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2 dispatches on insomniac-games.
Wolverine's 77 Metacritic and the Spider-Man Curse
Marvel's Wolverine launches today on PS5 with a 77 Metacritic score—Insomniac's lowest-rated release in a decade. Critics praise the combat but fault the linear design, raising hard questions about the studio's multi-game Marvel deal.
Sony Picked a Fight With Open-World Design, and Wolverine Is the First Punch
Sony's decision to keep all future narrative single-player games PS5-exclusive—announced in an internal town hall in May 2026—lands alongside Marvel's Wolverine, a deliberately linear, globe-hopping game that Insomniac built as the exact opposite of open-world bloat. The convergence is not a coincidence.