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Insomniac Games released Marvel's Spider-Man 2, its eagerly awaited sequel to 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man, on October 20 to critical acclaim. The first-party title has also become the fastest selling PlayStation Studios title in PlayStation history, shipping over 2.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release, Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed. On the back of the success of Spider-Man, Insomniac is already looking ahead to its future releases. The Sony-owned studio had announced via a reveal trailer in 2021…

What makes a good Spider-Man story? Aside from capturing the mythology of the quippy, affable, web-swinging hero, it also must present great adversity for him, and not just when he's wearing the mask. It cannot be a Spider-Man story without Peter Parker. Unlike other superheroes who can wear a cowl and leave their identity behind, the two are inseparable. Spider-Man swings into a fight, but it's Peter who takes the punch. It must also ground Spider-Man in the fragility of human experience. The wall-crawler is strong, but…

Sony has announced a new limited edition bundle for PlayStation 5 based on the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 title, releasing in September, a month ahead of the game's release on October 20.The bundle includes a PlayStation 5 digital console, custom console covers, and a matching DualSense controller was also revealed shortly after the release of a new story trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, The bundle includes a custom-designed PS5 console cover featuring the symbiote and…

Are you ready to suit up and swing back into action as both Peter and Miles in Spider-Man 2 coming on October 20? Venom, Kraven, and many more villains are sure to be plotting plenty of obstacles for our web-swinging heroes, however, all you need to worry about is getting your hands on the game itself. Thankfully, you don’t need a spider-sense to find out all the details on pre-ordering the sequel to one of the PS4’s best exclusives. Here’s how you can pre-order Spider-Man 2, as well as all the details about the…

Insomniac Games showed a story trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Thursday night, giving us our best look at the game’s interpretation of Venom yet. At San Diego Comic-Con this year, Insomniac Games held a panel called Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Symbiotic Relationships, where developers and voice actors revealed more about the game, its story, and its characters. Most notably, we got this new story trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which features characters like Venom, Harry Osborn, and Mr.…

Spider-Man 2 just got a story trailer during the San Diego Comic-Con 2023 panel, dropping big hints about the future of our heroes Peter Parker and Miles Morales, as they head into conflict with two primary threats — Kraven the Hunter and the Symbiote Venom. During the Summer Game Fest event, held last month, co-creator Bryan Intihar confirmed that, unlike the comic books, Eddie Brock won't be Venom in the game, promising a mystery twist for fans that now seems to point toward Harry Osborne. Developer Insomniac Games also…

July is here and the month brings a healthy roster of new game releases. While it is not as games-heavy as June was, with big titles like Final Fantasy XVI and Diablo IV releasing last month, July still promises a few distinct titles. Perhaps the most awaited of them all is Pikmin 4, the fourth mainline title in Nintendo's beloved real-time strategy series. Releasing a decade after 2013's Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4 will bring a host of new features while retaining its core gameplay, where players get to control a horde of tiny…

Insomniac Games has announced that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will launch on October 20 only on PlayStation 5. After the success of 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man and 2020’s Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the developer has worked over the past few years to make the third instalment in the franchise.Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is built for PlayStation 5 and claims to unlock the power of the console with better visuals, faster web-swinging, 3D Audio and near-instant character switching. This title from Insomniac, PlayStation and…

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 officially has a release date. During the Summer Game Fest, Insomniac Games revealed that the game is scheduled to release on October 20 as a PlayStation 5 exclusive. The stream also featured a few new details about the game, including new information about its villains. Spider-Man 2 recently appeared at the May 2023 PlayStation Showcase, so it wasn’t surprising that there wasn’t any new footage at the Summer Game Fest. However, Insomniac presented new concept art, including one with Peter…

True current-gen console exclusives have been few and far between this generation. Over two years in, even great games like Halo Infinite and God of War: Ragnarök are still shackled to the consoles that came before the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. While they still look fantastic and benefit from better load times and DualSense gimmicks, there haven’t been enough exclusives to give this new console generation a true identity just yet.That's going to be one of the most important tasks for Microsoft and Sony…