Coming from fellow mutants at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards, Marvel’s Wolverine is nominated for Most Wanted in the most ironic way. Apparently, that’s a thing now! The official Tweet went live with the iconic SNKT! sounds of claws and voting links, pushing players into an almost euphoric frenzy with the usual internet crisis ensuing thereafter.
Marvel’s Wolverine is the new big opportunity for the studio behind Spider-Man, in case someone has been living under the rocks, or escaping the hype. The game’s details get discipline-narrowed down to the initial teaser in its exclusive chase for PS5. To even get a nomination is confirmation of the strength of interest that thrives in Insomniac within the gamer world; they are eager to see what will be done with ol’ Canucklehead irrespective of release date and virtually no info.
The online reactions could be… well, the Internet. So it is basically mixed. Some players are really happy. One user named Mica said, “My most wanted for next year without a doubt,” which basically sums up the collective energy among people supporting the vibe. Another user, Joe de Lima, said “Good luck! I hope he wins”, which is equally nice and positive.
But then, the other side of the coin showed up. It’s always there. One reply just went, “Lol this is sad,” from a user named Starfield Engineer, fully unmotivated vibing with negativity. Then, LostPrimarch85 threw a little side-swipe: “soyderman 2” in calling it “Cuckerine,” which is… well, creative, I suppose? Then the debate exploded in the replies.
The online conversation got even messier with some contentious discussion on what platform this game is even on. Griffin jumped in with, “What the hell do you think this game is? It’s already gonna be PlayStation.” Straightforward, right? Then SuperBoyPrime fires back, “No but it helps me express how little I respect you”, and here we really have peak internet arguing. It’s just about a nomination for a video game, guys. Chill.
But that wasn’t all; the relevant questions are still there. DJ Bluepool 2 asked Insomniac straight up “when will we able to put Marvel’s wolverine on our wishlist in the PlayStation store?”. This really is a very good question. Players are ready to throw their money at the screen, yet the game has remained pretty pretty quiet. So we know it’s a go, but when? And the nomination just makes that patience harder to maintain.
Oh no, and naturally any talk about superhero games wouldn’t be complete without people asking for more characters. Rottzankk NRM, alongside a cute picture of the villain, begged in a tweet, “Give us Sabretooth,” which seems reasonable. If you’re doing Wolverine, you’ve got to have his arch-nemesis, right? And then there was a whole separate thread begging for some news about a Venom game. Demand is real.
Some game enthusiasts actually began to use it as some sort of bargaining chip. An MV reportedly said, “If Wolverine wins u show us more at the game awards.” Now, that is some big-brain thinking. Use a potential award win as leverage for some new gameplay footage? Seriously, not a bad idea. The community is desperate.
And just as randomly, comparisons start popping up. Smart Gun in a shady manner commented about the awards “the same awards that didn’t nominate expedition 33 for goty”. It’s always a competition. With all speakers on, sipito-lll chimes in: “Not over gta6 cmon guys,” because, really, everything in the universe is against Rockstar’s giant.
The crazy thing is that just one nomination for an award will create just enough debate, hype, and sheer weirdness. Golden Joysticks Most Wanted is well-known as a godfather vote for games that haven’t come out yet for real, and having Wolverine nominated for the category basically means goodbye to the hype train. So much racket from supporters, haters, and those just looking for a fight—everyone’s genuinely excited that Logan is going to receive the Insomniac treatment.
The question was: what’s next? We wait. Maybe vote. Keep an eye on every crumb of information that Insomniac might drop. The nomination is a good moment; it’s a sliver of hope that people have not actually forgotten about the game in all the silence. It’s there, in the minds of gamers, ready to unsheathe the claws. The buzz is loud for a game we know little about. It is going to be one impressive game whenever it steps into the spotlight from the shadows.
