Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Everything we know so far

Marvel's Spider-Man ii: Everything we know so far

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was an inevitability after the major success of Marvel'south Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Then it wasn't a total shock when the news dropped at the PlayStation showcase back in September, 2022.

Even so, the contents of the trailer were a bit shocking, namely the release appointment and the villains that will exist featured in this championship. We're super hyped to run into Peter and Miles' Spider-Man back in activity.

Here's everything we know so far about Marvel's Spider-Human being 2, from the release date and story to the gameplay and villains that might announced.

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 release engagement

Curiosity'due south Spider-Human two doesn't have a house release date, but information technology does have a release window: 2023. That is really not as well far abroad, but if Marvel's Spider-Man 2 follows the same release window as the original Spider-Man, then it'll launch former in September. Now that's kinda far.

It does look like that Marvel'southward Spider-Man 2 will be skipping PS4 and going directly to PS5, according to the Marvel website.

Marvel'due south Spider-Man 2 story

We didn't go a whole lot of info from the Curiosity'southward Spider-Man 2 teaser trailer, but nosotros know about two major villains starring in the game: Venom and Kraven the Hunter. Venom is one of the about famous Spider-Human being villains that gets real deep in Peter'due south life to mess everything up, then I imagine in that location will be a lot of trauma involved. Venom will exist played by none other than Tony Todd, who'south famous for playing the original Candyman.

Then in that location'due south Kraven the Hunter, who is not too known if yous haven't read the comics or played other Spider-Man games. Basically, Kraven simply wants to ice Spider-Human being to testify himself every bit the world's greatest hunter. His motivation is whatever, and the times that I've encountered him have been more of a fun and contemporary version. Still, he does sound pretty intense in the Marvel's Spider-Man ii teaser trailer. I hope that we tin can see a more savage delineation of Kraven the Hunter in this game.

There is one villain that nosotros didn't see, and that's Harry Osborn. If you lot've played through the get-go Spider-Man, you would have seen that very terminal cutscene where Harry is suspended in a h2o tank past his father, presumably because he's turning into the Green Goblin.

We as well know that Yuri Lowenthal and Nadji Jeter volition reprise their roles equally Peter Parker and Miles Morales, respectively. Both of these Spider-Men will have their work cut out for them in Marvel'south Spider-Human being 2, considering the long list of major villains.

Co-ordinate to Marvel's Creative Vice President Bill Rosemann, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will be a dark story. On the This Calendar week in Marvel Podcast, he states, "if the first Spider-Man game was Star Wars [A New Hope], Spider-Man 2 is kind of our Empire [Strikes Back]. It gets a little darker."

Another cool fact is that Brittney Thousand. Morris, the writer of Wings of Fury (the Spider-Human: Miles Morales prequel novel), joined Insomniac Games every bit a writer. Morris unveiled on Twitter that the first project she'd be working on is, of course, Marvel's Spider-Man 2. We're excited to run across how her presence affects the story, specially since Wings of Fury was well-received.

Curiosity'south Spider-Homo ii gameplay

The Curiosity's Spider-Human being ii teaser trailer didn't feature whatever gameplay, but it did show off both Peter Parker and Miles Morales' Spider-Man. According to the PlayStation blog post, information technology sounds like we're going to play both characters.

It would be wild if Marvel's Spider-Homo two was a co-op game that let you lot play the other Spider-Human being with a friend. But information technology'southward probably more likely that it'south notwithstanding a single-player feel and we'll exist swapping between the two at certain points in the game.

I promise that Insomniac Games improves Peter Parker's abilities, specially considering he may be a tad flake vanilla compared with Miles' wild powers that requite him the ability to electrify foes and turn invisible.

It looks like the game is taking place in New York City, once again, which is a bit disappointing. We've seen enough of the locale in the original game and the Miles Morales spin-off. I hope they had something fresh to the city or surprise usa with a trip elsewhere.

Outlook

Marvel's Spider-Homo 2 is going to be i hell of a ride because how many villains and heroes nosotros'll exist fighting and playing as, respectively. Information technology's without a doubt the most ambitious Spider-Human being game out in that location, and we're excited to see if it lives up to the hype. Stay tuned for more updates and news as the game gets closer to its 2023 launch.

Rami Tabari is an Editor for Laptop Magazine. He reviews every shape and form of a laptop too every bit all sorts of cool tech. You can find him sitting at his desk surrounded by a hoarder'southward dream of laptops, and when he navigates his mode out to civilisation, you can catch him watching really bad anime or playing some kind of painfully difficult game. He's the best at every game and he just doesn't lose. That'south why you'll occasionally grab his byline fastened to the latest Souls-similar challenge.