Insomniac Games is clearly a safe pair of hands — its work with the Spider-Man franchise on PS4 and PS5 has earned it Marvel's trust, from the looks of things.
After the stellar success of both Marvel's Spider-Man and the expandalone Miles Morales game, there's a full sequel on the way: Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Here are all the key details you need to know.
Sony wowed the world when it dropped the above trailer for the next Spider-Man game during its showcase event in September 2021, an announcement that came relatively out of the blue (as much as we were assuming there'd be a sequel eventually.
Unlike some of the other trailers from that event, we actually got a timeline to anticipate, too — it ends with the date 2023.
This was followed up in December 2022 by a blog post from PlayStation confirming that the game is slated for Fall 2023. In early 2023 voice actor Yuri Lowenthal indicated that he expects that date not to slip, which is reassuring.
While it cropped up during a stream dedicated to the PS5, a few other titles on show were actually destined for the PS4 as well, as cross-gen titles. So far, it would seem that Spider-Man 2 won't be one of those — it's been announced as an exclusive for the next-gen console.
However, given that Miles Morales sounded the same until closer to its release when its PS4 version was confirmed, we wouldn't exactly die of surprise if it turned out that Spider-Man 2 will also make its way in a less graphically-impressive manner to the older hardware.
The teaser trailer above is a fairly short one, but it's enough to get a few key facts about the game's story across. Just as the ending of Miles Morales made clear, there are now two Spider-Men in New York City — with Miles and Peter Parker
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