Marvel's Wolverine Creative Director Left Insomniac Games to Xbox's Perfect Dark 4o1e1b Report

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Written by Manas Mitul | Updated: 1 November 2024 18:53 IST

Marvel's Wolverine Creative Director Left Insomniac Games to Xbox's Perfect Dark: Report

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Marvel's Wolverine is currently in development at Insomniac Games

Highlights

Perfect Dark received a gameplay trailer at Xbox Games Showcase in June
Brian Horton was creative director on Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Marvel's Wolverine also has a new game director leading the project

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Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot in the same role.

Leadership Change at Wolverine a723s

Horton has not been involved with Marvel's Wolverine since this summer, a report in SIE) confirmed to Game File.

Additionally, the game director's chair at Marvel's Wolverine has a new occupant, as well. Mike Daly has reportedly taken over from Cameron Christian. The report claimed that Christian would remain at Insomniac Games, albeit in a different role. While the reasons for the leadership shuffle were not specified, the sources told the publication the changes stemmed from creative decisions around Wolverine.

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Smith and Daly were previously in creative director and game director roles, respectively, on Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which was released on PS5 in 2021.

New Director at Perfect Dark r4e3u

Horton, meanwhile, has reportedly taken up creative director duties at Xbox's Perfect Dark, the report said. Currently in development at Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

Marvel's Wolverine was revealed alongside Marvel's Spider-Man 2 at confirmed to be set in Earth-1048 — the same universe as Insomniac's Spider-Man games.

In December 2023, in-development gameplay footage, storyboards, concept art, plot details, release timeline information and more details from Marvel's Wolverine were leaked online following a massive ransomware hack at Insomniac. The malicious attack also leaked private information of several Insomniac employees. In addition to gameplay, the leak seemingly included a bootable build of Wolverine, featuring the main menu and chapter selects titled ‘Vertical Slice'.

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Genre Action-Adventure

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Genre Action-Adventure

Platform Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

Series Perfect Dark

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