Amongst Sony's many different first-party PlayStation Studios, Insomniac Games is one of the most transparent – not only due to the sheer rate at which they have released high quality games – but also thanks to an unfortunate data breach which leaked roughly a decade worth of plans. Included in these leaks were details on a Venom-led spin-off. Though yet to be officially announced, insiders have claimed that the project is still in the works.

Marvel’s Venom has been somewhat of a known quantity for quite some time. Of course, the villain was featured in 2023’s Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, but thanks to the infamous Insomniac Games data breach we learned that a Venom-focused spin-off was also in the works.

While yet to be officially announced by Sony themselves (and further complicated by the unfortunate passing of Venom voice actor Tony Todd), insiders have continued to claim that the project is still in the works.

With Marvel’s Wolverine a little over a week from release, talk surrounding what’s next in store for Insomniac has started to bubble up once again.

Responding to one user who asked for an update on the as-of-yet-unconfirmed Venom project, known industry insider NateTheHate (also known as NateDrake) claimed: “Venom is very much still in development upon last check. As to when it'll be announced, I don't know.”

As mentioned, the unfortunate passing of Tony Todd back in 2024 reportedly did put a bit of a pause on development of this Venom spin-off, but did not lead to its cancellation.

For the uninitiated, 2023’s Spider-Man 2 was apparently initially intended to feature far more of Venom than what was seen in the final product, with Tony Todd himself claiming at the time that 90% of his recorded lines ultimately did not make its way into the game.

Given this, it is safe to assume that much of what was recorded will be repurposed for the Venom project. Regardless, assuming the game is real, hopefully it manages to do justice to Tony Todd.

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KitGuru says: What did you think of Venom in Spider-Man 2? Are you hoping to see the spin-off come to light? Let us know down below.

Comments from videogame voice actors have sparked plenty of rumours in the past. This month, one voice actor openly talked about Insomniac's plans for a Venom side-game or DLC following Spider-Man 2, but other sources quickly shot down the claim that the game had been cancelled. 

In an interview with the Love it Film podcast, Nadji Jeter, the voice actor for Miles Morales in the Insomniac Spider-Man games, said that a Venom standalone game or DLC was going to happen after Spider-Man 2, but it was cancelled after the voice actor for Venom, Tony Todd, passed away in 2024.

One GDC 2026 attendee (via Insider Gaming) said that they were still hearing about the Venom game at the event this year, which would indicate that the project has not been cancelled. Industry insider and book author, Jason Schreier, also commented on the viral Resetera thread to state that the quote from Jeter “wasn't true”.

Ever since Spider-Man 2 released and Insomniac suffered that massive cyberattack and data leak, there have been rumours about a Venom standalone game, using the gameplay mechanics established in the main Spider-Man 2 campaign. The standalone Venom game also would have presumably been scoped similarly to the Miles Morales game.

Insomniac has never officially announced any plans for additional Spider-Man spin-off games or Spider-Man 2 story DLC. Right now, the studio is focused on Wolverine, which is launching later this year and may be one of a number of PS5 titles no longer guaranteed to get a PC port.

KitGuru Says: I didn't really enjoy the Venom sections in Spider-Man 2, so the idea of a whole standalone game isn't all that appealing to me.