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Saturday9th Nov 2024
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Dev 'Heartbroken' by Passing of Venom Voice Actor
Candyman star Tony Todd passes away aged 69
Insomniac Games says it’s “heartbroken” by the passing of Tony Todd, the veteran actor who voiced Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and the star of hundreds of movies, including most famously Candyman. Deadline reports that Todd passed away aged 69 on 6th November at his home in Los Angeles. The...
Monday4th Nov 2024
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Will Literally Melt Your Face Off on PS5 Pro
Figuratively speaking
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was always a graphically impressive game, and unsurprisingly, the imminent PS5 Pro will further up the ante, offering dazzling graphical quality at blinding speeds. That's according to developer Insomniac, anyway, who have admittedly been pretty good at delivering on the goods. The above trailer shows the...
Friday25th Oct 2024
News Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PS5 Pro Updates Include Ray Tracing Toggles
The time is nigh
The ever-industrious Insomniac Games has joined a handful of other first-party PS Studios in releasing its PS5 Pro patches ahead of the console’s launch next month. Both the excellent Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart have new updates available, incorporating support for Sony’s supercharged new system,...
Sunday20th Oct 2024
News Some Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 Fans Are Furious It's Not Getting DLC
"A really bad decision"
There are some fans of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 who are absolutely irate the game is not getting any DLC expansions. Insomniac Games never explicitly announced any additional content for the game, but without getting into the weeds of stolen information, the big hack that impacted the developer did mention plans for...
Saturday19th Oct 2024
News Spider-Man 2 Won't Receive Any PS5 Story DLC
Insomniac pretty much moves on
Insomniac Games has effectively confirmed it's now moved on from development of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and major post-launch support as it states in a PlayStation Blog post that it's not working on any story DLC for the follow-up. As it reveals a PC version of the game will release on 30th January 2025, it also states:...
Thursday30th May 2024
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Swings 11 Million Sales as Sony Calls PS5 Exclusive a 'Great Success'
Can it catch the first game?
According to Sony's latest financial briefing, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has topped a rather impressive 11 million sales. The PS5 exclusive launched in October of last year, and got off to a flying start as the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game to date. It moved a staggering 2.5 million copies in the space of 24...
Friday8th Mar 2024
News Spider-Man 2's New Game+ Update Adds Access to Dev Menu That Could Corrupt Your Saves
Curiosity killed the cat
The eagerly anticipated New Game+ update is now available in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. It adds plenty of additions players have been asking for, and at least one no one had on their bingo card: access to a developer debug menu that messing around in could potentially corrupt your saves and disrupt Trophy progress. Developer...
Thursday7th Mar 2024
News Spider-Man 2's Massive New Game+ Update Is Finally Here, Mission Replay and More Included
Crime never sleeps
It's taken a good few months, but the highly anticipated New Game+ patch for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is upon us. This is a meaty update that goes far beyond the headline act, boasting additional accessibility options, and even the ability to replay individual story missions. For the uninitiated, New Game+ lets you play through the...
Wednesday21st Feb 2024
News New Spider-Man 2 Suits for Huge 7th March Update Revealed, Will Cost $5 at First
Proceeds go to Gameheads charity
Insomniac Games has shared more details concerning the gigantic Marvel's Spider-Man 2 update it has planned for 7th March 2024, including new suits to wear, New Game+, and more features like Ultimate Levels and Golden Gadget styles. The big news is two new suits will be made available (seen above) that will cost...
Wednesday14th Feb 2024
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2's PS5 Sales Swing Past 10 Million Units
Series now surpasses 50 million units overall
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has now comfortably surpassed 10 million units sold, accurate as of 4th February, 2024. It took the original game a little under a year to topple 13.2 million units, so this is clearly an exceptional result for the sequel. It’s also worth noting that as around 55 million PS5...
Wednesday7th Feb 2024
News Huge Spider-Man 2 Update Adds New Game+, New Suits, More on 7th March
More features will be detailed soon
Insomniac Games has confirmed the long-awaited Marvel's Spider-Man 2 update that'll add New Game+, new suits, and much more will arrive on 7th March 2024. A tweet states a complete list of features will be shared closer to release, but until then, we know New Game+ and more Spider-Man suits are in. The...
Friday2nd Feb 2024
News A Marvel's Spider-Man Glitch Nearly Found Its Way into Across the Spider-Verse Movie
Getting heated
Sony has just released a pretty interesting video as part of its Creator to Creator series. Available to watch on YouTube, it's part one of a conversation between various creative leads on two beloved Spider-Man projects — Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac Games, and Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse...
"Don't do this."
Members of the Insomniac Games development team have been forced to speak out against the online abuse they are receiving over the lack of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 updates. The problem was first brought to light by advanced senior community manager Aaron Jason Espinoza, who tweeted: "Sending violent threats to game developers over game...
Wednesday31st Jan 2024
News PS Plus Premium Adds Spider-Man 2 PS5 Trial Next Week
Swing for it
PS5 exclusive Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is getting a two-hour trial next week, available to PS Plus Premium subscribers. Starting from the 6th February, you'll be able to play through the opening sections of the highly rated action title, which should give you just enough time to get a feel for the game. Spidey's being added to what is now...
Tuesday9th Jan 2024
News Marvel's Spider-Man's Mary-Jane Face Model Calls for an End to Unacceptable Behaviour
"I felt unsafe and uncomfortable"
Stephanie Tyler Jones, Mary-Jane Watson’s face model in Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, has written an impassioned plea on her social media, begging for an end to unwarranted harassment from rabid followers. Writing on Instagram, in a post addressed to ‘Spider-Man fans’, she said she...
Wednesday13th Dec 2023
News Big Spider-Man 2 PS5 Patch Planned, But Not Until 2024
New Game+ and mission replay both on the way
Insomniac Games has confirmed it has a significant PS5 update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in the works, but players will need to wait until early 2024 to download and access its all-new features. The studio shared the news on Twitter having previously stated it wants to get New Game+ out before the end of...
Monday11th Dec 2023
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Fans Miffed After Apparent Snubbing at The Game Awards
I have nothing left - except Spider-Man
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is one of the biggest games of the year, and we were big fans, even if it didn't stray enough from the established Insomniac formula for our taste. Still, it seems we weren't the only ones surprised to find that, despite being nominated in seven separate categories, Sony's latest...
Wednesday29th Nov 2023
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Player Finds Unconventional Way to Free Roam as Venom
Temporary symbiosis
One player, desperate to freely roam Marvel's Spider-Man 2's depiction of New York City as Venom once more, has found a relatively unconventional way of doing so. However, we wouldn't go so far as recommending it, requiring intentionally crashing your game during a specific story segment and nerves of steel. Vague Marvel's...
Tuesday28th Nov 2023
News Spider-Man 2's Best Side Mission Has Been Nominated for an Award
For its deaf representation
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been nominated for a GAconf Award in the Best Representation category thanks to its rather special side mission Graffiti Trouble. In it, you play as Miles' friend Hailey — who is deaf — and work your way through a construction site to reach a graffiti artist. Insomniac Games simulates what...
Friday24th Nov 2023
News An Amazing Number of Players Have Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Platinum Trophy
Infectious
It's something we've seen several times over at this point, but Sony has found a real knack for compiling Trophy lists that players want to conquer. With many of its first-party titles, the percentage of players who have bothered to unlock the Platinum Trophy skews higher than comparable third-party games. However, Marvel's Spider-Man 2...
Tuesday21st Nov 2023
Also tops God of War Ragnarok on PS5
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was a smash hit for Sony and PlayStation when it launched last month in Europe. Fresh sales data shows that the PS5 exclusive came third in overall software sales rankings, but it was only beaten by EA Sports FC 24 (surprise!) and Assassin's Creed Mirage — both of which were on sale for up...
Thursday9th Nov 2023
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 Sales Swing Past Amazing 5 Million Units Milestone
Amazing
Insomniac Games’ critically acclaimed superhero sequel Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has sold over five million copies, as of 30th October. The figure was confirmed as part of a Sony earnings call, and later celebrated on social media by the Burbank-based developer. It means the game took about ten days to pass the milestone, a little longer...
Wednesday8th Nov 2023
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 Update Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Thwip
Insomniac Games has just released a new update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Taking the game to version 1.001.005, the 460MB patch is yet another effort to squash a host of pesky bugs. It's available to download and install now. The patch includes various fixes, such as collision errors, missions failing to trigger, losing the ability to jump,...
Monday6th Nov 2023
News Insomniac Confirms Primary Marvel's Spider-Man Moving Forward
Swinging solo
Developer Insomniac has confirmed which of the two Spider-Men will be the prime Spider-Man moving forward, with the inevitable sequel shifting back to focus on a single web-slinger. Peter Parker took centre stage in Marvel's Spider-Man, and Miles Morales got his time to shine in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Both shared the...
Friday3rd Nov 2023
News Daredevil Pays Rent, Skewering Marvel's Spider-Man 2 DLC Theory
Insomniac played us all
Just yesterday, we brought you news of a secret ninja room in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 that had been fueling DLC speculation, specifically a theory that it might somehow feature Matt Murdoch, AKA Daredevil. Since then, Insomniac has skewered a key piece of evidence via the game's latest patch before taking to Twitter to gloat...
Thursday2nd Nov 2023
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Secret Ninja Room Sparks DLC Speculation
The Hand? Daredevil? Doctor Strange?
Now that the initial rush induced by the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has begun to wear off, players have had time to kick the tyres of Insomniac's open-world epic and unearth its secrets. A missing law firm, comments made by Insomniac leadership, and a bookshop decked out like an armoury have sparked...
Wednesday1st Nov 2023
News Another Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Available Now, Here Are the Patch Notes
Bug spray
Insomniac Games has just released a new game update for the popular Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Taking the title to version 1.001.004, the 922 MB patch makes a few more fixes as the developer aims to squash all those pesky bugs. This patch fixes a variety of issues, such as examples of the player getting stuck, bosses getting stuck, player...
Thursday26th Oct 2023
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Fixes Flag Issue and More, Here Are the Patch Notes
Puerto Rican flag restored
Insomniac Games has released a new patch for its smash hit superhero sequel, Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The game has been out for just under a week, and in that time a handful of bugs and errors have been raised. This 551 MB patch amends a few of those, most notably the issue surrounding an incorrect flag present in Miles...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Player Gets Out of Bounds, Discovers Kraven's Trophy Room
Talk about cut content
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 hasn't even been out a week, which hasn't stopped tens of thousands of players from picking up the Platinum Trophy already. Others have been testing the title's limits and learning the gruesome fate of characters seemingly killed offscreen. WARNING: VAGUE SPOILERS for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 to follow!...
Wednesday25th Oct 2023
News Spider-Man 2 Is Already Doing an Amazing Job of Keeping People Playing on PS5
25% have already beaten the story
Trophy statistics don't necessarily tell the whole tale, but they can be a fairly accurate indicator of how much engagement a game is getting from its players. And in the case of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, the PS5 title is seemingly doing a fantastic job of keeping people glued to their controllers. As pointed out by...
