Spider-Man 2 gamers holding out hope for a lowering 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 evident 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 is perhaps 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 yr alongside New Recreation Plus mode and high quality of life updates. Nonetheless, there’s not been a single affirmation that the group is engaged on further story content material at the moment. Insomniac Video games has been eerily quiet as an entire, with no additional updates on Marvel’s Wolverine or a possible interstitial undertaking earlier than Marvel’s Spider-Man 3.

Inside plans might have been adjusted for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

This yr’s Insonmiac leak was a devastating blow, unearthing plans in movement inside 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 items. It’s at the moment the best-selling PlayStation 5 sport. Nonetheless, come December, the wind was taken out of the sails of the studio. After hackers demanded $2 million, almost two terabytes of knowledge, renders, and different inside information were leaked online. With out entering into too many particulars, there have been indications that DLC was deliberate for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at one level throughout improvement.

Anybody aware of improvement cycles in video games can corroborate that plans change often. Whereas DLC might have at one level been in energetic improvement, there’s no assure these plans will flourish into one thing that makes the market. Maybe sources had been scaled again or the group determined to make use of the time and funds on different tasks. It’s additionally solely potential that following the leak, plans for DLC had been scrapped solely. Occupied with it from the lens of being a artistic group, it’s extraordinarily disheartening to be passionately engaged on a undertaking just for the shock you deliberate for followers to slide out of your fingers.

It’s additionally solely 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 concerning 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 may very well be the case that the event of New Recreation Plus and go well with packs pushed the event of DLC again just a few months. It’s additionally necessary to remember that it’s not unusual for first-party PlayStation studios to drop DLC a yr faraway from launch. Final yr at The Recreation Awards, Santa Monica Studios launched the God of Struggle Ragnarök: Valhalla DLC a yr 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 tasks

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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 undertaking. Nonetheless, it has been speculated, given the event cycle, that the sport may very well be prepared someday in 2025.

Provided that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was so successful and that the sport tees up a serious battle on the horizon, it’s protected to say that Insomniac Video games is at the moment getting ready the brand new installment. As soon as once more, plans can at all times change and pivot, so any information that got here from the December leak shouldn’t be taken as affirmation. As an alternative, trying on the historical past of Insomniac Video games, it’s greater than probably we’ll see some kind of interstitial sport launch very similar to Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Late final yr, 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 fast hypothesis that Insomniac may very well 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 carry Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to PC. Will there be additional content material for this drop? It actually stays to be seen.