Insomniac Games suffered a major data breach of 1.67TB of information by the hacker group Rhysida after Sony refused to pay a ransom. Here is everything revealed.
Note: this post includes potential spoilers.
Everything Revealed in the Insomniac Games Data Breach
The data released by Rhysida includes slides revealing all upcoming games and pending release dates by Insomniac, the developer behind legendary franchises like Spyro the Dragon, Resistance, Sunset Overdrive, and Marvel’s Spider-Man.
According to the breach, Insomniac’s planned titles over the next few years include:
- Marvel’s Venom (2025)
- Marvel’s Wolverine (2026)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 (2028)
- Ratchet & Clank [new] (2029)
- Marvel’s X-Men (2030)
- Untitled new IP (2031/2032)
An additional slide reveals an extended roadmap showing multiple X-Men games and a second new untitled IP game to be released in 2035.
Still, one more slide reveals the developer’s multiplayer projects, which include:
- Spider-Man 2 Online (2024)
- Wolverine Online (2026)
- X-Men Online (2028)
License terms for X-Men reveal a $120 million development budget for each title and about $30 million allocated for marketing. Each X-Men game is set to launch by 2035, with PlayStation and PC as the targeted platforms.
Insomniac’s Venom game is reportedly called Venom: Lethal Protector and serves as a tie-in between the events of Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. This game is comparable to Miles Morales and offers an 8-10 hour experience. It mentions a Q2 2025 release window along with a $49.99 MSRP.
A final slide suggests a multi-part launch for Spider-Man 3, with the first set for holiday 2027 and part two set for holiday 2028. Multiplayer is listed to launch for each game. A “combo” game is prepped for 2029. Of course, these plans may not be out of date.
How the Breach Happened
Evidently, Rhysida demanded a 50 Bitcoin payout (equivalent to approximately $2 million) within seven days. When Sony did not answer the ransom, the hackers followed up on the threat by releasing tons of classified info related to upcoming projects from the famous developer.
According to a report from Cyber Daily, up to 98% of the stolen data has leaked and contains details regarding Insomniac’s upcoming Wolverine game in addition to the next 10 years of projects the studio is working on. Sensitive data like internal HR documents, employment forms, and screenshots of company Slack channels were also included.
Industry Outcry
Various professionals in the gaming industry have condemned the attack from Rhysida on both Insomniac and Sony, taking to social media to express outrage.
Rhysida has gone as far as to claim the acquisition of employee passport scans, internal emails, and other confidential documents in the attack. These may or may not be part of the 2% of info that had yet to leak.
Cyber attacks across tech companies are a growing concern. Last year, tons of files related to GTA 6 were leaked online after being stolen. One of the accused perpetrators, Arion Kurtaj of Lapsus$ group, was convicted of 12 separate offenses.