While most of the gaming world spent this weekend freaking all the way out about Super Mario Odyssey, and still enjoying Middle-earth: Shadow of War, we may have forgotten about another upcoming open-world action-adventure game. But one of the coolest things to come out of this year’s E3 was a gameplay trailer for PlayStation 4’s Spider-Man from Insomniac Games, the people behind Ratchet & Clank and Sunset Overdrive. On Monday, Marvel released the first cinematic teaser trailer for the game, and it makes our Spidey senses tingle something fierce.
Swing into action with a new teaser trailer for "Marvel's Spider-Man," coming soon to PS4! Pre-order: https://t.co/O63Xm2wqsR #SpiderManPS4 pic.twitter.com/AlsEnedhDT
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) October 30, 2017
The teaser sets up the game’s continuity of Peter Parker’s Manhattan, where things seem somewhat stable for the first time in a long time. We see Wilson “The Kingpin” Fisk being loaded into a paddy wagon while Norman Osborn–the mayor in this game–runs for reelection. Peter also introduces Miles Morales, which gave us Ultimates Universe fans a thrill. Aunt May works at F.E.A.S.T., a charity that feeds homeless and underprivileged New Yorkers, which was founded by prominent philanthropist Martin Li. Unfortunately, Li also runs a gang under his supervillain alias, Mister Negative. Maybe the city needs Spider-Man more than Peter initially thought.
Much like Rocksteady’s Arkham game series, which created its own unique continuity for Batman, this Spider-Man game looks to be doing the same for their version of the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler. I love that; it gives the player an experience that isn’t simply rehashing a movie or comic book storyline, and from the third-person gameplay we saw this summer, that’s going to mean more excitement for each individual player.
The new Spider-Man game was developed for PlayStation (hey, it’s Sony, what do you expect?) and while there’s no release date given, you can pre-order the game right here right now.
Are you as stoked to take over Peter Parker and Spider-Man as we are? Let us know in the comments below!
Image: Marvel/Sony
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