Spider-Man 2 gamers holding out hope for a reducing probability of DLC

This week, PlayStation held its most up-to-date State of Play. Within the 40-minute showcase, we got glimpses on the upcoming DLC for Astro Bot, Alan Wake 2: The Lake House expansion, and Ghost of Yotei. As soon as obvious omission from the State of Play was a presence from Insomniac Video games. Gamers have lengthy speculated that whereas persevering with improvement on Marvel’s Wolverine, Insomniac may be cooking up some supplemental content material for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

We’re nearing the primary anniversary of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Insomniac Video games has steadily supported it on PlayStation 5 with The Fly N’ Contemporary Swimsuit Pack earlier this 12 months alongside New Sport Plus mode and high quality of life updates. Nevertheless, there’s not been a single affirmation that the group is engaged on extra story content material presently. Insomniac Video games has been eerily quiet as an entire, with no additional updates on Marvel’s Wolverine or a possible interstitial mission earlier than Marvel’s Spider-Man 3.

Inner plans could have been adjusted for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

This 12 months’s Insonmiac leak was a devastating blow, unearthing plans in movement throughout the studio

Again in December, Insomniac Video games was the goal of one of many largest leaks in gaming historical past. Insomniac Video games launched PlayStation’s fastest-selling first-party title on October twentieth, 2023. Over the course of 11 days, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 bought over 5 million models. It’s presently the best-selling PlayStation 5 sport. Nevertheless, come December, the wind was taken out of the sails of the studio. After hackers demanded $2 million, practically two terabytes of knowledge, renders, and different inside knowledge were leaked online. With out stepping into too many particulars, there have been indications that DLC was deliberate for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at one level throughout improvement.

Anybody acquainted with improvement cycles in video games can corroborate that plans change steadily. Whereas DLC might have at one level been in lively improvement, there’s no assure these plans will flourish into one thing that makes the market. Maybe assets had been scaled again or the group determined to make use of the time and finances on different initiatives. It’s additionally completely potential that following the leak, plans for DLC had been scrapped completely. Fascinated about it from the lens of being a inventive group, it’s extraordinarily disheartening to be passionately engaged on a mission just for the shock you deliberate for followers to slide out of your palms.

It’s additionally completely potential that DLC for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 isn’t able to be proven. In August, the official Insomniac Video games social account responded to an inquiry relating to new on DLC. “We don’t have something new to announce,” the account mentioned. Many had been fast to imagine this meant there wouldn’t be DLC. It might be the case that the event of New Sport Plus and go well with packs pushed the event of DLC again just a few months. It’s additionally vital to needless to say it’s not unusual for first-party PlayStation studios to drop DLC a 12 months faraway from launch. Final 12 months at The Sport Awards, Santa Monica Studios launched the God of Warfare Ragnarök: Valhalla DLC a 12 months after the sport hit PS5.

What’s subsequent for Insomniac Video games?

After launching Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, improvement is properly underway on different initiatives

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Again in 2021, Insomniac Video games delivered the surprising one-two-punch that was the primary trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine. Because it seems, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was additional alongside than the introduction of Logan within the Earth-1048 universe. Over time, the studio has been tinkering with the event of Marvel’s Wolverine. Sadly, we nonetheless don’t have a agency launch date for the brand new mission. Nevertheless, it has been speculated, given the event cycle, that the sport might be prepared someday in 2025.

On condition that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was so successful and that the sport tees up a serious battle on the horizon, it’s secure to say that Insomniac Video games is presently getting ready the brand new installment. As soon as once more, plans can all the time change and pivot, so any information that got here from the December leak shouldn’t be taken as affirmation. As a substitute, wanting on the historical past of Insomniac Video games, it’s greater than probably we’ll see some type of interstitial sport launch very similar to Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Late final 12 months, Venom voice actor Tony Todd let it slip that solely 10 percent of his recorded lines made it into Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. This was sufficient to spark instant hypothesis that Insomniac might be crafting a Venom spinoff title. Lastly, it looks as if it’ll be a matter of time earlier than Insomniac Video games works with PC port home Nixxes to convey Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to PC. Will there be additional content material for this drop? It actually stays to be seen.