Almost two years have passed since Insomniac Games suffered one of the biggest security breaches to occur in the video game industry. The leak exposed a massive amount of information on various projects in development, including an early build of the previously announced Wolverine and the studio’s full release schedule, which included several titles like a new Ratchet & Clank game and a Spider-Man spin-off centered on Venom.
Shortly after the incident, Insomniac released a statement confirming that development of Wolverine would continue as planned. However, this was followed by a period of radio silence that only fueled uncertainty among fans, raising doubts about the current state of several titles seen in the leaks.
As some may know, at least one project from this leaked roadmap has already been scrapped: the three planned DLCs for Spider-Man 2. These were centered on the villains Carnage and Beetle, with a third intended to tie in with the movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Nonetheless, with the launch of the game’s PC port, Insomniac officially declared they had no intention of releasing additional content, effectively ending these plans.
This clear movement happening behind the scenes makes us wonder about the current state of projects like Wolverine and Venom, but fortunately, we’ve received updates on both.
Someone familiar with the situation has confirmed to us that Wolverine will stick to the 2026 scheduled release seen in the leaks and that the Venom project remains in development. Additionally, we have also managed to gather some extra details about Venom based on information we’ve come across.
Venom Spin-Off And Other New Projects Are On the Way
The most important information we received from our main source is that Wolverine is still on track for a 2026 release, and Venom has been in active development. While we haven’t been able to determine how advanced the Venom project is, if we assume Wolverine remains the priority, it’s likely that the game is still in pre-production.
There are also some details from the story that we got from a different source, but since we couldn’t verify these, we recommend that you take these tidbits with a grain of salt. One of these would be that Eddie Brock will take the protagonist’s role. This might seem obvious to some, given what happened to the last user of the symbiote in Spider-Man 2. Still, it helps us to rule out the possibility of other symbiote users taking the lead, such as Flash Thompson, who was Agent Venom in the comics, or even an original character. We also know that, at least visually, this Eddie Brock will be closer to his comic book counterpart, more so than his live-action rendition played by Tom Hardy in the Venom films.
On the topic of characters, the Venom game would also see the return of Cletus Kasady as Carnage, who was previously leaked as the main villain of the game based on internal slideshows from the breach. Additionally, Anti-Venom would be featured, but not the version controlled by Peter Parker. Instead, we would see the more monstrous-looking version from the comics that Eddie Brock eventually uses. As with Peter Parker and his struggle with Venom, Eddie can maintain total control over his persona with Anti-Venom, so this could play a significant role in the story.
As a final note, we’ve also come across some clues that suggest that Insomniac is currently working to include Miguel O’Hara, also known as Spider-Man 2099, in one of their projects. While we don’t know if it will be in Venom, it’s more likely that this is related to Spider-Man 3. As some may remember, the multiverse was hinted at through a mission in the last game of the series as a tie-in to the Spider-Verse movies. A simple nod, but the leaked cancelled DLC did indicate that this would be expanded on more. With it cancelled, it will most likely now lead to a different storyline, or at least another tie-in mission.
So, when can we expect Venom to be released? That is certainly a complicated question, as even Insomniac’s plans from 2023 showed changes to the scheduled release date.
It was originally planned to be released at the end of this year, but the most recent data from the leaks placed it in 2027. We now assume that this date depends on whether the project has undergone significant changes in scale, considering that what was leaked was comparable in size to the Spider-Man: Miles Morales game.
Based on a Business Presentation from Sony in June, Wolverine won’t be released until at least the start of fiscal year 2026, which begins in April. With this in mind, we can’t realistically expect to see Venom anytime soon. However, the fate of the symbiote spin-off remains to be officially confirmed.
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