A recent photo shared by the Lead Animator on announced the PS5-exclusive Marvel's Wolverine game last September during PlayStation Showcase 2021. A brief teaser trailer accompanied the shocking reveal, showing Logan with bloody fists after an obviously chaotic bar fight.
Because the project likely remains in the nascent stages of production, developer Insomniac Games has shared very few details in the months since the Marvel's Wolverine reveal. The studio has confirmed a few noteworthy tidbits, though. For one, the Wolverine-starring adventure will take place in the same universe as Insomniac's award-winning Spider-Man series. Interestingly, the Story Lead for PlayStation 5's exclusive Wolverine title, Walt D. Williams, is renowned for having served as Lead Writer on Spec Ops: The Line. Hopes for the project couldn't be higher, though the wait to see it in action could last for quite a while longer.
As spotted by Push Square, Lead Animator on Marvel's Wolverine, Mike Yosh, recently shared a photo of an empty motion capture stage on his personal Twitter . While the short caption on Yosh's post doesn't offer much in the way of concrete details, his comment that the mocap studio won't be "peaceful and quiet" for very long has some fans convinced that Insomniac's Wolverine project is poised to begin mocap work in the near future. The Twitter post in question appears below:
These efforts could serve as little more than a testing phase. Regardless of the finer details, though, it's doubtful that Marvel's Wolverine will be ready to enter the spotlight anytime soon. After all, Insomniac Games shipped Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart within seven months of each other, and plans to release Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in 2023. A quick turnaround for an all-new IP after wrapping up multiple games back-to-back seems unlikely.
Insomniac Games entered the vast world of Marvel with its launch of Marvel's Spider-Man in September 2018, which offered an, action-packed open-world adventure that explored an older version of Peter Parker, one who'd already spent years behind the mask. A few story-centric DLC releases followed not too long thereafter, but the Insomniac-created universe especially grew in scope with 2020's beloved Miles Morales standalone adventure. Suffice it to say, everyone's favorite mutant is in good hands for Marvel's Wolverine.
Marvel's Wolverine is in development for PS5.
Source: Mike Yosh/Twitter (via Push Square)
