Founded in 1994, this California-based studio was developing PlayStation exclusives decades before being acquired by Sony in 2019. These include the Spyro the Dragon (PS1) and Resistance (PS3) trilogies, as well as Ratchet & Clank on PS2/3. All funded by Sony.
In the early 2010s, the latter two IP started to flounder. This caused Insomniac to branch out and develop games funded by EA (2013's Fuse), Xbox (2014's Sunset Overdrive), Oculus (2016's Edge of Nowhere) and others. Insomniac however found solid ground again with 2018's Spider-Man for the PS4. It's not only their highest selling game ever, but it's also the highest selling PS4 first-party game.
With this unprecedented success, it's no surprise that Sony acquired them just a year later to start work on their many PS5 games.
Most agree that Insomniac has been the most important PlayStation studio this generation. That's because they've already shipped 4 games to critical and commercial success. Furthermore, even though Insomniac has already produced more PS5 games than most developers will this entire generation, we know their next game - Marvel's Wolverine.
Unfortunately, the game has had a troublesome development. Despite being announced in 2021, the game has not been officially shown again, but has been in the news for negative headlines like the original directors leaving or being replaced. The huge Insomniac leak also led to playable development builds leaking online along with the early reveal that Wolverine is to be the first game in a PlayStation-exclusive trilogy centered around the X-Men.
Whatever happens with Wolverine though, with 4 games already released on PS5, Insomniac have more than pulled their weight this generation. To the point where they've been the most important developer inside PS Studios. Considering the problems at other prestige studios like Naughty Dog, they will also likely hold this title when the PS5 is said and done.
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Metacritic Score: 85
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Release Date: Unreleased
Days Since Their Last Game: N/A
Metacritic Score: N/A