Draft:X-Men (upcoming video game)

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Marvel's X-Men
Developer(s)Insomniac Games
Publisher(s)Sony Interactive
Entertainment
SeriesMarvel's Spider-Man
Platform(s)PlayStation
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Marvel's X-Men is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Based on the Marvel Comics team the X-Men, it will feature an original story that derives from the characters' long-running comic book mythology, as well as various adaptations in other media. Marvel's X-Men is a standalone entry in the Marvel's Spider-Man series, telling a self-contained narrative that shares continuity with Insomniac Games' other Marvel titles, and a continuation of events from Marvel's Wolverine.

In a targeted ransomware attack on developer Insomniac Games in December 2023, the studio was revealed to be working on multiple licensed Marvel video games at various stages of development, including plans for X-Men games. Marvel's X-Men is the first standalone console game focused on the titular team since X-Men: Destiny (2011).

Marvel's X-Men is scheduled to release for PlayStation platforms.

Development[edit]

In December 2023, Insomniac Games was targeted in a ransomware attack by the Rhysidia ransomware gang that involved over 1.67TB of data being leaked, compromising over 1.3 million files, including various development documents, HR documents, personal employee information, gameplay footage, level design, and character materials. Rhysida threatened to publish all procured images and resources obtained from the hack seven days from the incident, holding an auction for the data with a starting price of 50 Bitcoin, equivalent to $2 million USD.[1][2]

Upon the deadline's conclusion, company information including employee data, model dumps and pre-production slates for various games in development were published online at Rhysidia's behest. These materials included a roadmap for future titles through 2036 from the developer, among them being Marvel's X-Men, a standalone game focusing on the team of the same name that was expected to follow up narratively on events in the upcoming Marvel's Wolverine.[3] Alongside the game's existence, an internal presentation was made public, detailing that Insomniac, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and Marvel had signed an initial exclusivity agreement to produce X-Men video games until the end of 2035, on the stipulation that while X-Men characters and elements could still appear in other crossover-based Marvel games involving multiple characters and teams during this period, Marvel could not announce or release any X-Men games from other publishers on console, PC or cloud streaming, nor could they allow other first-party publishers such as Xbox and Nintendo, to use X-Men-affiliated characters as a "competitive advantage" in a multi-platform Marvel title, such as exclusive content for non-PlayStation platforms.[4][5]

Release[edit]

Marvel's X-Men currently has no scheduled release date. It is projected to tentatively release in 2030.[6]

Future[edit]

Possible sequel[edit]

Marvel's X-Men was projected to be the second game in a planned trilogy of X-Men-focused video games that would begin with Marvel's Wolverine.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Porter, Jon (December 19, 2023). "Wolverine part of massive Insomniac Games leak after ransomware deadline passes". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (December 12, 2023). "Hackers Reportedly Breach Spider-Man 2 Dev Insomniac, Release Wolverine and Staff Data". IGN. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Porter, Jon (2023-12-19). "Wolverine part of massive Insomniac Games leak after ransomware deadline passes". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2023-12-19). "Sony Signs Deal With Marvel to Make Exclusive X-Men Games Until 2035, Insomniac Cyber Security Attack Reveals". IGN. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  5. ^ "X-Men Games Will Be Sony Exclusives For More Than A Decade, Leak Reveals". Kotaku. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  6. ^ "Report: Marvel's Venom, X-Men, and Spider-Man 3 Games in Development at Insomniac". Yahoo Tech. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  7. ^ Hart, Robert. "Insomniac PS5: Hackers Release Trove Of Data On Future Wolverine And X-Men Games From Spider-Man Developer". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-20.

External links[edit]

Games page at Marvel

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