If you picked up Spider-Man and you’re anything like me, you’ve hardly been able to put it down since. I finished the game for our review and I’ve still loaded it up every day since then to get in some swing time. Well, for those of us totally hooked on the game, it won’t be too much longer before we have something new to do. Insomniac is polishing up the game’s previously-announced New...
There’s a dearth of Easter eggs found in Spider-Man for PlayStation 4, ranging from the obvious to the obscure. There’s also one that’s earned the title for the “saddest Easter egg” in video game history. In the lead up to Spider-Man’s release, Tyler Schultz sent a tweet to Insomniac Games about including a marriage proposal in the game. Surprisingly, Insomniac Games obliged, saying, “...
Insominac Games’ Spider-Man is out in public, on shelves, and downloading from PSN – after a long wait, it’s finally here. You can read our review of the game, or you can just jump in. But Spider-Man is a rare gem. Even after finishing the main game, I continued to plug away at it, ending with a 100% completion rate and a Platinum PlayStation trophy – not something I do often. And so as...
One of the staple features of a big game with an iconic character these days is a photo mode. Our characters look cool, and we want to capture them looking as cool as they can be. I’ve never wanted a photo mode as much as I did in Marvel’s Spider-Man on PlayStation 4. Just ahead of the game’s launch, Insomniac Games unleashed a 1.6GB patch that introduces, along with bug fixes and some...
As big as superhero hero movies have become, as much money as Disney and Warner Bros. are pulling in from their respective comic-book companies' stables of legendary licenses, there's something weird: there are very, very few comic-book games, and even fewer good ones. The 2004 Spider-Man 2 is still, almost 15 years later, regarded as one of the best, despite being one of the very first...
Spider-Man comics have been running for over half a century. They’ve been in Amazing, Spectacular, Sensational and even Superior varieties, telling multiple Spider-stories every month for years and years. And yet, the attraction to the character for many of us is pretty simple. What would it feel like to move like no human could ever dream of moving? That’s the fantasy of Spider-Man,...
2017 was an almost unprecedented year in games. We saw the release of tons of long-awaited games, the beginnings of new franchises, series-reviving sequels, and even a console launch that has since seen Nintendo take gaming by storm as it blurs the line between home and portable gaming. I can’t tell you how many of my friends wait for the Switch versions of games. I don’t know if 2018...
Back in June, we got brief hands-on time with Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4, which is being developed by Insomniac Games. It beautifully captures what it’s like to swing through the bustling streets of New York City, to perch atop Stark Tower in Midtown Manhattan. I had a blast using my Spidey senses to track down criminals, and combat felt incredibly smooth. There’s no...
Sony this week unveiled a limited edition PS4 Pro to celebrate the upcoming launch of Spider-Man. The console features a vibrant red and a huge Spidey insignia on the top, along with a sleek controller to match. Launching alongside the Spider-Man game on September 7 for $399, the bundle features a customized “Amazing Red” 1TB PS4 Pro, matching DualShock 4 wireless controller, Marvel’s...
So many of my favorite games of E3 2018 are games that don’t have release dates. One of the games that was playable and has a clear, imminent release, though, is Insomniac’s Spider-Man. I finally got to play it last week at E3. My time with the game started awkwardly. “How do I get in line to play this,” I asked the guy in the red hoodie clearly overlooking the game. “Y’know man, I...