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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 contains several great Easter eggs, but one fan recently pointed out a missed opportunity to include a real-life tribute to one of Marvel’s greatest heroes. While Insomniac’s Spider-Man games are in a separate continuity from other recent Marvel titles like Marvel’s Avengers and Marvel’s Midnight Suns, they still feature clever nods to other famous heroes like Black Panther and Doctor Strange. While exploring the open world of New York City, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 players can visit the Wakanda Embassy and Avengers Tower — and can even pay their respects to late MCU actor Chadwick Boseman at the former.

Some Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 fans have started pointing out that Peter Parker is missing as an AI companion in combat when the player is controlling Miles Morales. Spider-Man 2 gives gamers two crime-fighting Spider-heroes for the price of one, with Peter returning from the first game and Miles now a fully-fledged web-slinger following his starring role in the 2020 spin-off Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

An Insomniac Games developer has shared an unused piece of animation from Marvel's Spider-Man 2 pertaining to the game's iconic antagonist, Venom. Despite not making it to the final version of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, fans are quite impressed with how good the animation is.

Yet another update is readily available for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 players to download right now. Insomniac Games has released multiple updates for Spider-Man 2 since first launching the game last year. Spider-Man 2 earned rave reviews from fans and critics alike at the time of its release, but there's always room for improvement, and Insomniac has definitely improved the game with the various updates it's released so far.

Insomniac Games has swung out with a new Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 update on PS5. Available to download, this newest patch includes a list of minor fixes with no new content added.

The latest update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is now live.

The latest Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 update is now available to download, bringing several bug fixes and other requested improvements. Insomniac launched the latest chapter of its critically acclaimed open-world superhero series on the PlayStation 5 back in October, pitting Peter Parker and Miles Morales against classic villains like Kraven the Hunter, the Lizard, and the long-teased Venom. Spider-Man 2 has been a smash hit so far, selling over five million copies worldwide and ranking as one of Insominac’s highest-rated releases.

Ratchet and Clank has received a new update, eight years after its debut in 2016 on PS4.

2016’s Ratchet and Clank remake recently celebrated its eighth anniversary, in commemoration of which Insomniac Games has finally made a fan-favourite weapon available to everyone.

Insomniac Games has revealed that the Bouncer weapon can be claimed for free in 2016’s Ratchet and Clank via a new DLC drop. This classic weapon giveaway comes on the eighth anniversary of the release of Ratchet and Clank and gives fans a new reason to dive back into the game’s chaotic action.

Concept art of the Beetle, the villain speculated to be featured in Marvel's Spider-Man 2's DLC, was leaked and revealed the character's updated appearance. A release date for Marvel's Spider-Man 2's unconfirmed expansion has not been announced.

A talented Marvel’s Spider-Man fan has created a mod for the game that allows gamers to play as a character from Invincible Season 2 — spoilers for the finale are ahead. Marvel’s Spider-Man may not be the newest title in the series, but that hasn’t stopped modders from continuing to add new content to the game.

A talented fan of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2has created variant concepts for most of the movie suits from the game. The movie suits are often some of the most popular suits in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and these concepts would add a huge amount of variety to the current lineup.

A Marvel's Spider-Man 2 concept art made by a fan has given a Prototype theme to the Symbiote Suit. The Prototype franchise has been stagnant for over a decade now, though thisMarvel's Spider-Man 2 illustration has brought back some fine memories for several diehard fans of the franchise.

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.

Fast traveling, one of the most impressive features of both the PlayStation 5 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2, was also a point of much discussion in development and almost cut as a result. While the PlayStation 5's processing speed allows for quicker gameplay, developers of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 worried that this might lead to less player engagement. The game's design director commented on this.

Funko’s newly announced line of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Pops includes Miles Morales’s infamous Evolved Suit from the end of the game. Just like Insomniac’s previous Marvel offerings, Spider-Man 2 gives fans a collection of alternate attires for its two web-slinging protagonists, many of which were pulled directly from the various Spider-Man comics, cartoons, and films. Others were created exclusively for the game, such as the “Evolved” costume that Miles dons during Spider-Man 2’s Symbiote-centric third act.

The developers of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 revealed that they struggled to get the Sandman boss fight right due to how fast Spider-Man is. During this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC), associate animation director for Insomniac Stephen Camardella revealed that it was incredibly hard to get the pacing of the fight against Sandman in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 just right. Camardella states that due to Spider-Man's speed, it was a challenge to make sure the fight was fair and fun.

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.

Silknigth has shared some interesting new information on Spider-Man: The Great Web.

This article has SPOILERS for the Insomniac Spider-Man games

Fans are rallying to save Insomniac’s canceled Spider-Man multiplayer game with a petition that is rapidly gaining signatures. Just a few months after Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launched to much critical and commercial success, Insomniac fell victim to a massive data breach that exposed the studio’s ideas for future Marvel video games. Included in this was Spider-Man: The Great Web, an online multiplayer title that would allow players to roam an open-world sandbox version of New York City and battle supervillains together.

Footage of a purportedly cancelled co-operative live-service Spider-Man game from developer Insomniac — titled Spider-Man: The Great Web — has appeared online following last year's ransomware attack targeting the developer and its employees.

An alleged trailer for Spider-Man: The Great Web has leaked online - Spider-Man: The Great Web being a cancelled Insomniac Games comicbook adaptation with a focus on co-op multiplayer. I am not going to embed the footage because I’m not sure if doing so would cause screaming Spider-Lawyers to crash through my window – best of luck finding tall objects to swing from in darkest West Yorkshire, webheads! - but I will do you the great honour of describing the footage below.

A concept trailer for Insomniac’s canceled Spider-Manmultiplayer game has just leaked online, giving fans a glimpse into what the ambitious project could have been like. Insomniac’s series of open-world Spider-Man games have earned critical acclaim from fans of Marvel’s legendary web slinger, starting with the successful Marvel’s Spider-Man back in 2018. A spin-off was released in 2020 in Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which saw the titular teenage hero come into his own as a crime-fighter. Both he and Peter Parker returned as playable characters in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 last year, facing off against deadly villains like Venom and Kraven the Hunter while struggling with their own personal demons.

Following Insomniac Games’ massive data breach in December, it emerged that the studio had been working on a live service multiplayer Spider-Man game called Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Great Web, which was eventually scrapped by Sony. Now, a trailer for the cancelled game has emerged online, offering a look at what it was being pitched at prior to being shelved.

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.

PlayStation-backed game studio, Deviation Games, has closed.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has gotten a new update, and among many improvements, the fan-favorite original Tobey Maguire costume received a small but significant and most-requested change. With over 60 years of history behind the character, hardcore Spider-Man fans are very particular about suits, and while the update may feel minor, it's a big deal for many hardcore fans.

Developer Insomniac Games released its much anticipated New Game Plus update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 yesterday, however it slipped up a tad and also accidentally gave players access to a development menu.

Insomniac Games finally released its long-awaited patch for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, adding New Game Plus, Mission Replay, new suits and much more. However, it also unintentionally added access to the game’s debug menu. A hotfix is on the way to address this, and the developer warns that using the menu may corrupt your saves and trophy progress.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has received the version 1.002.000 update, finally bringing the much-requested New Game+ mode, new suits for the two heroes, and a host of new quality-of-life features. The latest patch also adds the ability to replay missions, change the in-game time of day, and some handy accessibility options. The Spider-Man 2 update, however, has also brought an unintended bug. Developer Insomniac Games confirmed that the patch could grant players access to a development game menu, which could end up impacting save files and trophy progress.

Developer Insomniac Games has released a new update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, bringing with it a host of fixes, and new features, including New Game+. The update, numbered at version 1.002.000, also brings with it other features like Mission Replay, and the ability to change the time of day. Check out the full patch notes below.

Insomniac Games released a new update for the PlayStation 5 exclusive . The patch adds fan-requested features, including a New Game+ mode, mission replay, and Time of Day options. The update also adds several new accessibility options and general improvements.

The latest update for Spider-Man 2 is now live, adding a long-promised New Game+ mode.

The latest update for Spider-Man 2 accidentally gives players access to developer Insomniac Games‘ debug tools.

Insomniac Games has released a brand-new update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, but fans need to be careful after downloading it. After Spider-Man 2 launched last year, many fans were disappointed that the game was shipped without a proper New Game+ mode. Insomniac was quick to promise that the fan-favorite feature was on the way, and the latest update has finally added it to the open world superhero game.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s long-awaited New Game Plus update has finally been released, adding new features and bonus content that fans have been requesting since the game launched last October. While Spider-Man 2 earned much critical acclaim and quickly became one of Insomniac’s highest-selling titles, players decried not being able to replay story missions without creating a whole new save file, which in turn left them without much to do after clearing Spider-Man 2’s various side-activities the first time.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was a massive hit when it launched in October of last year. Fans of the franchise were eager to dive into this web slinging action and follow both Peter Parker and Miles Morales into battle. This was also a PlayStation 5 exclusive whereas previous installments for Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales were both available on the last-generation PlayStation 4 console. 

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Insomniac Games have released Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 version 1.002.000, which adds New Game+, Mission Replay, and Time of Day option, as well as new accessibility options.

Guerrilla’s multiplayer Horizon game is reportedly not among a number of recently cancelled PlayStation titles.

A major title update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is coming March 7 and will add the long awaited New Game+ mode to the game, new suits, photo mode updates, and more.

Insomniac Games, the developer of the Marvel's Spider-Man series, has issued a statement regarding recent layoffs at the studio. It's no secret that the gaming industry is going through tough times at the moment. Numerous companies, both large and small, have been experiencing cuts, and lots of talented people have lost their jobs this year. Back in January, for example, Riot Games announced layoffs, which continued a worrying trend from last year.

Insomniac Games has released a public statement in response to layoffs at the studio announced this week by parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment.

This article has SPOILERS for Marvel's Spider-Man 2

There are many reasons why people like the Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise from Insomniac Games. It’s true that thanks to the PS4 and PS5, these games look gorgeous, and they’re only going to get better as they make more titles in the line. Plus, the gameplay is fluid and dynamic, making you feel like the Spider-Men while also having different attacks and abilities for both to use, making each unique. But the real reason that most praise the titles is the stories and portrayals of the characters. Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and others shine within the game in the best ways, and gamers gravitated to that.

A ransomware gang claims to have hacked Epic Games, saying it has nearly 200 gigabytes of internal data.

Japan's Sony is cutting about 900 jobs at its PlayStation unit and shutting a studio in London, it said on Tuesday as the videogame industry struggles to recover from a post-pandemic slump.

Guerrilla Games is reportedly cutting 10% of its workforce as part of wider layoffs announced on Tuesday by parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Yuri Lowenthal, who voices Peter Parker in Insomniac‘s Spider-Man games, thinks the character will return in a future series instalment.

PlayStation has announced layoffs across multiple studios, continuing a troubling trend for the gaming sector in 2024. The move is just the latest set of mass layoffs the gaming industry has faced in the past year. With PlayStation's latest announcement, it appears this trend is unlikely to slow down in the months ahead.

PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst has said the platform holder is “reevaluating how we operate” as part of its decision to lay off 900 employees worldwide.

Sony Interactive Entertainment will lay off about 900 employees across the globe, or about eight percent of its total workforce, the company announced. London Studio, which was developing an online cooperative combat game set in a fantasy London for PlayStation 5, will also close in its entirety as a result of the lay offs.

PlayStation has announced that it is laying off about 900 people, which is roughly 8% of its workforce, and as you might imagine for restructuring of that scale, studios across the entire company are going to be affected, including some of the biggest names under the PlayStation Studios banner.

When it comes to big game releases, there are sometimes titles that get the “Oh my gosh, this is amazing!” statement when they first arrive, and then, over time, that feeling changes. Why is that? Well, it’s partially because some people are just so hyped to get the game that they enjoy everything for what it is at first but then slowly realize that some flaws are holding the game back. A certain title from Bethesda in 2023 comes to mind on that front, but that’s not what we’re talking about today. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is the title we’re talking about right now.

Leaked info and potential spoilers ahead for Marvel's Wolverine.

Several months down the line from Marvel's Spider-Man 2's launch, fans have been discussing the game's ending and whether elements should have played out differently.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is set to receive its long-awaited New Game Plus mode in a free update on March 7, and in a lengthy update on the PlayStation Blog, Insomniac Games has revealed the finer details on everything else the update will add to the game.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is finally adding its long-awaited New Game Plus mode soon, along with additional costumes and accessibility features. Insomniac finally released Spider-Man 2 on the PlayStation 5 last October to much critical and commercial success, with the game quickly becoming one of the developer's highest-selling titles of all time. As both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, players are tasked with defending New York City from a multitude of classic comic book villains, including Kraven the Hunter and a reimagined version of Venom.

PlayStation has revealed the details involving the upcoming, as well as some new DLC suits.

We cannot explain to you how grateful we have been for everyone who has picked up Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 over the holiday season. Everyone here at Insomniac Games is proud of the game, and we’re very excited to share details with you about the major title update that will hit your PS5 console on March 7

Since its launch, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has been one of the best titles on the PlayStation 5. It’s also been the best-selling title on the PS5 as it’s crossed over 10 million units sold in less than four months, which is very impressive. The game had incredible graphics, improved gameplay for bother Peter Parker and Miles Morales, the arrival of new villains like Kraven and Venom, and so on. However, after they beat the game, players wanted a new challenge, and Insomniac Games promised a New Game+ mode would be coming. As you now know, that’ll happen on March 7th. However, that’s not all that Insomniac is bringing to the table.

A beefy update headed to Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will add a wardrobe of new suits and unlock a fresh New Game Plus mode for Insomniac's enjoyable superhero adventure.

There’s been a barrage of leaks hitting the web from Insomniac Games, and just when things seem to have settled down, another leak emerges online. Today, we’re finding out that a new internal trailer for the upcoming  Marvel’s Wolverine  game has appeared online, leaving fans a small look into what they can expect from this game. 

An eagle-eyed Marvel's Spider-Man 2 player has noticed an eerie detail about one of the game's most popular suits: the Superior Spider-Man costume. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has a ton of hidden details, but this one will definitely have slipped by a lot of players.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced the winners of the 27th annual DICE Awards.

The history of superhero video games isn’t as straightforward as you might think. Like every other genre of title, there are several “great successes,” and then there are those that were just cash grabs that shouldn’t have been made. However, when Insomniac Games got the touch to make the Marvel’s Spider-Man series for PlayStation, fans had high hopes, and those hopes weren’t misplaced! When the original title came out on PS4, it was a revelation. It matched the quality and skill that Batman had gotten when Rocksteady made his original titles for his trilogy, and the sky seemed to be the limit!

Sony has seen a string of explosive critical and commercial first-party hits over the course of the last decade or so, but not many of its games have managed to achieve the level of success that the Marvel’s Spider-Man series has enjoyed. On top of consistent critical acclaim, the series has also seen stellar sales on a consistent basis, and it has now hit another major milestone on that front.

In its latest quarterly fiscal report, alongside providing updated sales figures for PS5, Sony has also done the same for its last major flagship first-party release, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. As of December 31, a little over two month’s on from its launch on October 20, the acclaimed open world superhero title has sold 10 million units worldwide.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 .

Marvel's Spider-Man 2's much anticipated New Game Plus mode will arrive next month — on 7th March — which means soon we can all swing back around and go for another spin with Peter and Miles.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is set to receive a title update in March, which will include the much-requested New Game+ mode, developer Insomniac Games confirmed Wednesday. The update will also bring new suits for Peter Parker and Miles Morales and a few more changes, details of which will be revealed closer to the update's release. The post-launch update was initially planned for late 2023 but was confirmed to be delayed to early 2024 in December last year.

Spoilers ahead for Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

According to new leaks, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 originally had several symbiote bosses and even some plot points that were cut from the game before its release last year. The sequel to Insomniac Games’ hit superhero game launched to rave reviews and massive support from fans in October and players are still enjoying the title and discussing the franchise. Observers are already speculating about possible Peter Parker storylines for Spider-Man 3, and plenty of gamers are already waiting for DLC for the current entry.

NOTE: There are spoilers ahead for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

An unofficial Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PC port derived from materials leaked in the recent Insomniac data breach is being scrapped. After two years of hype and eager anticipation, Spider-Man 2 finally launched on the PlayStation 5 to rave reviews in October. While it didn’t take home any honors at The Game Awards 2023, Spider-Man 2 was still well-regarded for updating the open-world gameplay formula of its predecessors and quickly became one of Insomniac’s highest-selling video games.

You know the phrase, “This is why we can’t have anything nice?” Well, that’s the feeling many game developers have felt over the last several years because hackers have come in and tried to ruin things for them in one form or another. You might recall when Rockstar Games was hacked, and alpha-based videos of their upcoming title hit the internet, causing all sorts of backlash when it did. Then, late last year, Insomniac Games was the latest victim of a hack, where a whole bunch of data was revealed about Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and future games they might be producing.

Marvel’s Spider-Man is one of the big heavy hitters for the Sony PlayStation platforms. PlayStation 4 saw the release of the first installment from Insomniac Games. It was such a big hit that it didn’t take long before they released Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Then, fast forward a bit, and we saw the official Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launch into the marketplace. That had quite a few fans eager to pick up a PlayStation 5 console alone to experience this game. Unfortunately, the famed development studio that brought these games out was recently hit with a ransomware attack. 

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Marvel's Spider-Man 2.Spider-Man 2 fans would love for Marvel’s Venom to have a traversal feature involving Venom’s wings. It’s a feature that would be unlike anything players have seen in Insomniac’s Spider-Man series thus far, as even web wings could not compete with actual flight.

Stephanie Tyler Jones, the model who provided her likeness to Mary Jane for the recent PlayStation Spider-Man games, has spoken out after «some followers crossed boundaries».