Insomniac Shares Big Update On Long-Delayed WOLVERINE Game As Rumors Of A New AVENGERS Title Surface

Insomniac Shares Big Update On Long-Delayed WOLVERINE Game As Rumors Of A New AVENGERS Title Surface

An Insomniac executive has shared a big update on the long-delayed Wolverine game, while we have a rumour pointing to Earth's Mightiest Heroes once again assembling on consoles. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Jan 23, 2025 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Heroes

Following the release of Spider-Man 2 (which drew a mixed response from gamers), the hope was that Insomniac might shift focus to Wolverine ahead of its rumoured 2024/2025 release. 

A huge data theft in December 2023 revealed the company's plans for Spider-Man 2 DLC and a Venom spin-off, along with various snippets of footage and story spoilers for Wolverine. Insomniac appears to have scrapped that Spidey content in response to the breach but what of the fan-favourite X-Man?

Talking to Variety following Insomniac co-founder Ted Price’s retirement, new co-studio head Chad Dezern said, "We’ve announced Wolverine, and we’d love to talk more about Wolverine, but we have to be like Logan today, and remain very stoic until it’s time to pop the claws down the road."

"As much as we’re as much as we have pent-up excitement, we got to hold on to it," he continued. "So that’s, that’s about as much as we could say about our upcoming projects today."

So, Wolverine is still happening but doesn't appear to be taking shape as quickly as we'd hoped seeing as it was first announced way back in 2021.

In related video game news, scooper Daniel Richtman is reporting that a new Avengers game is in the works. That's unrelated to Crystal Dynamics' Marvel's Avengers, a release widely considered a disaster (not only were reviews poor but sales were dismal). 

Shortly after the game's release, Marvel's Avengers creative director Cezar Virtosu pointed to a difficult development process being at the heart of its problems. 

"It was a challenging production, let's say," he said, clearly unwilling to divulge too much about where things went wrong. He did, however, add, "I apologize for that" when asked for his thoughts on the finished product. Clearly, Virtosu was no happier than fans when it came to how the game turned out. 

There are multiple Marvel games on the way, including a Captain America and Black Panther team-up and a solo Iron Man adventure. We'd imagine Insomniac has something big planned for Spider-Man 3 somewhere down the line too. 

You may recall that there were rumblings last October about a game set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If this mysterious Avengers title is that, then it would be pretty incredible to take control of the original six between the events of The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, for example. 

As always, keep checking back here for updates as we have them. 

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Forthas
Forthas - 1/23/2025, 6:43 PM
Since no one is using this space, I am going to post my x-men fan cast...


Robin Greer....as Scott Summers
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Jessica Allain...as Storm
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Paul Mescal...as Wolverine
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Sadie Sink...as Jean Grey
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Domhnall Gleeson ...as Charles Xavier
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Sam Claflin...as Magneto
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Trevante Rhodes...as Bishop
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Uli Latukefu ...as Apocalypse
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Austin Butler...as Gambit
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Joey King...as Rogue
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Katherine McNamara ...as Emma Frost
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Raffey Cassidy...as Magik
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Jaeden Martell...as Night Crawler
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Xolo Maridueña...as Sunspot
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Jack Reynor...as Beast
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Aisling Franciosi...as Syrin
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Moisés Arias...as Toad
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Dacre Montgomery...as Pyro
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Harris Dickinson...as Colossus
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Nell Tiger Free...as Mystique
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Brock O'Hurn...as Sabretooth
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Alfie Allen...as Azazel
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Lucas Hedges...Iceman
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