Marvel's Wolverine

“It’s a relentless onslaught”: As Marvel’s Wolverine faces backlash, Insomniac community lead calls out social media algorithms for pushing “negativity”

It's not "representative," says James Stevenson

Marvel’s Wolverine Is Another Victim Of The Internet’s Endless Gaming Negativity

Marvel's Wolverine looks like it could be a major highlight of a stacked September, but if you look online, many people are already calling the game dead on arrival for a number of reasons. One of the primary complaints stems from Marvel's Wolverine being a linear single-player action…

From Team X to unleashing Rage, here’s the 8 Wolverine features we love after 2 hours playing

After 2 hours of Marvel's Wolverine gameplay, we've found plenty to impress us across its combat and characters

‘It’s a Relentless Onslaught’: Wolverine PS5 Dev Responds to Unprecedented Criticism

• Insomniac says online criticism of Wolverine has become excessively negative.
• Viral clips portray the PS5 game as simplistic and unoriginal.
• Strong US pre-orders suggest the backlash has not hurt demand.

Insomniac Games’ communications director James Stevenson has criticised what he described as a “relentless onslaught” of negative social-media commentary about Marvel’s Wolverine for PS5. The backlash centres on clips mocking the game as unoriginal or simplistic, despite generally positive early previews, and raises concerns about algorithm-driven hostility and…

Insomniac had to ditch Spider-Man’s open-world for Marvel’s Wolverine because Logan is “not somebody who has a friendly neighborhood”

• Wolverine will not follow Spider-Man’s open-world formula.
• Logan’s story will span several international locations.
• The game focuses on Wolverine rather than the X-Men.

Insomniac Games has said Marvel’s Wolverine will not use the same open-world structure as its Spider-Man games, because Wolverine’s character and story do not suit a single “friendly neighbourhood” setting. The decision signals a more focused, globe-trotting approach intended to fit Logan’s loner persona and violent adventures. Creative…

ICMYI: This Week in IGN Game Previews: Wolverine, Star Wars: Zero Company, and More!

Your one-stop shop for any game preview coverage you might've missed at IGN this week from Marvel's Wolverine, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, Star Wars: Zero Company, and Job Simulator: Human Relations.

Marvel’s Wolverine will make sure squeamish players never have to see blood and gore: “We don’t want to surprise anyone”

• Marvel’s Wolverine will offer blood and gore settings.
• Developers want to avoid unexpected graphic content.
• Players can tailor the game’s violence level.

Marvel’s Wolverine will include options to reduce or remove blood and gore, allowing players who are uncomfortable with graphic violence to tailor the experience. The approach is intended to make the action game more accessible without unexpectedly exposing players to disturbing imagery. The game’s developers said they “don’t…

‘The Game Feels Super Smooth’: Wolverine Will Run at 60fps with Ray Tracing on Base PS5

• Wolverine targets 60fps with ray tracing on standard PS5.
• Insomniac says this will be the default performance mode.
• Resolution and PS5 Pro enhancements remain unspecified.

Insomniac Games says Marvel’s Wolverine will offer a 60fps performance mode with ray tracing enabled on the standard PlayStation 5 at launch. The studio presents this as a first for its games and as evidence of its optimisation work, potentially setting a high technical benchmark for a major…

Marvel’s Wolverine Has You Hunting For Resources, Drinking Whiskey, And Beating Up Nightmares

Unlike its work on the Spider-Man games, Insomniac won't be throwing players into an open-world environment with Marvel's Wolverine. It's an old-school single-player game that focuses on pushing the story from Point A to Point B, but that doesn't mean that you can't take a detour or two. This…

Round Up: Marvel’s Wolverine Sounds Like Another Great Superhero Blockbuster in PS5 Previews

• Previews praise Wolverine’s brutal, cinematic action.
• The PS5 game is reportedly linear and narrative-focused.
• Critics expect polish, not major genre innovation.

Early hands-on previews for Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Wolverine are broadly positive, suggesting the forthcoming PS5 exclusive could be a polished, cinematic superhero action game. Critics say it captures Wolverine’s brutal character effectively through direct combat and destructible environments, though several note that it does not appear to substantially…