Near the end of last year, Marvel's Spider-Man developer and PlayStation Studios outfit Insomniac Games was hit with a "distressing" data breach that leaked all kinds of information from within the company. Here in the space of gaming enthusiasts, the leak was mostly talked about because it produced a huge amount of gameplay footage and assets from upcoming PS5 exclusive, Marvel's Wolverine.
And now, more of that footage — we assume from the same initial leak — is starting to appear online. We won't be posting the specifics here, but we've seen a fairly lengthy gameplay clip that shows the man himself traversing an open world environment. He then gets into a big old fight with some shady mercenary types.
Now, obviously, the footage is very early. A lot of the assets aren't anywhere close to being finished, and the animations are extremely hit and miss. However, you can absolutely see the DNA of Marvel's Spider-Man in how the camera follows Wolverine and how he interacts with the environment (web-swinging aside, of course). The combat appears to be much bloodier, though, as you'd probably expect.
Anyway, since videos like this seem to be doing the rounds again, we'd advise caution if you're looking to avoid anything on Marvel's Wolverine ahead of its eventual re-reveal.
Are you looking forward to seeing Marvel's Wolverine in action? Try not to brutalise anyone in the comments section below.
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Im sure they said something about re scripting parts of the story in light of the leak.
So sad we live in a world where data beaches and hacking exist as a thing.
The footage makes the game look pretty dull to me. Like a weird combo of God of War and Spider-Man.
Just watched them on YouTube and it looks pretty good in my opinion, not much more you can expect from playing as Wolverine. Definitely be keeping an eye on this one but so far it's day one.
I've been trying to avoid the previously leaked footage, but accidentally saw it on Facebook. 😩 Hopefully I can avoid this.
That sucks. Not gonna watch the footage. I wish people would just let devs make games an please somebody think of their IT teams and stop hacking companies!
Some of these comments are exactly why these leaks are so dangerous - the game is not finished, and most what makes a game triple A game (graphics, smoothness, overall feel) only come in late when the structure is finished. But some people judge a game as a finished product from these leaks...
I'm not gonna watch the video. But i really hate these leakers and hackers.
This is no surprise. There was already a leaked build of the game.
Annoying, pointless and disruptive...
Buuuuut I also hope the claws in the game aren't just extensions of the spider-man punches 😪 so maybe insomniac can take some feedback for the betterment of the game. One claw punch and you are dead, random generic mercenary.
Put those claws away until it's killing time, bub.
Not gonna watch any leak, but it’s baffling that with all the stuff already out there they haven’t made any announcement whatsoever, we know -a game- is coming next year before Wolverine, if there’s no showcase this year with that announcement I truly don’t understand Sony’s communication.
@IOI Because Sony are not going to show stuff till it's good and ready, we got the first Spider-man 2 gameplay just months before release as an example.
Sony really need to just show this off already.
I just can't believe in this game. Spiderman 2, with all the polish and production value, was extremely safe game. And Wolverine game simply can't be safe, it wouldn't work. In any case, I wish Insomniac wouldn't turn into Marvel games studio, but that will probably happen.
@DennisReynolds Why should Sony react to a handful of leaks? Best wait till the game is looking as good as it can be, anyone who's judging the game based on a stolen very early build of the game don't have a clue about game development.
@__jamiie It doesn't look great, I agree. But there's a reason we don't see most games in this state with a lot of placeholder animations and content. Many games only really come together in the final months of development. I have a lot of faith in Insomniac.
@UntilRespawn I also hate leaks but if they do happen curiosity gets the better of some of us. Even in this early stage we can see the structure and how the world will operate, sort of. Honestly it looks like Spider-Man 2 with Wolverine swapped in 😅 it's early I know let's see if we get a trailer by the end of the year.
I'm very concerned that Insomniac, one of the best studios in existence, is being turned into a Marvel game factory. This is a waste of their considerable talents imo.
Not gonna watch anything out of respect for the devs. They have been through a lot lately and judging by how they're treated by their "fans" on Twitter, I'll just say i feel bad for them.
@AdamNovice Then don't announce games years and years before you're ready to even show anything. Wanna know something the only reason i'm kinda excited for Spider-Man 2's post launch plans this year is because of the leaks and what they revealed the DLC plan is, Sony don't seem to care to reveal it themselves though despite just having a SoP where they could have showed it off. Sony just seem to be sitting on its arse relying on life service hero shooter trash, AdBot, an Until Dawn remaster no one cares for and a Lego game. Wolverine and SM2 dlc reveal would have done wonders for that SoP.
@armondo36 agreed. although it is a bit late to begin worrying as their fate over the next 5 years has already been sealed. but i would also argue that ratchet and clank became less interesting during the ps3 era and yet they kept cranking those out too (along with resistence). hopefully they will move on from everything and take on some new IP in the ps6 era.
@Ravix I've watched the footage and ive seen some others.
I can confirm the claws are retractable and it seems like they are aiming for a diverse set of combos of claws and punches.
Won't say anymore.
There’s a grown man in a spidey suit talkin about it on YouTube. Bloody hell….
ain’t no super hero game topping the arkham games
I think it's gonna end up being as average and generic as the Spiderman games. Nothing wrong if you like that with shiny graphics but I'm hoping I'm proved wrong.
I just watched and going only by gameplay fighting and traversal it’s got a long long way to go to capture the overall enthusiasm that spider man had and obtaining a unique gameplay identity.
Fingers crossed for this one.
A story about another Sony leak...weird that so many PC players have resisted giving Sony access to their info
I have plenty enough to hold my interest until Insomniac is ready to reveal what they wish to show us. I'll hold off on looking for premature reveals, spoilers and the likes until the developer is ready to show this off. I'm interested in the game already so no harm in waiting.
Not sure about others but I think the whole super hero thing is so overplayed. Also everything from last century is over played and over used. I get it last century had more creativity in the west. It would be nice if companies created new IPs instead of being so safe chasing what already was/is successful from the past.
Oh no. I thought Insomniac once said it would not be open-world?
@DennisReynolds
From what ive heard (not seen), its probably still too early for them to show anything decent yet - I take the point that they showed it too early, but with this game they unusually (for recent sony) teased it way early, listening to that part of the fan base who want reveals 4yrs out.
Agree that they are sat on their hands while finishing widly loathed GAAS (I hate these games), and relying on the not really needed until dawn remaster and Lego game.
However, Astro bot is an oddity - remember all their talk about no major games / IPs this year - they either A didnt have faith astro would be popular, or B forgot it was due this year! (Im really looking forwards to it tho).
Adding to what you have said though, Wolverine when it arrives will be the 4th major game (counting MM but not SM remake) Insomniac have put out this generation - usually i dont care for early teasers but what on earth have some other studios been doing. Count me in for SM2 dlc - i didnt care it was similar to the previous game(s), sometimes thats a good thing and i loved it anyway!
@Vaako007 They do create new IP's but no one watches or plays them, one of the biggest AAA flops of 2023 was a new IP. Anyway superhero games have barely started, hopefully the Venom game and X-Men game really do happen.
@DennisReynolds which is one is it u guys get mad when they show up things too quick then u get mad when they don't show anything they working on so what choice do u want?
@Rich33 You say too early to show anything but the leaks point to a 2025 release for Wolverine. A quick trailer that shows in engine cutscenes, shows us Logan's design and reveals whose playing him is all we need right now, that's how the first Spidey game was revealed after all at E3.
@8bitOG weird how many other companies get hacked that have more information then Sony has on u lmao. Tell that to most every phone company out there they all been hacked yet u still give them your information
@Slayer25c I get annoyed when they reveal a game with sod all info and then not talk about it for years and years. If you have nothing to show they don't reveal it.
@DennisReynolds
Maybe im wrong - it was a while ago - but im sure that they said the hack (and reworking of the story/game to make it different from the hacked version) was going to put them back a considerable while, so 2025 may not even be the target any longer.
@__jamiie that's essentially what it is, i suppose! 3rd (mutant) person action/adventure game, with a focus on fast-paced, hand to hand combat...
@Sequel In the very first xmen film, I'm sure he says to Rogue that it hurts every time he extends/ retracts his claws (as one would imagine it might). Would be cool to see this implemented in-game somehow, like losing health for using claws, but getting a buff to your damage output.
@IOI Why would they respond to stolen stuff from a game that is not ready. If its ready they will show something the hack will probably setback the game too.
@OldGamer999 It's like a unfinished product that has been stolen....
@Flaming_Kaiser
I know what it is, but rightly or wrongly it was just my opinion.
I want nothing more than the game to an amazing top end AAA. Because I really could do with one.
I’m a patient man so I have no problem with waiting for official footage. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this when it’s time.
Considering marvel property is at all-time low now, I wish insomniac make a new ip / non superhero games rather than become a marvel games studio.
Back in the day, devs used to release screenshots of their games progress every few months to game mags. Maybe if they started doing that again these hackers will lose their incentive. They're pretty much doing it for the attention right?
@8bitOG This leaked wasn't because hacker breached PSN security but from Insomniac database which is separated from Sony / PSN server.
And no service safe from hackers, not even Steam but i'm sure you and other PC players gladly gave your info to uncle Gabe
https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/77000-steam-accounts-are-hacked-and-raided-every-month/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/steam-store-spreaded-malware-after-hacker-hijacked-developer-accounts
@z0d15g0d Are there still any printed gaming magz out there outside Famitsu? iirc, GamePro, PSM, Nintendo Power, Edge, Game Informer, EGM, etc are either dead or became online only.
@PuppetMaster @Slayer25c
@PuppetMaster There aren't that many around anymore. I was giving an example of how things used to be. Now it's just a comment or so a year from the devs. If they did drip reveals like they used to these hackers would most likely give up. They'd probably drum up even more hype for their games as gamers try to dissect what's happening in the images.
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