{"id":714142,"date":"2026-06-04T08:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714142\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T08:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:36:16","slug":"iconic-north-vancouver-sulphur-pile-gets-spotlight-in-wolverine-game-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/714142\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic North Vancouver sulphur pile gets spotlight in &#8216;Wolverine&#8217; game | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gamers got a new extended look at Sony PlayStation\u2019s upcoming Marvel\u2019s Wolverine, and eagle-eyed locals spotted a North Shore landmark making a star appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Smith, creative director of Marvel\u2019s Wolverine, set the stage during the State of Play event on June 2, explaining that the titular hero is in a race against time to rescue a group of kidnapped mutants.<\/p>\n<p>Though not explicitly stated, the action kicks off in North Vancouver with an epic sequence set at the iconic sulphur pile.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Wolverine\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2278777\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wolverine-1024x576.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2278777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@PlayStation\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>A portion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/RvyezhN16IU?si=u2K6GfRhbDDKieLv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gameplay<\/a> shows Wolverine battling against \u201ccybernetically-enhanced mercenaries\u201d the Reavers.<\/p>\n<p>The sails at Canada Place and the Vancouver Lookout at Harbour Centre can be seen in the background of a cutscene.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Wolverine\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2278779\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Wolverine-1-1024x576.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2278779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@PlayStation\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>And the Lions Gate Bridge can clearly be seen in the background before the longtime X-Men member dives into action at the sulphur-filled industrial park.<\/p>\n<p>Sulphur is a by-product of natural gas processing. According to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, all of the sulphur travelling through the port comes from northern Alberta.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"wolverine\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2278780\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wolverine-1024x576.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2278780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@PlayStation\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>It is then shipped to manufacturing regions across the globe, with China and Australia as the two biggest purchasers.<\/p>\n<p>Local gamers shared their excitement in seeing the sulphur pile and the other landmarks online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVancouver is playing itself in an entertainment property!? I guess if movies won\u2019t do it\u2026\u201d exclaimed one person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would be hell for Wolverine,\u201d added another. \u201cIf you\u2019ve even been in there, you\u2019ll stink for 3 days after. The sulphur smell is so overpowering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, Wolverine is Canadian, and yellow is kinda his colour,\u201d said another commenter.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel\u2019s Wolverine is being developed by the studio Insomniac, which was behind the popular\u00a0Spider-Man\u00a0games.<\/p>\n<p>In the first trailer for the game released last fall, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/wolverine-bc-town-playstation-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wolverine is seen riding his motorcycle, with a highway sign referencing Squamish<\/a> visible in the background.<\/p>\n<p>In another portion of the trailer, it appears that Wolverine takes his motorcycle onto the Sea to Sky Highway.<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t have to wait much longer to take control of Weapon X, as the game is slated for release on the PS5 on September 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gamers got a new extended look at Sony PlayStation\u2019s upcoming Marvel\u2019s Wolverine, and eagle-eyed locals spotted a North&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-714142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}