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Leaked documents from an Insomniac Games ransomware attack could suggest that the developers are working on a new Spider-Verse game.

The ransomware attack was confirmed by Sony, which confirmed that sensitive employee information was compromised.

As well as the employee information, new images of Marvel’s Wolverine also leaked online, in addition to some references about upcoming projects.

Spotted by Reddit user /u/sut345, three of these yet-to-be-announced projects are RCE, Spider-Man 3, and Spider-Verse.

It’s already known that Insomniac is working on a multiplayer project, which has led fans to speculate that it could be the Spider-Verse project.

“I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if Insomniac’s multiplayer game is a Spider-Verse game where you get to create your own Spider character. Full suit customization, select what powers you want,” said Reddit user /u/poklane.

Marvel’s Wolverine is set to be Insomniac Games’ next project, scheduled to release in 2024.

It’s unclear when we’ll next hear about the studio’s next titles, but a multiplayer Spider-Verse game could be great if done correctly.

Leaked Insomniac Documents Could Suggest a Spider-Verse Game is in Development

Leaked documents from an Insomniac Games ransomware attack could suggest that the developers are working on a new Spider-Verse game.

insider-gaming.com

 

[R3TRO]

If the art style matches up then I'd be there day one.

 

[Flabagast]

How horrifying.

Please make an original IP instead

 

[Mr Moose]

Spider-Man 2 side-quest might've suggested as much.

 

[Fake]

Mild shock.

 

[Flutta]

Spider-GaaS lets goooooo

 

[SmokedMeat]

Never would’ve expected this in a million years.

 

[Topher]

Insomniac
Inspideriac?

 

[March Climber]

How horrifying.

Please make an original IP instead

Make a pitch to Insomniac and explain to them why they should avoid making hundreds of millions.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I had this brilliant idea for a game. It's called Spiderman 4. It's basically a prettier version of Spiderman 3, Spiderman 2, Miles Morales, and 2018 Spiderman. You need a new story of course, perhaps Lex Luthor is the bad guy this time...maybe he's about to get his hands on a superweapon or something and Spiderman has to stop him. I want the graphics to be really nice. Spiderman shoots his webs.

Who's in?

If that one succeeds, I've been kicking around an idea for another game that y'all might like. Top secret right now though.

 

[Robb]

If it turns out to be singleplayer and they’re able to perfectly replicate the visuals and charm of the movies..

Would be a waste if it’s just a multiplayer title.

 

[JCK75]

They need to work on something else now, it's getting COD like with released and it's getting stale . Hit it again later in the gen

 

[mckmas8808]

Make a pitch to Insomniac and explain to them why they should avoid making hundreds of millions.

EXACTLY!!!! Like WTF people be talking about? And this game maybe for the PS6 for all we know.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Yay, Spider man super hero stuff, again.

 

[NEbeast]

I had this brilliant idea for a game. It's called Spiderman 4. It's basically a prettier version of Spiderman 3, Spiderman 2, Miles Morales, and 2018 Spiderman. You need a new story of course, perhaps Lex Luthor is the bad guy this time...maybe he's about to get his hands on a superweapon or something and Spiderman has to stop him. I want the graphics to be really nice. Spiderman shoots his webs.

Who's in?

If that one succeeds, I've been kicking around an idea for another game that y'all might like. Top secret right now though.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

You won't be yawning when I show you the super weapon Lex Luthor is trying to get his hands on. It'll be a bio virus! Super deadly! Spiderman shoot his web.

 

[//DEVIL//]

They bought the studio just to make spider man games...

for the past 10 years ? all we getting is spider man. gow , last of the banana, horizon fat bitch.

how much boring this has to be ?

Where is Wipe out. Twisted Metal , Kinetica, Warhawk, Destruction Derby, Ape Escape, Killzone, Jax and daxter, Resistance, Motorstorm, Syphon filter and much more ?

Nope. another spider man. another alloy, another kratos.

 

[midnightAI]

Where is Wipe out. Twisted Metal , Kinetica, Warhawk, Destruction Derby, Ape Escape, Killzone, Jax and daxter, Resistance, Motorstorm, Syphon filter and much more ?

Nope. another spider man. another alloy, another kratos.

So you don't want sequels, but instead want sequels?

 

[Mr Moose]

They bought the studio just to make spider man games...

for the past 10 years ? all we getting is spider man. gow , last of the banana, horizon fat bitch.

how much boring this has to be ?

Where is Wipe out. Twisted Metal , Kinetica, Warhawk, Destruction Derby, Ape Escape, Killzone, Jax and daxter, Resistance, Motorstorm, Syphon filter and much more ?

Nope. another spider man. another alloy, another kratos.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Wikipedia

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Wolverine in other media - Wikipedia

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[Sushi_Combo]

ugh ffs. We will never see anything else from this Studio then.

 

[Shut0wen]

Spider verse are cool movies but miles is literally the worst part of the game

 

[midnightAI]

ugh ffs. We will never see anything else from this Studio then.

Literally one post above yours

 

[onnextflix5]

Looks like we are getting another ratchet and clank, cool I guess, wanted a new ip, but hopefully its much better then the last 2 entries, they need change up the gameplay, it’s getting a bit stale now.

 

[Beechos]

Woohoo gaas spiderman here we go!!! I guess this can turn out to be what gotham knights and suicide squad done right. A game where a bunch of different spider people can all fight crime together.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Spider-GaaS lets goooooo

First thought that came to mind.

It smells like GAAS. Jim's parting fck you to the PS community.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Would buy that day one barring them not promoting their ideologies too glaring in the game.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Literally one post above yours

Ugh a mid Ratchet & Clank game and another Marvel Game. Not a lot of to look forward to.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

They bought the studio just to make spider man games...

for the past 10 years ? all we getting is spider man. gow , last of the banana, horizon fat bitch.

how much boring this has to be ?

Where is Wipe out. Twisted Metal , Kinetica, Warhawk, Destruction Derby, Ape Escape, Killzone, Jax and daxter, Resistance, Motorstorm, Syphon filter and much more ?

Nope. another spider man. another alloy, another kratos.

Sony's first big seller is Gran Turismo, so going forward that franchise is the only thing PD makes. They even tried branching out to that motorcycle game and immediately went back to GT

The second biggie is GOW, same thing. Only thing SSM makes.

The reason why you listed a ton of dormant franchises is because the rest of their games never sold well. They shotgunned so many games and some were hit and miss, they never focused.

But once games like UC, TLOU, Horizon, Spiderman were giant hits, now those studios practically focused entirely on those franchises. Its so focused on specific franchises that even a great IP like UC which gets great reviews and sales doesn't even get a sequel since TLOU is bigger.

Nintendo found their Mario, Zelda, Smash, Kart long time ago. MS found their Halo, Forza, Gears pillars. Sony needed extra time to find more keystone franchises to go with GT and GOW. Now they got them. Sony promoting all their games and genres was PR since they did it needing to find which other IPs can be cornerstone sales generators. Now that they got 5-6 big names, the rest of the IPs are dust collectors (not needed anymore).

 

[Wastelander92]

Hope RCE is a Resistance collection and not another Ratchet.

 

[mckmas8808]

Sony's first big seller is Gran Turismo, so going forward that franchise is the only thing PD makes. They even tried branching out to that motorcycle game and immediately went back to GT

The second biggie is GOW, same thing. Only thing SSM makes.

The reason why you listed a ton of dormant franchises is because the rest of their games never sold well. They shotgunned so many games and some were hit and miss, they never focused.

But once games like UC, TLOU, Horizon, Spiderman were giant hits, now those studios practically focused entirely on those franchises. Its so focused on specific franchises that even a great IP like UC which gets great reviews and sales doesn't even get a sequel since TLOU is bigger.

Nintendo found their Mario, Zelda, Smash, Kart long time ago. MS found their Halo, Forza, Gears pillars. Sony needed extra time to find more keystone franchises to go with GT and GOW. Now they got them. Sony promoting all their games and genres was PR since they did it needing to find which other IPs can be cornerstone sales generators. Now that they got 5-6 big names, the rest of the IPs are dust collectors (not needed anymore).

And the list keeps getting bigger. They now have Ghost of Tsuimha and possibly Wolverine too!

 

[Torrent of Pork]

FFS can Insomniac please do something other than capeshit? This is literally the first time I'm trying to justify buying a PlayStation console.

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

They bought the studio just to make spider man games...

If you ignore the other games, yeah

 

[nial]

They bought the studio just to make spider man games...

for the past 10 years ? all we getting is spider man. gow , last of the banana, horizon fat bitch.

how much boring this has to be ?

Where is Wipe out. Twisted Metal , Kinetica, Warhawk, Destruction Derby, Ape Escape, Killzone, Jax and daxter, Resistance, Motorstorm, Syphon filter and much more ?

Nope. another spider man. another alloy, another kratos.

Not even as bad as them milking the hell out of Ape Escape from 2004 to 2008.
Also, we're getting Astro Bot, Demon's Souls, Returnal, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Helldivers, Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade all through this gen.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Not even as bad as them milking the hell out of Ape Escape from 2004 to 2008.
Also, we're getting Astro Bot, Demon's Souls, Returnal, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Helldivers, Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade all through this gen.

Death standing. Rise of ronin and some other games you mentioned are not 1st party games.

Sony in general have better exclusives than both MS and Nintendo combined but not because of their first party games. Because of their 3rd party exclusives. Stuff like final fantasy and death standing .

I want to see more bold Sony. Twisted metal was a hit.even the series did well. Where is the game ? Hell a remake of twisted metal 2 is fine by me

 

[LQX]

This could end up amazing as they could potentially introduce many different incarnations of Spider-Man that are not just a suit swaps.

 

[nial]

Death standing. Rise of ronin and some other games you mentioned are not 1st party games.

Yes, they are. But going by your logic, if it isn't first-party because it's not made in-house, why even bring up Twisted Metal, Warhawk (the original one was made by SingleTrac), Resistance and Destruction Derby?

 

[midnightAI]

Ugh a mid Ratchet & Clank game and another Marvel Game. Not a lot of to look forward to.

Unless you like those games, then there's loads to look forward to (which includes me)

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

I want to see more bold Sony. Twisted metal was a hit.even the series did well. Where is the game ? Hell a remake of twisted metal 2 is fine by me

Now, I agree with you.
The PS3 gen was peak Sony. Hell, Twisted Metal Remake for PS3 was great, they fucked up the online, unfortunately. It was impossible to find others most of the time. However, on the rare occasions when you did find other players, it was a hell of a lot of fun.

 

[Trilobit]

Woah! This is going to look so good if they nail the Spider-verse look and feel. Well, maybe not the framerate of the movie.

I hope we get Noir sections with great stealth.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Cool, I'll make sure to skip it if true.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Unless you like those games, then there's loads to look forward to (which includes me)

More power to those who are excited, that's great. Unfortunately for some we'll not get anymore IP's that were once previously available. Insomniac is sitting on a goldmine of them which is kind of a travesty.

 

[midnightAI]

More power to those who are excited, that's great. Unfortunately for some we'll not get anymore IP's that were once previously available. Insomniac is sitting on a goldmine of them which is kind of a travesty.

While I'd like to see another Resistance, what else?

 

[Mister Wolf]

Hope RCE is a Resistance collection and not another Ratchet.

Would buy that day one.

 

[EDMIX]

How horrifying.

Please make an original IP instead

no

ugh ffs. We will never see anything else from this Studio then.

I mean...they are literally working on Wolverine

 

[Revolutionary]

If the art style matches up then I'd be there day one.

This is Insomniac trying to emulate the Spider-Verse art style in 2023 (mild spoilers for collecting all the Spider-Bot collectibles):


It looks so fucking bad that I was convinced it was a visual bug, only for people to tell me that no, it's 100% intentional.

I suppose there's plenty of time to work on it but they've got a LONG way to go.

 

[Mr Moose]

This is Insomniac trying to emulate the Spider-Verse art style in 2023 (mild spoilers for collecting all the Spider-Bot collectibles):


It looks so fucking bad that I was convinced it was a visual bug, only for people to tell me that no, it's 100% intentional.

I suppose there's plenty of time to work on it but they've got a LONG way to go.

 

[Švejk]

RCE? Guess that's Ratchet & Clank Eternal. or something

 

[midnightAI]

RCE? Guess that's Ratchet & Clank Eternal. or something

Or Resistance something something

 

[ProtoByte]

A Spider-Verse game would not sell or be very good, especially as a multiplayer project.

That said, I'm not offended by Insomnjac doing more licensed stuff, as long as it's single player. Some of you guys are pretending like Insomniac hasn't spent most of its existence doing Ratchet and Clank games with the odd new IP here and there.

Plus, until they get a creative attitude readjustment away from happy go lucky kumbaya wokeness, I don't think a new IP from them with no anchors would be very appealing. They're set to destroy their Spider-Man momentum as is.

 

[WitchHunter]

Leaked Insomniac Documents Could Suggest a Spider-Verse Game is in Development

Leaked documents from an Insomniac Games ransomware attack could suggest that the developers are working on a new Spider-Verse game.

insider-gaming.com

The drunken bastards stole the memos of the janitor from the servers.