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A renowned fighter of the Amon Clan returns in to try and beat Kazama Kiryu in a secret boss fight. Unlocked through the Coliseum Arena, you'll have to overcome every combat mini-game available to challenge two prominent Amon characters. One will test your ability to fight with an assembled team, while the other tests your skills in a 1v1 brawl.

The Coliseum acts as an Arena mode in , letting you challenge hordes of enemies with a team of all the fighters you are able to recruit. Each of the potential allies you can find has unique skills and abilities that may be honed through upgrades for various battles. Leading your team to victory requires Kiryu to have at least a few faces he can rely on.

The microtransactions of Mortal Kombat 1 have once again been thrust into the spotlight.

The release of DLC for could finally resolve a huge missed opportunity from. The second game released in Insomniac's series,, was an outstanding title; however, the base game was short and it lacked any DLC. This was compounded in the most recent game, by the fact that, for the most part, comes across as a Peter Parker-orientated game, with Miles being relegated to the unenviable position of being the game's secondary protagonist — especially during the main story sections concerning Harry Osborn and the game's primary antagonist, the sentient alien Symbiote known as Venom.

Mortal Kombat 1’s aggressive monetisation has once again come under fire from players after Nintendo spilled the beans on the standalone price of the Omni-Man DLC character.

Miles Morales' mother, Rio Morales has endured a difficult time in the relationship department since the untimely passing of her husband, Jefferson Davis; however, during , she tells her son that she has been on a series of dates and has met a man. Though it is teased a number of times, and while many attempts for them all to have dinner together are made throughout the story of, it is not until the very final post-credit scene that the true identity of Rio's mystery man is revealed to Miles and, by extension, the player.

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Insomniac Games' is the latest in a series of video games that has done a phenomenal job of including a vast range of powerful adversaries for Peter Parker and Miles Morales to face — both universally known enemies and those that are little recognized outside the most dedicated Spider-Man fans. Despite this, there are a significant number of enemies that absolutely must feature in the inevitable sequel to the latest entry, — a few of whom have never made it into a game, but absolutely have the potential to be devastatingly powerful bosses that torment both Peter and Miles as well as New York.

brought back an enduringly popular figure from the previous games in the series, but it did so only to almost immediately kill him off in one of the most unbearably emotional scenes in the entire game. weaves a dramatic narrative with numerous characters, and though this tug at the heartstrings of long-time fans of the series is quite cheap, it is devastatingly effective. Ultimately, brought back one character for no reason but to die — their death is not narratively important, nor does their death present a lingering point of conflict.

Invincible's titular hero might not be playable in Mortal Kombat 1, but his dad at least has the option to cosplay as him thanks to an unlockable colour scheme that resembles Mark's iconic first outfit.

While is one of the biggest releases of the year, it also came with a number of bugs, which a recent update has helped to alleviate — unfortunately, the patch has also removed a hidden exploit that allowed players to free-roam the city as Venom. The first game in the series to feature both Peter Parker and Miles Morales as playable protagonists, also had a major focus on adapting the popular symbiote storyline from the classic comics, including the introduction of iconic Spider-Man villain Venom alongside fellow Marvel antagonists Sandman and Kraven.

Spider-Man 2's director, Bryan Intihar, has explained why the sequel is missing so many costumes from the first game and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, noting that it wasn't as simple as just porting them from one to the other.

Getting a call from a friend in need is something we all want to help with, especially if their family member is in the hospital. But what if that call turns out to be a scary scam? That's what happened to Radhakrishan P S, a former Coal India executive who lost Rs. 40000 in a deepfake scam. Considering the progress these cybercriminals have made with the help of AI tools, you too may be targetted and therefore, there is an urgent need to stay vigilant. Know what happened and how to protect yourself.

The scrapped Superman movie was set to star Josh Hartnett as Superman. Years later, a photo has emerged of the actor wearing the costume of the Man of Steel.

It’s the end of another week, and it seems that the stopped clock of GTA 6 rumours has finally come right. “The next Grand Theft Auto” is actually going to be revealed in December! Shocked faces all round!

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 star Yuri Lowenthal, who plays Peter Parker in the acclaimed sequel, has a pitch to bring Across the Spider-Verse antagonist Spot into a hypothetical Spider-Man 3 game.

Just as we're all wrapping our heads around the idea that the new Ultimate Spider-Man is an adult Peter Parker who is married to Mary Jane with two kids, Marvel has now unveiled our first look at Spider-Man's arch-enemy, the Green Goblin on the cover of Ultimate Spider-Man #2 by series artist Marco Checchetto. And he's got a real Sam Raimi, Willem Dafoe kind of vibe about him.

Mortal Kombat 1 fans might be having a lot of fun with Omni-Man since his launch yesterday, but they're already unimpressed with the lack of content that he brings, with no skins and fewer Brutalities than the rest of the roster.

Mortal Kombat 1 now has its first DLC character, Omni-Man from the Invincible series, and players have already discovered he’s equal parts broken and hilarious.

Last week, we asked you to share pictures of Peter Parker himself swinging through Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:

The infamous cube glitch in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has reared its blocky head again.

No Man's Sky has earned yet another accolade for its longevity - it's won the "Still Playing" award at the Golden Joystick Awards powered by Intel. 

Spider-Man 2's director, Bryan Intihar, has explained why Insomniac Games had MJ take up the mantle of Scream, who is usually just a separate symbiote.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, a spin-off of the main series featuring Kazuma Kiryu, is out now. It’s available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC while also playable for Game Pass subscribers. Check out the launch trailer below.

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Invincible fans really aren't happy about one of Omni-Man's interactions with Sindel in Mortal Kombat 1 where he says that he's going to turn her, Mileena, and Kitana into his "pets".

Well, the Loki season 2 finale featured a lot of revelations about the past, present, and future of the God of Mischief. But thrown in with all of the emotional arcs being woven together was a very intriguing reference to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

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Insomniac Games' for PlayStation 5 is filled with Easter eggs and character guest appearances. Part of the series' allure has always been finding these secrets and interacting with fan-favorite characters. Now, with Miles Morales being a main character in the series and not simply a spin-off or guest himself, Insomniac has a big job for any upcoming DLC to continue to expand the cast of characters.

Here’s how the villainous Viltrumite ends his MK matches.

In recent years, as Twitch fended off territorial incursions from YouTube, the livestreaming service did whatever it could to hang on to top performers: signing them to exorbitant, exclusive contracts, offering them favorable cuts of subscription revenue and even handing out free tickets to the Super Bowl. Now under mounting pressure from its owner Amazon.com Inc. to cut costs, the company's new chief executive officer is testing out a less expensive way of strengthening its bond with the creative community — a cross-country, listening tour.  

Miles plays an enormous role in ; however, he is, throughout large sections of the game, overshadowed by Peter Parker and can come off feeling like a secondary character rather than a joint protagonist of equal importance. Though Peter is the original Spider-Man and, therefore, has decades of fan recognition, Miles Morales has, in recent years, become just as popular and widely beloved as his friend and mentor, both in the comics, as well as the film and video game adaptions. Although Miles doesn't solely possess the spotlight in the latest installment of Insomniacs' games, he does go through a lot.

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Mortal Kombat 1 fans have been trying to guess what Omni-Man's gear would be ever since he was revealed, and it turns out that, strangely, it's three different items all at once.

Omni-Man is set to be added to the Mortal Kombat 1 roster as the first new fighter in the Kombat Pack, allowing Invincible fans to duke it out as the crazed supervillain.

Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 has had a phenomenal launch, securing its spot as one of the fastest-selling first-party PS5 games of all time. The studio has also announced that the game has already sold over 5 million copies.

features a solid roster of playable characters, but one minor inclusion is definitely way worse than the other options. Bouncing between a variety of protagonists was a concept first introduced in the original, which occasionally set Peter's story aside to follow the footsteps of Mary Jane Watson or Miles Morales. Neither of these offered gameplay that was quite as dynamic as Peter's, with Mary Jane's segments, in particular, receiving some flak, but improves both of these options while introducing another that falls behind either.

Spider-Man 2 sales are soaring.

Spider-Man 2's latest patch has removed a boundary break glitch that was allowing players to take Venom out of his scripted mission and explore New York City.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 hit PlayStation 5 exclusively on October 20 – read Game Informer's review here to find out why we loved it so much. It turns out plenty of others enjoyed developer Insomniac Games' latest superhero effort, too, because Sony has revealed that in just 11 days, it sold through more than 5 million copies, making it one of the year's best-selling games.

The latest update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 — version 1.001.005 — is here. The new patch is full of crucial fixes to help enhance players’ web-slinging adventures and improve the game's overall polish. 

Some US retailers have started selling the new PlayStation 5 ‘Slim’ console.

Since its recent launch, Insomniac Games has released a handful of patches for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to iron out lingering bugs and technical issues in the game that players have reported, and the developer has now released another one of those updates, bringing the game up to version 1.001.005.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has now sold over 5m copies.

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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 sold over five million copies during its first 11 days on availability, Sony has said.

Today, during its Q2 2023 earnings report, Sony revealed that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has sold five million units in the first eleven days it's been on the market (from the launch date of October 20 to the end of the quarter, which is on October 30).

Sony has revealed its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, ending on October 30th. It included updated sales numbers for titles like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which has sold five million copies since launch.

Total worldwide sales for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 have surpassed five million units as of October 20, 2023, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Insomniac Games announced.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has a new update that patches out a bunch of bugs, and unfortunately, you can no longer use an exploit to free-roam New York City as Venom.

, much like its predecessors has several references to other characters who inhabit Insomniac Games' Marvel Universe. While some of these heroes are incorporated into part of the games' main narrative, there are others that can be spotted via Easter eggs across the games' open world.

There’s nothing worse than swinging in New York City and having all that momentum slam to a halt after getting stuck in a wall. Thankfully, the latest update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 fixes some troublesome clipping issues and a bug that could corrupt your save file.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 hit PlayStation 5 exclusively last month and quickly became Sony's fastest-selling first-party game. We loved the game – read Game Informer's Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review here – but players and critics alike have discovered bugs and issues leading to laughs, in some cases, and progress impediment in other cases. Developer Insomniac Games released a patch last week that addressed a handful of issues and now, it has released a new update that fixes even more bugs and issues. 

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This Black Friday deal gets you a standard PS5 console and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 for just $500.

Skilled Omni-Man players are going to be a nightmare for anyone who loves to spam projectile attacks in Mortal Kombat 1.

Insomniac Games and Sony have rolled out Spider-Man 2 Patch 1.001.005 for PlayStation 5, addressing over 17 annoying issues.

Sony’s new, slimmer PlayStation 5 is just about to arrive, but first it’s got to do something to sell all of the pre-existing consoles. It’s plan to do that is now active: include Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for free. The console bundle that typically costs $559.99 and includes the disc version of the PS5 and a code for the game now costs $499.99.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 director Bryan Intihar has an answer for why the sequel's take on Venom isn't weak to fire like his comic book counterpart.

In , the Symbiote, known as Venom when fully manifested, causes an extraordinary amount of physical, mental, and emotional damage to Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Harry Osborne, and Mary Jane Watson; however, its inclusion, and the effect it has on the game's main characters, often results in them doing or saying incredibly relatable things — many of which make their depictions all the more emotive and enjoyable. While the Symbiote corrupts its host, Marvel's Spider-Man 2's main characters seemingly try to make the most of a bad situation — perhaps for their own survival, but also for the wellbeing of those they care about.

In Loki may have formally introduced Miss Minutes, but it looks like the cute clock may be working her way around the Marvel universe, as one fan has spotted her in the third Ant-Man movie. 

Ever since their emergence, Bluetooth trackers have spurred a bit of controversy over their use. There have been a few instances of these devices, mainly Apple's AirTag, being misused to unknowingly track someone. However, in most cases, they have proven extremely useful by helping people track lost or stolen items like wallets, bikes, cars, safes, and even potted plants and pets, while the police have also used them to catch criminals. Now, another incident has surfaced where AirTag has helped someone locate a stolen car! Here's what happened.

The Marvels is, first and foremost, a sequel to Marvel Studios' 2019 flick Captain Marvel, but it's also a follow-up to Disney Plus TV shows WandaVision, Ms. Marvel, and Secret Invasion. With that, it was impossible for director Nia DaCosta to base it on a sole comic, so she found inspiration in several. 

Insomniac Games seems to be heavily teasing a Daredevil appearance in . There has long been speculation surrounding whether the two New York superheroes could ever meet in a game, primarily as players are able to explore The Man Without Fear's stomping ground, Hell's Kitchen across all three of Insomniac Games' Marvel titles to date.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name launches later this week, and reviews are already available (check out ours here). In the meantime, Sega has released a new trailer introducing the protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, who has adopted the codename Joryu. Check it out below.

Spider-Man vs. Venom is a rivalry that's been going on for over 30 years - but not quite like this, as Dylan Brock, the current Venom and son of Eddie Brock, is going toe-to-toe with Peter Parker's Spider-Man protege, Miles Morales, in January.

Publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have released a new trailer for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name introducing protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, who goes by the codename Joryu.

Insomniac Games has confirmed which character will be its primary Spider-Man going forward.

Miles Morales will be the main Spider-Man going forward in Insomniac's games as Peter Parker is taking a much-deserved rest from the spandex and webs. But of course, gamers are gonna gamer, so there is plenty of outrage over this revelation.

Packed with enough gadgets to cover a belt for Batman’s trousers, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name returns to the classic, combo-based street fighting that featured in earlier Yakuza games but enhances it with a fresh technological twist. This time the sharp side of the katana blades aren’t the only things that are on the cutting edge, as returning hero Kazuma Kiryu can employ a suite of state-of-the-art tools for taking out his tormentors as though he’s bypassed the weapons locker in favour of a trip to the Apple store. However, outside of the revitalised combat, almost everything in Gaiden’s toybox feels like a hand-me-down from an older sibling in the series, meaning once the fighting stops it quickly starts to feel a bit too familiar.

It’s easy to feel how Like a Dragon is changing in Gaiden. But that doesn’t mean the latest, un-numbered entry in Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s series is eschewing its roots.

The developers of hit PlayStation 5 exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 have said Miles Morales is the "main" Spider-Man from now on, which has caused some fans to speculate about what Insomniac may do with the inevitable Spider-Man 3.

The perfect DLC for could significantly improve the story, but it would be a completely different game in terms of both gameplay and narrative. The popular action-adventure title by Insomniac Games allows players to take control of Peter Parker and Miles Morales as they face new threats to New York City, but this time even more united. Both heroes take on their Spider-Man persona to fight crime in the city and stop Kraven’s plans, as they try to understand the presence of the Symbiote known as Venom. Other than Peter and Miles, there are many returning characters, such as Mary Jane.

Miles Morales will be the main Spider-Man going forward in Insomniac's games, the narrative director and advanced writer of the second entry in the series recently confirmed.

After Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Miles Morales is the lead Spider-Man in the Insomniac series - a move that was decided "very early on" according to developers.

Super Mario Bros Wonder has topped the UK physical software charts for the second week in a row.

Two members of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 narrative team have shed more light on the game's ending, and what it means for Peter Parker and Miles Morales.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC are the highlights of this week’s video game releases.

Spider-Man 2 fans are redesigning Miles Morales' infamously bad Evolved suit, proving that it could look a whole lot better than it currently does.

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