Aware that some players are waiting for features such as the new game+, audio description, the possibility of changing the time of day once the game is finished or even the possibility of replaying missions, Insomniac Games has published a communicated to let it be known that these new features (the list of which is not exhaustive) will not be available before the start of 2024. “ We’ve been working diligently on these features and need more testing to ensure the quality is up to our standards “, we can read.
The price of success
Unfortunately, it is not certain that the studio staff will spend the end of year holidays with peace of mind. As we have known for a few days now, a group of ransomware named Rhysida managed to steal confidential documents from the studio, some of which concern the game Marvel’s Wolverine announced in September 2021, but also personal information, including employee passports and even collaborators like Yuri Lowenthal, who plays Peter Parker.
The cybercriminals gave Insomniac Games seven days to pay a fee whose amount is not known, not without having already put part of their loot up for auction with a starting bid of 50 bitcoins (a little over 2 million dollars) to put pressure on. “ We are aware of reports that Insomniac Games has been the victim of a cybersecurity attack. We are currently investigating this situation. We have no reason to believe that other divisions of SIE or Sony have been affected “, a Sony spokesperson told Cyber Daily.
Already off to a brilliant start with more than 5 million copies sold in October, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 also had a strong performance in November, being beaten only by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the United States.