


"But we kept coming back to the same core premise-What if Peter, Miles, and MJ had to team up against a new Super Villain whose powers they didn’t understand? Additionally, we wanted to make sure that we could get a peek into what this heroic trio has been doing since the events of Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. "When we initially sat down with the team at Marvel, we explored a few different ideas about what kinds of stories we could tell in a prequel comic," Paquette said. The story is said to give fans an idea of what Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and Mary Jane (MJ) have been doing since the events of Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Insomniac Games announced the comic in a PlayStation Blog post today, with narrative director Jon Paquette sharing details of the story's plot. Insomniac Games took to Twitter to let everyone who wasn't watching know the good news, and included a look at the games pre-order bonus including new suits for Peter and Miles: the Arachknight suit and Shadow-Spider Suit respectively.Upcoming PS5 game Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is getting a prequel in the form of a comic, which will be available as part of Free Comic Book Day on May 6. Inithar also reiterated that the game would be significantly larger allowing our favourite Spider-Men to explore even more areas of New York. We also got our first look at Venom in-game with Inithar confirming that the version of Venom appearing in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 won't be the typical host of the Symbiote Eddie Brock, but neglected to mention the identity of this new Venom (It's probably Harry Osborn though). While there wasn't any new gameplay shown from the game, the box art for the game was revealed, looking very similar to the original game's art, but now featuring Miles Morales alongside a Symbiote infested Peter Parker. October has become even more of a nemesis to our free time (and our wallets) as the Octorelease date places Marvel's Spider-Man 2 right alongside Alan Wake 2 and Assassin's Creed Mirage.


Summer Game Fest gave us a new look at Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and revealed the release date for the game, as well as our first looks at Venom in-game and the box art.Īfter the lack of a release date at the PlayStation Showcase a couple of weeks ago, Insomniac Games Creative director Bryan Intihar appeared alongside Geoff Keighley during the Summer Games Fest Showcase, and revealed that the Marvel's Spider-Man 2 release date is officially October 20, 2023.
