‘We Have to Be Like Logan Today and Remain Very Stoic’ — Insomniac Quiet on Whether Wolverine Will Make 2025

Wolverine is Insomniac’s next big game, but when will it come out? This year? Next year? The year after that? The developer won’t say, but did acknowledge what it called “pent up excitement” for the upcoming PlayStation game.

Following Insomniac co-founder Ted Price’s retirement, the studio has three new co-heads, and in an interview with Variety the trio kept their cards — or claws — close to their chests.

Co-studio head Chad Dezern refused to confirm or deny a 2025 release for Wolverine, instead offering this morsel:

“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. So that’s, that’s about as much as we could say about our upcoming projects today.”

We’ve heard nothing official on Wolverine since its reveal in 2021, save a shift in leadership reported in October. Previous creative director Brian Horton jumped ship to Xbox as the new creative director for Perfect Dark, which is being co-developed by The Initiative and Crystal Dynamics.

Unofficially, early Wolverine footage and information emerged from data stolen from Insomniac in December 2023.

“Thank you for the outpouring of compassion and unwavering support,” Insomniac wrote at the time. “It’s deeply appreciated.

“We’re both saddened and angered about the recent criminal cyberattack on our studio and the emotional toll it’s taken on our dev team. We have focused inwardly for the last several days to support each other.

“We are aware that the stolen data includes personal information belonging to our employees, former employees, and independent contractors. It also includes early development details about Marvel’s Wolverine for PlayStation 5. We continue working quickly to determine what data was impacted.

“This experience has been extremely distressing for us.

“We want everyone to enjoy the games we develop as intended and as our players deserve. However, like Logan… Insomniac is resilient. Marvel’s Wolverine continues as planned. The game is in early production and will no doubt greatly evolve throughout development, as do all our plans.

“While we appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm, we will share official information about Marvel’s Wolverine when the time is right.

“On behalf of everyone here at Insomniac, thank you for your ongoing support during this challenging time.”

The hackers who breached Insomniac demanded a 50 BTC (roughly $2 million) ransom to not release confidential data they obtained. The ransom was not paid and the info — 1.67 terabytes of data — was released. It contained videos and images of Marvel’s Wolverine, Insominac’s release slate through the early 2030s, and even personal information on staff.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].