god of war expansion. it would be in their best interests to strive for a wolverine release next year if they don't want their stock to tank.
@Texan_Survivor sweet baby inc. also had its hands in spiderman 2 and god of war ragnarok. won't be surprised if they consult on every sony first party title from here on out.
Take your time insomniac. Day 1 buy for me whenever it releases. No rush
@Porco It doesn't bother me If they're 1st or 3rd party, I want almost every game that I know about so far that are potentially 2024 releases, exclusive or just timed or Pc/PlayStation only. I think if we get all these and they review well then even without wolverine most people will be happy.
@MrMagic for me, 1st party was the big selling point during the ps3/ps4 era. things have been slowing down due to wasted resources on service games, so we should expect less single player 1st party releases from sony going forward.
there are some promising games on your list, but i feel like a few of them will be duds and fail to deliver (such as silent hill 2). stellar blade and lost soul aside could go either way. i see style over substance with those but if they are even remotely in the same league as bayonetta, that would be great.
all that said, i have taken a look at the releases for 2024 (of which we know so far) and it doesn't look very strong on the whole. i have a feeling gta 6 will release fall 2024, though, so that could be something special and offset everything else. my most anticipated game of 2024 is metaphor but it is also coming to ps4 so there is no pressure to get a ps5 just yet.
Bruh a wolverine game is going to be bloody amazing definitely an m rated game
Fun?
No.
Pointless?
Yes.
@Porco Yeah hopefully they show us something at the game awards or a state of play or showcase early next year that we weren't expecting.
I also forgot to put Concord in that list but it's a multiplayer live service FPS so not really relevant but 12 games and 2 expansions and a remaster is still pretty stacked, as long as the quality is there of course and most of them actually release.
I just remembered Phantom Blade Zero as well, according to Gematsu they are going to drop a 30 minute demo for it sometime in 2024 but nobody knows when it will actually release.
@MrMagic The only thing I care about of all the things you have listed is the God of War Ragnarok DLC, which is still just a rumor.
@Sacrosanctus That God of war Ragnarok DLC was leaked by the same person who leaked the Metal gear solid snake eater remake so hopefully he's correct on this one as well.
Honestly they should aim for the year GTA 6 isn't launching in.
I don't mind waiting let's give them time to really perfect it. I imagine we will get spiderman 2 dlc next year then to make up for it
@Porco san monica , bluepoint , sucker punch , naughy dog , asobi , firesprite , just to name a few first party devs are working on single player games? don't forget the new studio in san degio.
@twitchtvpat yes, they are working on projects but whether any of them are released in 2024 was my main concern. otherwise, we would have had an official announcement by now. it is far less likely that they announce and release a game in the same calendar year. sucker punch is likely working on tsushima 2 and naughty dog on last of us 3 — no real surprises there. bluepoint is a wildcard (i believe it to be a new IP). santa monica is likely working on a new IP as well. the way things are going, though, we are likely to get just 1 or 2 single player games from sony per year (if that). 2024 looks barren from 1st party at the moment but we'll see if anything gets announced at the game awards.
@MrMagic yes. although, it feels like the AAA industry is desperately trying to find its footing. they need to develop projects more efficiently, with smaller teams and budgets. perhaps we are in a place where they need to actually scale down the scope a bit in exchange for more releases and higher profit margins. the current model doesn't seem to be sustainable and everyone is suffering for it, including gamers who expect more variety in the AAA space. it is kind of wild that a single calendar year may only have a dozen or so games of interest for the average gamer, as opposed to the 2000s through the 2010s where there was a lot more options. the difference is, games were shorter in length back then and have since ballooned in the time investment required in many cases.
@Porco trust me no one wants new games more then me , but I think once these games finally come out it will be worth waiting for. We live in a time when a lot of games get hype they can never live up to , while I absolutely loved Spider-Man 2. We could still see games in 2024 , but I’d rather they not release dates till they can 100% confirm the game can make that date.
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