Marvel’s Wolverine is releasing on 15th September, but some fans are surprised by how Sony shared the news.
The announcement came suddenly on a Tuesday morning, with no new trailer, gameplay, or word of pre-order bonuses.
Some conspiracy theorista believe there’s a reason for this: the announcement was made to bury the recent Bluepoint closure news.
While the link seems tenuous, it’s worth remembering the platform holder took a hiatus from social media for more than 72 hours last weekend, as its accounts were attacked by frustrated fans.
Similarly, it’s worth remembering there was an excellent State of Play just a few days ago. Couldn’t the news have been included somewhere in there?
To be fair, the aforementioned livestream was already filled with bangers, so at some point you risk diluting the announcements. With almost 80k likes on X (or Twitter), it’s not like the Marvel’s Wolverine news went under the radar.
Let’s cut to the chase: Marvel’s Wolverine launches September 15, 2026.
Wishlist #WolverinePS5 now: https://t.co/xS7hTug5uQ pic.twitter.com/CSylQtBBce
— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) February 24, 2026
But some fans do think there’s something suspicious about all this.
“Bro announced it randomly to make us forget about Bluepoint Games shutting down,” one said.
“Y’all are so desperate to change the narrative,” another lamented. “Are you gonna close Insomniac next?”
Our view? We don’t think Sony is playing 4D chess here, although we do agree the way the release date was announced was unusual.
With GTA 6 coming out in November, we reckon it’s going to make the preceding months more mad than usual, because no one’s going to want to release their game next to Rockstar’s open world opus.
Perhaps this was a case of Insomniac being confident in the date, and Sony wanting to put its flag in the ground as soon as possible. There are few publishers who’ll want to go up against Marvel’s Wolverine either, so we imagine that 15th September date will now be vacated.
We’d be surprised if this had anything to do with Bluepoint, though. After all, it’s not like any of us are any less disappointed about that news because Wolverine now has a date, huh?
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.