While Marvel’s Wolverine is illegally playable and Sony has taken out its claws, the studio Insomniac Games has officially commented on this disastrous situation.
Just this morning we learned that Sony has taken action against the illegally playable version of Marvel’s Wolverine. The Japanese company managed to detect people who downloaded this non-final build and sent DMCA requests for copyright infringement. With the obligation to delete this version. A few days after this major attack, the teams wanted to send a message.
A post from Insomniac Games about hacking Marvel’s Wolverine
This week Insomniac Games experienced probably one of the worst chapters in its history. The studio was the victim of a very targeted attack by a hacker group. The company in question assumed that it had attacked the structure for convenience. But because the members also knew that they would succeed in a blackmail attempt, which failed. A nightmare for the developers at Insomniac Games. Several of them took the blame and commented on X, but this time there is an official statement on the recent leak of Marvel’s Wolverine and other projects.
Thank you for your compassion and unwavering support, it touches us deeply. We are both saddened and angry about the recent criminal cyberattack on our studio. And the emotional impact it had on our team. Over the last few days we have been focusing on ourselves and supporting each other.
We are aware that the stolen data includes personal information about our current employees. But also former colleagues and independent employees. But they also contain the first development details for Marvel’s Wolverine on PS5. We continue to work to quickly determine what data was affected. This experience was extremely painful for us. We want everyone to enjoy the games we create as they were intended and as our players deserve.
However, like Logan, Insomniac shows resilience. Development of Marvel’s Wolverine continues as planned. The game is in the production phase and it is certain that, like all our projects, it will evolve significantly as it develops. While we appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm, we will share official information about Marvel’s Wolverine with you in due course. On behalf of the entire Insomniac team, we thank you for your support during this difficult time.
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Are there any changes expected for the PS5 game and future projects?
The developers are going through a difficult time, but are there for each other and will continue their work on Marvel’s Wolverine. But will there be consequences for PlayStation exclusivity? Probably not with the game itself, and there’s no reason why this should be the case with the other leaked PS5/PS6 games. As a reminder, productions in development included Marvel’s Venom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 3, a new Ratchet and Clank and a possible multiplayer app Marvel’s Spider-Verse. Unless Sony decides to scrap projects to really cook them up on their premises.
