{"id":84461,"date":"2026-04-26T03:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/marvels-spider-man-2-almost-led-to-an-insomniac-venom-game\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T03:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:17:18","slug":"marvels-spider-man-2-almost-led-to-an-insomniac-venom-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/marvels-spider-man-2-almost-led-to-an-insomniac-venom-game\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Marvel&#8217;s Spider-Man 2&#8217; Almost Led to an Insomniac Venom Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/venom-spiderman2--1280x853.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With\u00a0<em>Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2,\u00a0<\/em>Insomniac Games introduced a new version of Venom. The symbiote was defeated, but it seemed likely for the studio to bring the antihero back. Now it seems it wasn\u2019t just likely, it was part of the endgame before real life scuttled those plans.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Love It Film episode, Miles Morales voice actor Nadji Jeter told the hosts that Insomniac was working on a Venom solo project. According to him, a reason for it not existing was the death of Tony Todd, who voiced the symbiote in\u00a0<em>Spider-Man 2\u00a0<\/em>and passed away a year after the game\u2019s release. During the episode, Jeter took time to remember Todd as his \u201cuncle\u201d\u2014a relationship started when Todd called Jeter his nephew\u2014and called it a \u201cvery hard time\u201d after his passing. \u201cMe and Yuri [Lowenthal] went to his funeral. I love him to death, and I still wish he was here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeter claims he got to see this Venom game\u2019s opening and emphasized the word \u201cgame\u201d to describe it. That suggests this might have been similar in size to Miles\u2019 own solo outing rather than an add-on to the base <em>Spider-Man 2. <\/em>His use of \u201cwere\u201d also indicates this is either canceled or on the backburner, but journalist Jason Schreier said on ResetEra it \u201cisn\u2019t true\u201d that the project\u2019s been canceled. io9\u2019s reached out to PlayStation for comment and potential clarification.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose video-container\"><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nadji Jeter on Cancelled Venom Game, Miles Morales\u2019 Future &amp; Working with Yuri Lowenthal | LIF #65\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qqkMbNZcnac?start=1891&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>When Insomniac was hacked in 2023, internal documents showed potential roadpmaps for the studio\u2019s games from that point and spanning to the early 2030s. A standalone Venom game was mentioned, leading many to speculate it was coming in the near future. With no news on it since then, hopes grew February\u2019s State of Play event would mark its grand debut when leakers claimed this would be the case, which then didn\u2019t happen. Add on the general hunger for Insomniac to continue the Spider-Man story and disappointment its co-op Spidey game got canceled, and Venom has become just one strand in a tangled gaming web.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update: 4\/25\/26 @ 12:43 PM ET:\u00a0<\/em>This story has been updated with additional information on the status of the Venom project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With\u00a0Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2,\u00a0Insomniac Games introduced a new version of Venom. The symbiote was defeated, but it seemed likely for the studio to bring the antihero back. Now it seems it wasn\u2019t just likely, it was part of the endgame before real life scuttled those plans. 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