Fans thought Deadpool appeared in Marvel’s Wolverine, but Insomniac Games has set the record straight. Here’s who the mysterious character really is and what the studio revealed.

The debate emerged shortly after Insomniac Games highlighted Marvel's Wolverine as a mature title featuring graphic combat.

After a tour of New York in several Spider-Man adventures, Insomniac Games is turning its eye to Marvel’s Wolverine. Compared to its Spider-Man projects, Wolverine looks like an ultraviolent tour through the seedier side of the Marvel Universe that’s in tune with the savage nature of its protagonist.

“Wolverine” game director Mike Daly knows Insomniac “packed a lot into that seven minutes” of new footage unveiled Tuesday during PlayStation’s “State of Play” presentation, which readers can view in the video below, so he has a few specifics he wants to point out in case you missed them.

A brand-new gameplay trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine has torn its way out of Sony’s latest State of Play. The extended look confirms a brutal PS5 exclusive that pairs Logan with a powerful ally, Jean Grey.

Insomniac’s Mike Daly explains it this way: “When all of Logan's body energy is dedicated to fighting in combat, his healing factor is relatively slow, passively. And our Logan, if he takes enough damage, his healing factor is overloaded, his heart can stop, and that ends his healing. He will die.”

We may want to watch these moments through our fingers, but they’re the fulfillment of narrative promises. It was surprisingly early into the Wolverine trailer shown during last night’s State of Play that I found myself feeling demoralized by the violence.