The PlayStation Showcase 2021 was jam-packed with exciting announcements from God of War: Ragnorok to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake. However, one studio stood out from the rest of the crowd, as it used PlayStation Showcase 2021 to reveal two Marvel titles that will be launching in the coming years. Insomniac Games is quickly becoming one of Sony's premier first-party studios and, after yesterday's showcase, has proven that it's going to continue being the backbone of the PS5. With the surprise announcements of Marvel's Wolverine and Marvel's Spider-Man 2, it looks like the studio has no intention of stopping its constant output of quality titles anytime soon.

Although there are plenty of excellent studios that fall under the PlayStation Studios umbrella, the current number of games coming out of Insomniac is sending a clear message to PlayStation fans: Insomniac is here to stay and is going to be the powerhouse studio owned by Sony. With its long history of excellent titles dating back to Spyro the Dragon on the original PlayStation, it's no wonder why Sony has put so much faith in the developer to take up such a large portion of its showcase with Marvel's Wolverine and Spider-Man 2. While they're both still a while away, it's clear that Insomniac won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

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Insomniac's Xbox One/PS4 Hotstreak

Before discussing why Insomniac is leading the way for the PS5, it's important to take a look at where the studio has been in recent years. Although Insomniac has been making games for PlayStation consoles since the company started, it wasn't bought by Sony until 2019, a full year after the release of Marvel's Spider-Man. After the game launched, it was clear that Insomniac was a major studio to watch.

The studio started its hot streak during the Xbox One/PS4 console generation with Sunset Overdrive, an Xbox One exclusive that seemed to be a template of sorts for Marvel's Spider-Man. The game took place in a large urban open-world and the player had a lot of mobility options similar to Spider-Man's web-slinging. It was a solid title that set Insomniac up for success during the generation, but the studio turned back to releasing PlayStation exclusives with its next release, Ratchet and Clank.

From there on out, it seemed clear that Insomniac was potentially heading towards a PlayStation acquisition after both Ratchet and Clank and Marvel's Spider-Man helped define the PS4 generation. Both titles were revered as not only solid games, but some of the best on the PS4, so when the studio was acquired, fans couldn't wait to see what was going to come next for Insomniac. Although they had to wait until the PS5 came out, it seems like the studio is making the wait worth it, as the quality of their titles is so high and the releases are so frequent.

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Insomniac is Leading the PS5 Generation

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Despite not even being a year into the PlayStation 5's life cycle, Insomniac has already put out two major titles that are must-plays for the system. Spider-Man: Miles Morales launched alongside the console and was a system seller all on its own, despite being a shorter experience than other launch titles like Demon's Souls or Godfall. The fact that the deluxe version of the game also came with the remastered PS5 version of Spider-Man also helped remind fans just how great the studio is and how, following its acquisition, it is inherently tied to the PlayStation brand.

Just a few months later in summer 2021, Insomniac released Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, which had been teased during multiple PlayStation events. It made meaningful use out of a lot of the new hardware features that had come to the PS5, and many lauded the title as "the game you bought a PS5 for" because of how high the quality was. It showed off the hardware in a way that made it clear that it could only be possible on the PlayStation 5. Like games such as Returnal and Astro's Playroom, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has become synonymous with the PS5 and further cemented Insomniac Games' hot-streak with Sony.

Now that Insomniac has announced two more projects that are both coming exclusively to the PS5, the studio will have the most titles on the platform out of all the other first-party Sony studios. Although no one can speak to their quality just yet, if Spider-Man 2 and Marvel's Wolverine are on par with Insomniac's other games in terms of quality, then they're sure to be major hits. With video game blockbuster after blockbuster on the PS5, there doesn't seem to be much that other studios can do to catch up with just how hot Insomniac has become. That's not necessarily a bad thing, however, as the studio has made it evident that it can handle the pressure and output some of the best titles on the platform.

The Exciting Future of Insomniac Games

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It's still really early to be thinking about what should come next once Spider-Man 2 and Marvel's Wolverine launch, as Spider-Man 2 has a 2023 release date and nothing is known about Wolverine, so it's likely pretty far off too. That said, it doesn't seem like Insomniac would be throwing in the towel once both titles release, as if they're both well-received, the studio is still going to be on the hot streak that was started with Sunset Overdrive.

There's still so much to see from the developer, and it'll likely only get better from there. There's no telling where Insomniac is headed next after it wraps up both projects, but fans who have been following it over the years understand what sort of quality they can expect from the company's titles. As Insomniac continues leading the way for the PS5, it seems like it's going to set the bar even higher for the studios around it.

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