Marvel’s Wolverine gets a fully playable PS5 disc: no full download required

Insomniac Games has confirmed that Marvel’s Wolverine will get a fully playable PS5 disc release on 15 September 2026, so you won’t need to sit through a full download before you can start. According to the studio, the disc comes with an offline build you can actually play. There’ll be a day-one patch for extra polish, performance work, and bug fixes, but you don’t need it to jump in. Marvel’s Wolverine is a single-player PS5 exclusive, and it’ll be sold both on disc and digitally in Standard and Digital Deluxe editions.

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That also means it could end up being one of the last self-contained first-party PlayStation releases. Sony Interactive Entertainment has said new PlayStation games will stop getting discs in January 2028, and that lands differently for collectors and preservation-minded players when so many “physical” games now just install data and ask for an online check anyway.

For anyone who cares about ownership, lending games to a friend, reselling them later, finding cheaper prices, or simply keeping a version that isn’t tied to a server, this release has some real weight. Sony Interactive Entertainment says 85% of game sales in Q4 FY2025 were digital. At the same time, YouGov says 51% of console players still prefer discs or cartridges. That split helps explain the petitions, the complaints about who gets to control pricing, and why so many people see disc drives as losing value.

So yes, you’ll be able to buy Marvel’s Wolverine on PS5 either on disc or digitally at launch. And from the sound of it, expect something tighter and harsher than Marvel’s Spider-Man: more linear, more violent, with no open city and no hub. Sony Interactive Entertainment still hasn’t commented on its disc plans.