Insomniac Games’ first statement: clarifying what will happen to Wolverine from PS5 after the hack

As we reported to you, a few days ago, there was a leak of unprecedented proportions of gaming industry data. It all started with the talented development team Insomniac games He fell Victim of a hacking attack By Rhysida Ransomware Group.

The hacker group was asking for 50 bitcoins, or about $2 million. In the end, he only got paid for 2% of the files and thus decided to leak the remaining 1.3 million files which were approximately 1.67 terabytes in size.

In this context, highly sensitive personal data of the developers of the beloved studio was revealed, from phone numbers and addresses, to photos of their passports. At the same time, very important information about the upcoming Wolverine game has been leaked, from gameplay videos and images, story spoilers, and even full playable versions! The leak also includes secret files that reveal the studio’s future plans until 2030, as well as more important information about how its management views changes in the industry, etc.

This has led many to speculate that Insomniac will have to cancel Wolverine, change it radically, or perhaps delay it. Finally, Insomniac Games has now broken its silence to explain how to do just that Game development will continue as usualwhile also talking about how difficult everything he had to face was.

Below you can find his official position.

Insomniac Games’ first official statement about the Wolverine game hack and leak:

Thank you for the outpouring of sympathy and support. We greatly appreciate it.

We are saddened and angry by the recent criminal cyber attack on our studio and the emotional impact it has had on our team. For several days we focused on supporting each other.

We know that the stolen data includes personal information belonging to our employees, former employees, and independent contractors. It also includes early details on Marvel’s Wolverine for PS5. We continue to work quickly to determine which data has been affected.

This experience was very painful for us.

We want everyone to enjoy the games we develop as intended and as our players deserve. However, like Logan…Insomniac is flexible. Marvel’s Wolverine continues as planned. The game is in production and will undoubtedly evolve during development, as will all of our designs.

While we appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm, we will share official information about Marvel’s Wolverine when the time is right.

On behalf of everyone here, thank you for your continued support during this difficult time.

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– Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) December 22, 2023