Well, here we are again, reporting on a rumour with very little to substantiate it. Nerd Leaks – they're back apparently – hinted today that Sony may be working on a Spider-Man game for the PlayStation 4. Bizarre, right? Utterly bonkers, but it is – or was – listed on the resume of motion capture performer Stephen Oyoung. That page has since been pulled.
According to the CV, though, Oyoung recently worked on an "Untitled Spider-Man PS4 Project" for the Japanese giant. The wording doesn't necessarily mean that this has to be a game – it could be a virtual reality project, for example – but it's quite literally all that we have to go on for now. Make of the facts what you will.
Perhaps the bigger question, then, is whether this is likely? Sony is obviously deeply entangled in the movie rights to the Spider-Man franchise, but Sony Pictures and Sony Interactive Entertainment generally operate independently – even if Kaz Hirai has attempted to unify the company a little better since taking charge.
The big red flag for us, though, is that the PlayStation maker doesn't generally wholly fund the development of games unless it has ownership of the intellectual property. There have been exceptions to this rule – Guerrilla Cambridge famously made 24: The Game, for example – but it rarely ever strays from it.
If it were to make an exception given the size and scope of the Spider-Man brand, then Sucker Punch would obviously make an outstanding fit, but as far as we understand it, Activision still has exclusive rights to create any video game adaptations of the web slinger. Marvel has said that it has some big console games in the works, but we just can't see Sony being involved.
Stranger things have definitely happened – they made three movies in which Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker, for instance – but this is one rumour that seems unlikely to us. It's one to keep an eye on as we edge ever closer to E3, though, we suppose.
[source twitter.com, via resumes.breakdownexpress.com, neogaf.com, polygon.com]
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Sucker punch making a Spider-Man game would be crazy good! We haven't heard from them in a while as well, do you think we'll hear what they're working on soon?
@HeyDrumstickGuy It really depends what they're doing. If they're trying their hand at something totally different then it may take a while yet as they'll only just be done with prototyping.
The last I heard of Sucker Punch's next game was a job ad which described it as an "open world game with unique clothing"
@HeyDrumstickGuy Don't even put that idea in my head--I won't be able to take the disappointment if it doesn't happen. That would probably be the definitive Spider-Man game.
I'm sure we'll get some rushed movie tie-in crapfest instead. But man...
Now that idea is in my head. Hahaha. I could get lost in a game like that.
Maybe its a platinum games ps4 exclusive?
Wow Spiderman by SuckerPunch. Thats a match made in heaven right there.
At this point I'd just kill for any good games based on Marvel heroes, a la Batman's Arkham series. I enjoyed the Amazing Spider-Man tie-ins but they were far from great, and I've not heard anything particularly good about the ones for Captain America, Thor, etc.
Who knows, maybe they've decided to collaborate and work on an updated version of Spider-Man 2 instead of simply sticking the upscaled PS2 version on PSN.
Spiderman: Homecoming, that isn't supposed to be an origin story, but a follow-up to his appearance in Captain America Civil War, hence Iron Man just announced being in it, same actor is playing Spiderman in both, so the 3rd Spiderman in 15 years or whatever its been. Due out July 17, 2017.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/robert-downey-jr-joins-spider-885829
So I guess I'd be more surprised if there weren't a game in the works, those games seem to pop up regularly. Seems about time for the next.
@rjejr What's with your avatar, man?!
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@HeyDrumstickGuy unlikely but what an awesome idea!
@get2sammyb What, your not celebrating mums 90th? Don't tell me you don't recognize her royal highness?
@BowTiesAreCool It's in the sale, but thanks for the heads up!
I haven't played a Spider-Man game in years. I think tge last one I played was the movie game back on PS2. Lol
@HeyDrumstickGuy
Those were my thoughts, if the rumors were true. Sucker Punch or GTFO.
Just as long as Beenox aren't making it.
A Spider-man Homecoming movie tie-in?
This makes a lot of sense.There's been a lot of excitement surrounding Spidey in Civil War and the early screenings have been positively glowing. If Sony can work with Marvel to put Spidey in a Marvel film, I really don't see why Marvel couldn't work with Sony for a Spidey game. Once it comes out worldwide, the buzz would be pretty huge. Just in time for an E3 announcement. I think this will happen
My business-sense is telling me that, if this project is true, it will be related to Spider-Man: Homecoming. Perhaps not be based on it but it'd probably be advertisement for the movie.
@rjejr
You should be ashamed she's not worth celebrating nor worth having as an avatar, neither is this Spider-Man project to be entirely honest...
Did Spidey 2 come out before GTA 3? I seem to remember being amazed that THIS TIME YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND IT'S A FULL CITY THE TECHNOLOGY THESE DAYS!
@BowTiesAreCool Agreed - I loved Spiderman 2, I would spend ages just swinging across the city (and swearing at the last boss fight).
@Punished_Boss_84 I think living to 90 is worth celebrating, and in the limelight her entire life. Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie did more harm in 9 months than she's done in 90 years as a celebrity. She's practically the original reality tv star as she became Queen just as TV was getting started. And it's not like she created herself as a persona like PewDiePie, she was actually born that way. Well married into it, whatever, she's really a Queen. And without her we wouldn't have Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John as Knights.
My guess is a movie tie-in game based on Spiderman Homecoming, as others have suggested. I can't see it being PS4 exclusive, though; Activision will want it releasing on as many platforms as possible. Perhaps it'll be a timed exclusive, if anything? What with Sony owning the movie rights.
Whatever happens, though, I'll only really be interested in the next Spiderman game if it can replicate the brilliant web slinging from Spiderman 2.
I'm sick and tired of Marvel Comics-based games being movie tie-ins. Why can't they make something like Arkham - a comics-based story with movie-based atmosphere? Is it that hard for their minds to grasp?
I'm still hoping for a Justice League game from rocksteady now the arkham series is finished
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