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A few hours ago, a rumor started circulating about Insomniac Games canceling the leaked Venom standalone game. The rumor originated from a fairly credible source: Nadji Jeter, the voice actor of Miles Morales in the Spider-Man games, claimed as much in an interview with YouTube channel Love it Film.
Let me give y'all an exclusive. We were going to have a Venom game. Yeah, we were going to have a Venom game and a Venom DLC, but we lost Tony Todd. They showed me how it was going to start. They showed me how everything was going to be. It was gonna be a Venom video game. Like, just straight Venom out.
They were going to make a Venom video game, but then, you know, we lost my uncle Tony Todd. We lost my uncle Tony Todd, and I love him to death and I still wish he was here. I still cry about him. Me and Yuri went to his funeral. We shed tears. It was a very, very, very, very hard time. He was like, "You're my nephew now". He was taking me around, and we were doing Comic-Cons together.
Jeter attributes the purported cancellation to the premature death of actor Tony Todd, who passed away in November 2024; Todd had voiced Venom in Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
However, several credible sources have since chimed in to say that Insomniac has not, in fact, canceled the game. First, a verified game developer wrote on ResetEra:
Unless it was canceled in the past two or so weeks… this runs contradictory to what was being discussed at GDC. And Todd died way before GDC 2026.
Then, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier dropped by to refute Jeter's claim:
This isn't true.
We first learned of a standalone Venom game in 2023, following the Insomniac Games ransomware leak. Originally, it looked like this would be the studio's next project, but clearly, Marvel's Wolverine took precedence (maybe because they needed to recast Tony Todd). A few months ago, MP1st reported that the Venom game was still in development, with the alien symbiote hosted by Eddie Brock this time. The game should also see the return of Venom's true archenemy: his much darker, more powerful symbiote offspring, Carnage.
With Marvel's Wolverine set to launch on September 15, 2026, we might see Venom in the next couple of years. Meanwhile, stay tuned for more rumors and updates on the project.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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