Marvel's Wolverine PS5: Everything we know so far
Marvel's Wolverine is among our most anticipated upcoming PS5 games for 2024 and beyond, and for very good reason. Developer Insomniac Games is hard at work on this standalone new Wolverine game that's being built expressly for PS5, meaning sometime in the near future we'll be showing our adamantine claws as Logan himself. Even with the cinematic Deadpool and Wolverine release date inching closer and closer, we're keeping an eye firmly fixed on Insomniac's next move.
Unfortunately, details of Marvel's Wolverine and other incoming supehero PS5 games were stolen from Insomniac during a ransomware attack in late 2023. You'll only find officially announced information on this page, though, ensuring nothing gets spoiled before the developer is ready to tell us about it.
Announced three years ago in 2021 and hot on the heels of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, it's no surprise that this PlayStation Studios title is shrouded in secrecy. With plot details kept firmly under wraps, maybe some of the best Wolverine stories in Marvel Comics can shed some light on what to expect from Insomniac?
The studio has already delivered two of the best PS5 games of the generation in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, so it's safe to say that Logan will get getting a video game treatment befitting his blockbusting name as one of the best X-Men members of all time. Right now, that's pretty much all we know for certain about Insomniac's work-in-progress.
This sparse intel hasn't stopped Marvel's Wolverine from fast becoming one of the most exciting upcoming Marvel games ever, being a dedicated action experience featuring an X-Men fan favorite. The good news is, as of 2024, production on Marvel's Wolverine does appear to be ramping up, with Insomniac's senior cinematic animator recently revealing that they had shifted their attention from Marvel's Spider-Man 2 to Wolverine. For now, keep on reading to find everything we know so far about the new Wolverine PS5 game as the year unfolds.
Marvel's Wolverine news
Marvel's Wolverine reveal trailer
The Marvel's Wolverine reveal trailer is 53 seconds of pure joy. It opens up in the aftermath of a barroom brawl, the room littered with blood and bodies as our favorite adamantium-clawed Mutant enjoys a short. That bar, our friends over at Newsarama have surmised, is the Princess Bar – AKA Logan's home away from home on the island of Madripoor, which you may also have spotted in Episode 3 of Falcon and The Winter Soldier. A brawler pulls a knife, Logan pops his claws, fade to black – let the wait for another look at the game in action begin!
Marvel's Wolverine release date is unconfirmed
Marvel's Wolverine has no firm release date or window. But if we're expectation-setting here, you should expect a lengthy wait. Insomniac currently has its hands full with one team working on Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and another on Marvel's Wolverine. Ryan Schneider, head of franchise strategy at Insomniac, noted that the game was in "very early in development" back in 2021, and there's been some suggestion that Wolverine could launch as early as Fall 2024.
But while we await official confirmation, there's a good chance that we're in for quite a wait, especially as Insomniac wants to deliver an "emotional narrative and cutting-edge gameplay".
Marvel's Wolverine development
Marvel's Wolverine is being developed by Insomniac Games, the developers behind Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. The studio has grown tremendously since it was acquired by Sony and integrated into the PlayStation Studios portfolio, giving it the resources to produce multiple ambitious games all at once. Development will be led by creative director Brian Horton and game director Cameron Christian, who spearheaded the creative team for Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Logan is in safe hands, is what we're saying.
Marvel's Wolverine setting
The presence of The Princess Bar in the reveal trailer at the very least signals that Logan won't be stuck at the Xavier Institute. If anything, teasing the island of Madripoor this early on could signal that Marvel's Wolverine will be a globe-trotting adventure. That's speculation for now, but it's worth pointing out the rumors that Marvel's Wolverine could be set as part of a broader universe that encompasses the Insomniac Spider-Man games. While Ryan Schneider, head of franchise strategy at Insomniac, explained that this was a "standalone game" he does drop this tease: "Being able to build a new, original universe with Spider-Man and now Wolverine is such an honor for so many of us at Insomniac Games."
Marvel's Wolverine gameplay predictions
The Marvel's Wolverine trailer does make a point of explaining that the images we are seeing are "not actual gameplay" but that isn't to say we don't have any idea of how it's going to play. Insomniac is known for its slick, kinetic, third-person action-adventure games – Sunset Overdrive, Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man are proof of that. Insomniac wouldn't say either way, but Ryan Schneider, head of franchise strategy, did say the following: "one of the key elements that drew us to him is surprisingly not that different from Spider-Man: Both heroes feel deeply compelled to defend people who are less able to do so", before adding, "In the vein of our Spider-Man games, our goal here is to not only respect the DNA of what makes the character so popular, but also look for opportunities to make it feel fresh and truly reflect the Insomniac spirit."
Is Wolverine a PS5 exclusive?
Marvel's Wolverine is a PS5 exclusive, and will not be coming to PS4. While Spider-Man: Miles Morales was a cross-gen game when it launched alongside the PS5, Insomniac soon followed it with Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – a PS5 platform exclusive. Insomniac has fully turned its attention to the new generation console and is working to squeeze every once of power out of it that it can.
Insomniac is yet to confirm who we'll be fighting, but you have to believe it'll be a selection of the best Wolverine villains.
