Final week, Insomniac Video games confirmed that it has no plans for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 story DLC — a departure from the primary sport within the sequence. The information has been met with confusion and has sparked a sequence of speculations as a result of it was solely final 12 months {that a} huge ransomware assault on the studio confirmed the existence of Spider-Man 2’s DLC.
Why did Insomniac and Sony cancel Spider-Man 2 DLC?
There’s no disputing that Insomniac Video games and writer Sony did have plans for Spider-Man 2 DLC at one level. In March this 12 months, the studio itself ended up confirming the DLC leak when it by chance included a debug mode within the sport’s replace, which revealed a whole villian arc.
There’s additionally a ton of different content material that was scrapped, like Symbiote bosses. So, what precisely occurred? Some of us are speculating that the content material might be used for the leaked Venom spinoff, however there’s at the moment no indication that the spinoff goes forward. It could have been canceled just like the Spider-Man multiplayer sport.
Others are pinning the DLC’s cancellation on the ransomware assault itself, which is very unlikely to be the case. Given ballooning AAA budgets and prolonged growth instances, it’s potential that Insomniac was requested to give attention to Marvel’s Wolverine as an alternative, which Sony is reportedly planning to showcase quickly.
For the time being, nobody is aware of if the leaked content material has been scrapped for good or if it will likely be utilized in a future entry. We additionally don’t know whether or not the following entry might be a by-product like Miles Morales or a full-fledged sport.