Video game companies are increasingly becoming targets for hackers. Insomniac Games, the makers of Spider-Man recently suffered a data breach from a ransomware attack. The breach, which was confirmed by Sony, led to the compromise of sensitive employee information.
The attack was reportedly orchestrated by a group called “Rhysida”. As proof of their hack, the group posted the personal data of current and ex-employees including passport images. One of the personal information shared was that of Yuri Lowenthal, the voice actor for Peter Parker in Spider-Man 2.
The group gave Insomniac seven days to make an undisclosed payment, or they would make all the data public. On its website, the group is running an auction for the data which starts at around $2 million in bitcoin.
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“With just 7 days on the clock, seize the opportunity to bid on exclusive, unique, and impressive data,” read the message on their website. “Open your wallets and be ready to buy exclusive data. We sell only to one hand, no reselling, you will be the only owner!”
In addition to the leaked employee information, new images of Marvel’s Wolverine were leaked online as well as references to upcoming projects. Some of the leaked documents were posted on Reddit by GamingLeaksAndRumors. However, the post has now been deleted.
Insider Gaming spotted the post before it was deleted and reported that three of the yet-to-be-announced titles are Spider-Verse, Spider-Man 3, and RCE. It has been previously reported that Insomniac is working on a multiplayer project which fans now speculate to be the Spider-Verse.
“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,” replied u/poklane to the Reddit post. “Full suit customization, select what powers you want.”
Insomniac started developing Marvel’s Wolverine alongside Spider-Man 2. However, along the way priority was given to Spider-Man 2. With the release of Spider-Man 2, Wolverine is the next in line with a release officially scheduled for 2024.
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The big question on the minds of Insomniac fans is when the studio will announce its next title. Nevertheless, many believe the Spider-Verse game will likely follow the success of the studio’s Spider-Man franchise if properly executed.
Insomniac’s Spider-Man franchise has been a huge success for the studio with the first game in the series selling 33 million copies as of May 2022. This year’s Spider-Man 2 sold 2.5 million copies in the first 24 hours making it Sony’s fastest-selling first-party game to date.
Insomniac announces delay of Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plus
On Wednesday, December 13, 2023, Insomniac posted a message on X informing fans of Spider-Man 2 that the promised New Game+ will be delayed until early 2024. The studio said they need more time to test the update to ensure it meets the standard they have set for themselves.
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“We have some news about the next game update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” Insomniac began in their message. “We know players have been eagerly awaiting features such as New Game+ and Audio Descriptions, among many more. We have been working vigilantly on these features and require more testing to ensure the quality is up to our standards.”
Insomniac also mentioned that they will be adding some of the highly requested features from fans of the franchise to the game “including the ability to change the time of day, swap tendril colors, and replay missions”.
A few weeks ago, Tony Todd, the voice actor for Venom in Spider-Man 2 revealed that only 10% of the dialogue he recorded for the character made it to Spider-Man 2 which made fans believe that Insomniac may be working on the next installment or a spinoff.
