Fans are quickly noticing a bizarre detail while playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s newly-added New Game Plus mode while wearing Peter’s alien Symbiote Suit — and it's already becoming a meme. Months after the game first came out, Insomniac has finally added the much-requested New Game Plus to Spider-Man 2 in its latest update, allowing fans to restart the main story campaign with all of the unlocks from their initial playthrough.
This includes the alternate costumes players can equip Peter Parker and Miles Morales with in Spider-Man 2, drawing from their many appearances in comics and films. In Peter’s case, this means that players can have him don his infamous Black Symbiote costume hours before he gains it in-universe, along with some menacing new color variants unlocked when starting New Game Plus. While this usually makes Peter a darker, more intimidating web-slinger, a quirk in Spider-Man 2’s pulse-pounding opening act is putting the Venom-infected hero in a more comical light.
Spider-Man 2 opens with Peter and Miles confronting a rampaging Sandman through the streets of New York City, braving a massive sandstorm and dodging flying obstacles as they struggle to reach the tragic and empathic Flint Marko. This causes sand particles to cling to the Spider-Heroes’ costumes, and as Twitter user Lukec1605 recently pointed out, Peter’s Symbiote looks more like fecal matter after going through Sandman’s raging cyclone. Other users like TrafalgarLog have started calling Peter’s new look “Poop Man,” and playfully speculating that the fear of players discovering this unsanitary new hero caused Insomniac to take so long to add New Game Plus to Spider-Man 2.
Fans like TrafalgarLog have started to embrace Poop Man as a meme, even threatening to boycott Spider-Man 2’s speculated DLC if Insomniac removes “Peter Pooper” in a future patch. Others are humorously citing it as the primary reason to try out Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plus Mode, which came with other long-wished-for features like the ability to change the time of day while exploring the open world of New York City and altering the color of Peter’s Symbiote tendrils after completing the story. Peter and Miles have also gained a pair of stylish new costumes inspired by their appearance at the latest Hellfire Gala as part of the latest update.
Peter might not want to bring his Spider-Man 2 New Game Plus Poop Man look to a formal superhero gathering, but it’s an amusing testament to the level of detail Insomniac brought to the game — which includes leaving Peter and Miles realistically covered in sand after their opening battle against Flint Marko. This has the unintended side effect of giving the Venom Symbiote’s appearance a less hygienic look, but Peter might
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The Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 version of Venom is crawling into the comics in this year’s Venomverse Reborn event, just a few months after menacing gamers on the PlayStation 5. Even before Spider-Man 2 launched back in October, Venom’s presence in the Insomniac universe was strongly felt and hinted at. In the Marvel’s Spider-Man post-credits scene, it is revealed that Norman Osborn has been keeping his terminally ill son Harry suspended in a tank in his penthouse, with an all-too-familiar-looking black substance floating alongside him. Come Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Norman orders Harry to be released, despite the protests of Dr. Curtis Conners.
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Concept art for Insomniac’s canceled Spider-Man multiplayer game has just been leaked online, including a possible look at the title’s character creation screen. Insomniac infamously fell victim to a massive ransomware attack just a few months after Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 swung onto the PlayStation 5, exposing much of the developer’s plans for future Marvel video games. Among already confirmed titles like Marvel’s Wolverine and long-suspected projects centered around Venom and the X-Men was a game that Insomniac had reportedly already canceled long before the data breach: an online multiplayer title called Spider-Man: The Great Web.
Between the release of 's New Game Plus update accidentally granting players access to the game's developer menu, and the hacker group Rhysida sharing over a terabyte of files, players have got a better idea of what features were removed from Insomniac's superhero sequel. These leaks have also revealed other games in the works at Insomniac, such as a canceled, type multiplayer title, and a potential spin-off.
A new fan petition to bring back Insomniac’s canceled multiplayer game has been gathering thousands signatures as enthusiasts are exposed to leaked trailers of the title that has been fully discarded. The game that was being developed for PlayStation consoles was abruptly canceled and the leaked footage online sparked outrage among fans who wanted to experience a bit of the in an interactive medium. The information about the canceled was obtained as part of the giant Insomniac leaks in late 2023.
Spider-Man: The Great Web was supposed to be a new title from Sony that will soon be added to the already existing lineup of Marvel’s Spider-Man video games. However, this game has been canceled, which is really sad news considering that this game was one to feature multiplayer among multiple Spider-Men.
A trailer has leaked online for Spider-Man: The Great Web, a multiplayer game that got some way into development at Insomniac Games before being cancelled.