Marvel's Wolverine Creative Director Left Insomniac Games to Join Xbox's Perfect Dark: Report
Insomniac Games is working on Marvel's Wolverine, first announced at PlayStation Showcase in 2021. There's been no update on the game or its release timeline since its reveal, but a reported leadership change has led to a new creative director and game director at the helm of the project. Brian Horton, who was confirmed as the creative director on Wolverine in 2021, has reportedly left the studio to join Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot in the same role.
Horton has not been involved with Marvel's Wolverine since this summer, a report in Game File, citing two sources familiar with the matter, claimed Wednesday. The PS5 exclusive now has a new creative director in Marcus Smith, a rep for Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) confirmed to Game File.
Additionally, the game director's chair at Marvel's Wolverine has a new occupant, as well. Mike Daly has reportedly taken over from Cameron Christian. The report claimed that Christian would remain at Insomniac Games, albeit in a different role. While the reasons for the leadership shuffle were not specified, the sources told the publication the changes stemmed from creative decisions around Wolverine.
Smith and Daly were previously in creative director and game director roles, respectively, on Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which was released on PS5 in 2021.
Horton, meanwhile, has reportedly taken up creative director duties at Xbox's Perfect Dark, the report said. Currently in development at Microsoft-backed The Initiative and Embracer Group-owned Crystal Dynamics, the first-person shooter reboot was announced at The Game Awards 2020 and received its first gameplay trailer earlier this year at Xbox Games Showcase in June. Horton previously served as creative director on Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
Marvel's Wolverine was revealed alongside Marvel's Spider-Man 2 at PlayStation Showcase in 2021. The game is confirmed to be set in Earth-1048 — the same universe as Insomniac's Spider-Man games.
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