Insomniac hackers release Wolverine, more Marvel games and new IP details

thesixthaxis.com:

Details of Insomniac’s future games have been released onlin amidst a major data breach at the company, revealing further games based around Marvel characters, timing of the next Ratchet & Clank game, and when the studio will next look to build out a new IP.

This has come after a ransomware group attacked Insomniac in recent weeks, attempting to hold a trove of sensitive data about the studio’s work, its employees and the company in general hostage in exchange for a payout.

Following a proof-of-hack release last week, Sony issued a statement to VGC saying, “We are aware of reports that Insomniac Games has been the victim of a cyber security attack. We are currently investigating this situation. We have no reason to believe that any other SIE or Sony divisions have been impacted.”

Sony clearly hasn’t paid up, as Cyber Daily is now reporting that the hacker group has released over 1.3 million files and 1.67TB of data, including everything from internal screenshots of in-development games, to employment documentation, internal HR documents, and even scans of passports. There’s apparently  a bootable version of Wolverine included, as well. This is reportedly 98% of the stolen data, with the remaining 2% seemingly having been sold to someone.

Amongst this are the studio’s future plans from a presentation deck made in July 2023.

With the recently released Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, there was a curious statement by Tony Todd, the famous horror actor who lent his voice to the character of Venom, stating that only around 10% of his recordings had been used. It seems that a Venom game spin-off is in the works for late 2025 that would explain that statement, likely something to the Spider-Man: Miles Morales game that launched in 2020 in