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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has accidentally given players access to developer tools and revealed potential future content.Insomniac Games shared the 1.002.000 update yesterday (March 7), which introduced a New Game+ mode to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 alongside new suits, upgraded gadgets and the ability to replay missions.However, it also inadvertently gave players the ability to access the game’s debug menu – a developer tool used to jump about the game to check for bugs and launch various modifications.“We’re aware the latest game update may have inadvertently allowed access to a development game menu. There’s a hotfix on the way,” promised Insomniac before warning that “using this menu could corrupt your saves and trophy progress.“There is no risk associated with playing the game as intended,” they added.⚠️ We're aware the latest game update may have inadvertently allowed access to a development game menu.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is receiving a new game plus mode next month, after developer Insomniac Games previously confirmed the mode would be coming to the game after launch.The news was officially announced on Insomniac Games X (formerly Twitter) account, and confirmed that a full list of what to expect from the update will be released just before the update arrives on March 7.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 only used 10 per cent of the dialogue recorded for Venom, according to voice actor Tony Todd.Venom serves as one of several antagonists in Spider-Man 2 but speaking at Fan Expo San Francisco 2023, Todd suggested a bigger role was originally planned (via Twitter user Evan Filarca).

Tom Hardy took to Instagram to compliment Tony Todd’s performance as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, describing him as a “legend”.Todd is most famous for playing Candyman, the titular ghost of a series of horror films in the ’90s, as well as characters in the Star Trek universe in the shows The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.He has also appeared in a number of video games including Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Dota 2, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2, Half-Life: Alyx, and Back 4 Blood.The actor returned to the film role of Candyman in 2021. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 director Bryan Intihar happened to hear Todd’s voice in the trailer for the film at the same time that Todd had sent in his audition for Venom.According to the director, the timing couldn’t have been more ideal.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has shared that the possibility of a Venom spin-off title in the style of Miles Morales is down to the fans’ response to the character.Speaking to Insider, Insomniac Games‘ Jon Paquette hoped that the game is “one of the best Venom stories you’ve ever experienced”. Venom is one of multiple villains in the sequel, however, the story anchors on the interaction between the alien Symbiote and Peter Parker.While players are able to switch between playing as Peter or playing as Miles Morales almost instantly, the game’s tagline “be greater together” also plays on the insidious influence of the alien.Moreover, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 continues the story set up in Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales, a smaller spin-off game released two years after Marvel’s Spider-Man.When asked about a potential plan to develop something similar for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2‘s Venom, Paquette did not confirm or deny whether that was Insomniac Games’ intention.“So, here’s what we’re doing.

Insomniac Games has shared that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will add a new game plus mode and mission replay options in a post-launch patch.In a post to X/Twitter, Director of Community and Marketing James Stevenson also advised that those who have opted for the physical version of the game should download the latest update for the game before playing.Update 1.001.002 “features polish to the gold master version of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 available on disc, which improves the opening sections of the game and includes other general refinements to your Spidey experience, including some additional Accessibility Options”, explained Insomniac Games.Players who have pre-loaded the digital version onto their PS5s will have already have this update added to their copy of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.Stevenson did not have a specific date for when players will expect new game plus or mission replay to be introduced to the game. However, to fans who criticised their absence on launch, he replied “game dev isn’t simple, nor easy“.Speaking to NME about the opportunities he’s had over his career, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 creative director Bryan Intihar shared why he has made a habit of revelling in even the smallest of achievements with his team at Insomniac Games.“Sometimes it feels like you’re hitting your head against a wall over and over again, and when you finally break through, you should celebrate those victories,” he said.“Ninety per cent of game development can be really tough, but that 10 per cent makes up for it.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 shoes that mix both Peter Parker’s suit and the Symbiote infection in their design, priced at $219.99.“A thrilling and fashionable footwear choice for fans of the iconic Marvel superhero. These sneakers feature eye-catching designs that pay homage to the web-slinging hero, often incorporating Spidey’s signature red and blue colour scheme and iconic spider symbol,” read the description of the shoes that are now currently sold out.It does not mention the creeping Symbiote strings on the soles of the shoes stretching up into the rest of the design, which is evidently one of the unique selling points.Gear up for Marvel’s #SpiderMan2PS5 in style with the new Peter Parker Advanced Suit and Venom collection by @adidas! Shop the Ultra 4D sneakers, sweatshirts, Adizero 12.0 football cleat, and more on October 20.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, has explained how Insomniac Games has put its own spin on Marvel villains like Lizard and Kraven.Speaking to NME, Chew shared that the element of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 she is proudest of is the sequel’s villains. “Working on Venom, or bringing Kraven or Lizard to life and putting our spin on [them], has been super rewarding and fun,” shared Chew.“For Lizard in particular, we definitely want to pay respects to what was done before in the comics, where you have Lizard in his lab coat and pants, and he’s kind of human-size and struggling with his humanity,” they continued.

Insomniac Games showed off how New York City has evolved in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 in Sony’s State Of Play livestream last night (September 15), as well as a whole lot of new Spider Suits.Senior creative director Bryan Intihar Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 narrated a new trailer which was a deep dive into the open world of the game and spotlighted iconic locations like Midtown High and Brooklyn Visions Academy. Check it out below:Intihar shared that with the inclusion of Queens and Brooklyn across the East River, the map of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is double that of the original game.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 senior creative director Bryan Intihar has shared that he felt “so scared” when it came to casting Venom in the upcoming PS5 exclusive.In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly, Intihar and other members of the Insomniac Games team said that there was a lot of pressure to develop a new experience that would be as beloved as the original Marvel’s Spider-Man.“We knew it would be so anticipated and people would have a lot of opinions on it,” said Intihar. Casting the role was “one of the things I was avoiding for as long as possible, because I was so scared of who we were going to get to do the voice,” continued the senior creative director.As luck would have it, Intihar heard actor Tony Todd’s voice in the trailer for the newest Candyman movie in 2021.

Marvel’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales have finally received the long-awaited first look at gameplay for the eagerly anticipated Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 ahead of its Fall release.For the May 24 PlayStation Showcase, Insomniac Games put together a 12-minute cut of in-game cutscenes and gameplay from the upcoming game to give gamers a taste of what’s to come later this year.After being teased in the 2021 announcement trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, gamers are finally introduced to Kraven the Hunter, who kicks off the gameplay trailer with his sights set on Manhattan, Peter Parker and Miles Morales in search for his “equal”.We then see Kraven’s goons on the hunt for Dr. Curt Connors (the Lizard), while Parker – now donning the slick black symbiote suite – fights them off, snarling dark comments their way.

PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man has been released, and it includes two sharpness sliders and a plethora of bug fixes.Sharpness sliders are the biggest addition to the game via this patch, with one in the display menu and another in the graphics menu. Both of these will let players fine tune the visual sharpness of Marvel’s Spider-Man and how it relates to upscaling techniques.The slider in the display menu lets players change the setting when either Nvidia DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling or AMD FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) 2.0 are on – both of which improve the general graphical performance of games.

Marvel’s Spider-Man patch on PC has been released addressing a number of bugs, but some issues still remain including one that won’t allow players to take a picture of the Empire State Building.Version 1.817.1.0 is now live and manages to resolve a number of reported problems from players since the game was released on PC on August 12.“The teams at Insomniac Games and Nixxes Software have been closely monitoring player reports the past days and based on that we have released a first small patch with multiple fixes and improvements,” the developer said in the patch notes.However, although many fixes have been implemented with the patch, Insomniac has said that it’s currently working on the next PC update that will be “more substantial.”“Rest assured we are not done though,” it added. “We are already working on our next patch, that will be more substantial and will consist of bugfixes, improvements and additional features, based on the feedback we have received so far.”While patch 1.817.1.0 resolves some issues regarding ray-tracing, crashes, and general bugs that affect cutscenes, stability and the game’s visuals, some more common problems are still present.These “known issues” include a frame rate-related bug where players are unable to progress during the ‘Spider-Hack’ mission.

Insomniac Games has confirmed that Marvel’s Spider-Man is now Steam Deck verified, ahead of the game’s PC release.The studio made the announcement yesterday, when it tweeted: “Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is Steam Deck Verified!” Meaning it joins the likes of God Of War as a Sony PC port on the Valve handheld.The changes to the PC port for the Steam Deck haven’t been identified, but players can likely expect some edits to the user interface, so it can accommodate the much smaller screen.Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered is Steam Deck Verified! ✅— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) August 3, 2022This means there’s going to be a portable version of Marvel’s Spider-Man with a number of PC-focused improvements, which were outlined by Sony itself:Marvel’s Spider-Man coming to PC and Steam Deck marks the ongoing strategy of Sony, where it’s bringing its flagship games to PC a few years after they release, in an effort to expand the reach of its premium content.According to Valve, being verified means the game will have full controller support on the handheld, use appropriate icons, play seamlessly from the Steam Deck launcher, support to default resolution of 1280×800/720 and be supported by the Proton system.The PC port of Marvel’s Spider-Man is set to release on August 12, with a Spider-Man: Miles Morales port set for a later date.“On behalf of everyone at Insomniac and our close partners at Nixxes, we’re eager for you all to get your hands, mice, keyboards, and GPUs on Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered when it releases on PC on August 12!” wrote Insomniac.In other news, the Halo 2 challenge with a reward of £16,000, that requires the game to be beaten on the hardest difficulty with all skull modifiers – has been bested.

Insomniac Games has made the upcoming PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man cheaper in seven regions, due to the game being “incorrectly priced” when it was announced.Today (August 2), a blog post from Insomniac revealed that regional pricing for Marvel’s Spider-Man has been adjusted in the following seven regions:This has translated to Marvel’s Spider-Man on PC becoming cheaper for buyers in those regions. While the game was originally priced at £54.99 in the UK, the adjusted price means it now costs £49.99.The blog post shares that the game was “incorrectly priced” in the above markets, and notes that no other regions were affected.

Marvel’s Spider-Man was originally supposed to feature a much bigger fight against the villainous Doc Ock… but it was reduced in size.Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price has revealed that Marvel’s Spider-Man rethought its finale in order to avoid forcing its employees into crunch.“Originally, we were going to have a boss battle that took you all over New York City, and it was way out of scope,” he said (via GamesIndustry).

Insomniac Games to bring Spider-Man to life, but one character was nearly too difficult to include.Aunt May has always been a critical part of Peter Parker’s story and why he does what he does. However, she nearly didn’t make it into the Spider-Man video game.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be “darker” in tone, according to Marvel Games’ vice president of creative Bill Rosemann.“If the first Spider-Man game was Star Wars, Spider-Man 2 is kind of our Empire [Strikes Back],” Rosemann said on the podcast This Week in Marvel (as spotted by Eurogamer).

Spider-Man movie posters using nothing but the photo mode in Marvel’s Spider-Man.Helped by the inclusion of Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man suits, self-taught digital artist @ursRockrider set himself the challenge of recreating the poster for 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man using nothing but assets found within Marvel’s Spider-Man“The buildings, web and everything you see in this poster” were taken from within the game, he explained on Twitter while sharing his creation.I put a quest

Marvel’s Wolverine has announced via Twitter that the game will be a “full size” game with a “mature tone”.Responding to a Twitter user who asked if Marvel’s Wolverine will be a “big or a Miles Morales size game”, Brian Horton, creative director for the game explained that the game would be “full size” and utilise a “mature tone” before not offering any other insight into the game.Full size, mature tone— Brian Horton (@BrianHortonArt) September 12, 2021Horton previously worked as creative

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at the PlayStation Showcase on September 9 also came the reveal that Tony Todd would be the voice of symbiote Venom, and he says the “game is massive.”A fan asked Todd on Twitter if the casting was true and how long he’d known about it, to which he replied “2 months or so. Game is massive.  That’s why it won’t come out till.

TT Games founder Jon Burton has accused Insomniac Games of making “misleading” claims about their action adventure title, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.Insomniac Games previously claimed that the portal-travelling mechanic in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart “would not have been possible without the Solid State Drive of PlayStation 5.”But during a new YouTube video, Burton explains why that’s simply not true.“The way the Rift gameplay was represented before launch was pretty misleading,” he

Insomniac games have announced that they managed to complete Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart without needing to crunch.Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launches in just two days (June 11) and positive reviews have been pouring in. The game currently sits at a score of 89 on Metacritic.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will feature a new weapon that will open portals to other characters from PlayStation and beyond throughout the years.READ MORE: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart review: a Pixar movie come to lifeAs unveiled by developer Insomniac Games (via Twitter), the RYNO 8 will shoot a beam of purple light before opening a portal and dragging some familiar faces to the Lombax’s galaxy.

Insomniac Game‘s PlayStation 5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has had its install size revealed.The upcoming sci-fi action platformer had slim install size of 33GB revealed by niche Twitter account PlayStation Game Size, an account dedicated to letting fans know what size games will be so they can plan storage management ahead of time.It’s a helpful resource as games trend towards taking up more and more disk space on launch.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart‘s latest trailer delves into the upcoming game’s weapons and traversal, and showcases new protagonist Rivet.Insomniac Games‘ next game in the Ratchet & Clank franchise is set to launch next month.

Insomniac Games has announced that its upcoming PS5 exclusive title Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has gone gold.The developer shared the news on Friday (May 14) on its official Twitter account, alongside a short video of the new character Rivet catching a golden bolt.

Insomniac Games’ graphics on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.Following the release of a new gameplay trailer earlier this week, several game developers and industry veterans have taken to social media to share their thoughts on Insomniac Games’ accomplishments.Drew Murray, who recently rejoined Insomniac Games as a Principal Designer but did not work on the development of Rift Apart said: “This is the best-looking video game ever made. Period.

Insomniac Games has released a new gameplay trailer for its highly anticipated upcoming title, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.The trailer includes new looks at gameplay and cutscenes from the game, but perhaps most importantly, reveals long-awaited information on the game’s new female Lombax character.The trailer confirms that the female Lombax – who will be playable in the game – is named Rivet, and comes an alternate dimension some Ratchet & Clank.

Insomniac Games has launched a new suit for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.The new Advanced Tech suit – which is currently available in the game – is the 20th suit to be featured in Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The suit is a newer, more advanced version of Miles’ iconic black and red Spider-Man suit.Rolling out today, our new #MilesMoralesPS4 #MilesMoralesPS5 update adds the Advanced Tech Suit and includes various fixes.