Is Spider-Man in Marvel's Wolverine? And Who Does Wolverine Team Up With?

Ahead of Sony’s State of Play broadcast, I had the accidental to interrogation Insomniac astir each things Marvel’s Wolverine. Check retired the interrogation successful afloat to find retired precisely however the crippled plays and what to expect, but determination are a fewer features worthy digging into separately: one, Spider-Man is not successful the game, and two, Wolverine really teams up with a astonishing character.

Let’s commencement with the Spider-Man question. While Marvel’s Wolverine and Marvel’s Spider-Man instrumentality spot successful the aforesaid Marvel beingness (Insomniac has a Marvel beingness each to itself, numbered 1048), conscionable arsenic Wolverine isn’t successful Insomniac’s Spider-Man games, neither is Spider-Man successful Wolverine.

“It's close that it does instrumentality spot successful the 1048 Marvel Universe, which is the Insomniac video crippled universe. It happens successful the aforesaid world, but we don't person immoderate crossover. Spider-Man volition not beryllium making an quality successful Wolverine,” originative manager Marcus Smith told IGN, definitively.

So, nary Wolverine / Spider-Man teamup. But Wolverine does squad up with immoderate different characters much acquainted to the X-Men comics. In the gameplay trailer we spot Wolverine and Jean Grey conflict atrocious guys, each mounting up enemies for co-op takedowns. But Insomniac told IGN that Wolverine besides teams up with Sabretooth, 1 of his arch nemesis.

That’s surely astonishing — you’d deliberation the past idiosyncratic Wolverine would privation to enactment unneurotic with is Sabretooth. But, arsenic crippled manager Mike Daly told IGN, it’s little that the 2 enactment together, and much that they are warring against a communal force adjacent to each other.

"In this game, Logan and Sabretooth are really connected a squad together, but the mode they state is not truly thing similar the mode you state with Jean Gray," Daly said. "Logan and Sabretooth person a precise competitory dynamic betwixt them. Whereas Jean Gray mightiness springiness you an accidental to get a kill, with Sabretooth warring alongside you, it's much like, you deliberation you've got a termination and helium rushes successful to bargain it from you, and their combat banter brings retired that dynamic and makes the full combat much fun."

Related to this co-op mechanic is the question of whether you play arsenic immoderate impermanent characters successful Marvel’s Wolverine. The Spider-Man games diagnostic sequences wherever you play arsenic different characters. There’s a memorable series wherever you get to play arsenic Venom successful Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, for example. You besides person sections wherever you play arsenic MJ.

However, successful Marvel’s Wolverine, you play arsenic Wolverine only. There are nary broadside quests oregon missions wherever you play arsenic different character. “This crippled is each astir Wolverine and you play Wolverine the full mode through,” Daly said. “We wanted to support the absorption connected him passim the full story.”

We person plentifulness much connected Marvel’s Wolverine astatine the interrogation successful full. It’s owed retired exclusively connected PS5 connected September 15, 2026. And here's everything announced astatine State of Play June 2026 if you request a drawback up connected what PlayStation has successful store.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].