When I started playing through Marvel’s Spider-Man in 2018, I pretty much spent the first hour or two of the game almost entirely swinging through New York City. As a New Yorker now for five years, Insomniac’s recreation of New York City was by far one of the best interpretations of the city that I’ve
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Stephen A. Smith is prolific in the world sports commentary and journalism, but now he’s making his way into gaming as well. This week, instead of promoting the Stephen A. Smith Show on Twitter, he was promoting the recently released Spider-Man: Miles Morales in a new video ad. If y’all DON’T know who Miles Morales is, I’m
I used to really detest Miles Morales. It wasn’t because of anything that I disliked about his character; I was just bitter that writer Brian Michael Bendis chose to end my favorite comic book run of all-time (Ultimate Spider-Man) before I felt like it needed to wrap up, only to then reboot it with Miles
Since Spider-Man: Miles Morales release last week, players have been getting stuck into Insomniac Games’ latest title and web-slinging themselves all over the familiar streets of New York City. We’ve seen players recreate the famous “Leap of Faith” scene from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and even get themselves turned into a brick due to some ongoing
Glitches and bugs in video games are a long-running and timeless traditional in video games and Spider-Man: Miles Morales seems to be no exception. Rob Sheridan, creator of High Level Comic and co-founder of Glitch Goods, stumbled upon a hilariously ridiculous bug while playing the recently released title: So my #MilesMoralesPS5 has broken in a
This month is crazy for video games. So many have come out like Assassins Creed Valhalla and Demon’s Souls for PS5 so if you haven’t gotten around to Insomniac Games’ latest title Spider-Man: Miles Morales, you are truly forgiven but this incredible fan video may just sway you into picking it up sooner rather than
Yesterday Sony and Insomniac Games gave us new information regarding some of the new features we can expect in Spider-Man: Remastered for the PlayStation 5 with the most talked about subject being the complete remodel for the game’s main protagonist Peter Parker. Naturally, everyone went to Twitter to explain their feelings which ended up being relatively mixed.
Yesterday Insomniac Games gave us a lengthy in-depth look at Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. This marks the ninth mainline title in the series if you include the remake of the original that released back in 2016. I’m sure there are plenty of people like me who have never played a game in the series and
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales‘s Nadji Jeter, playing the titular role of protagonist Miles Morales, shared a heartfelt status about what being chosen for said role means to him. The tweet also featured pictures of him during the motion capture development process: To become a character so impactful Means the World to me. The story of
Times certainly are hard right now with the world being on fire and all, thus making it even harder to find things to be happy about. But among the chaos and angst, and if you look hard enough, you’ll always find something that restores your faith in humanity again. Video games are one of life’s
Over the past month or so, there has been a lot of pushback on The Last of Us Part II following the leaks for the project. Some who have spoiled themselves of the game’s story have seemingly been disappointed, and as a result, have voiced that they will no longer be buying the game. Others have
Sony has recently confirmed that it’s going to unveil a big line-up of games for PS5 soon. While the company didn’t reveal when it’s going to happen, a lot of rumors are hinting at earlier days of June as the time for Sony’s first official next-gen showcase, after revealing PS5’s hardware during a GDC presentation.
Even though we’ve now gotten an idea of what PS5 games might look like in the future thanks to Epic’s recent Unreal Engine 5 unveiling, Sony itself has remained quiet when it comes to talking about its upcoming platform. While rumors have been circling for weeks now as to when Sony might announce an event
PlayStation has today announced its new slate of titles that are arriving on its subscription platform, PlayStation Now, and the new additions are headlined by a rather notable first-party game. Far and away the most notable game joining the service in April is that of Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man. The 2018 release has gone on to
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man from Marvel’s Spider-Man will be getting a brand new figurine based off his Advanced Suit design. The figure, priced at a reasonable $84.99, is the first in the Armory Collection Line and is a collaborative effort between SideshowCollectibles and PCS Collectibles. From the official site: “Marvel’s Spider-Man 1:10 Statue, measuring 7.35’’
Announced last year by Insomniac Games, Marvel’s Spider-Man Script Book is a 240-page undertaking that covers the working-script for Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4. Lead writer Jon Paquette, whilst speaking to Vice’s Patrick Klepek, noted that there aren’t many resources for people to see how video game scripts are written. “I get asked all the time,
In a filing made to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Sony revealed how much it spent to acquire Insomniac Games last year. The mostly cash deal cost the PlayStation brand $229 million. A hefty price tag to bring in the long-time collaborator. However, after Marvel’s Spider-Man sold 13.2 million units last year, it’s a
Last released in 2016, it’s been a while since we’ve seen a Ratchet & Clank game. Delayed to coincide with the tie-in film of the same name, the last installment in the series was a re-imagining of the first game from back in 2002. In contrast to the film, the game was reviewed favorably, 14
Today, Sony released the first trailer for Morbius, its Jared Leto led movie about the titular Spider-Man character. While Sony’s last live-action outing tangentially related to Spider-Man, Venom, was pretty terrible, Morbius actually looks like it the potential to be an enjoyable film. The first trailer also features a couple of cool easters eggs, including
Marvel’s Spider-Man is getting a fancy-pants hardcover book which is set to be arriving next year. The Marvel’s Spider-Man Script Book contains the full script as well as additional content within it with 240-pages of Spidery goodness. If you were a fan of the PS4-exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man then you’ll probably be interested in the new hardcover
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the PlayStation brand, The NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella recently revealed some new statistics via Twitter regarding the best-selling titles in PlayStation’s history in the United States. To the surprise of probably no one at all, Piscatella said that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V is the highest dollar selling game in
There’s no doubt whatsoever that Insomniac Games is working on the sequel to last year’s release of Marvel’s Spider-Man. The superhero title which launched less than 18 months ago is already one of the best-selling in the lifetime of the PS4, with its sales all but ensuring that a follow-up game will be made. Therefore, the
In August, Sony announced they had acquired Insomniac, the studio behind titles like Spider-Man and Ratchet and Clank. With Wednesday’s second-quarter earnings call, we learned that the PlayStation team might be looking to bring more studios into the fold. This is especially big news with the PS5 launch looming next year. PlayStation Worldwide Studios currently
Since its launch earlier this month, the highly-anticipated Dreams from developer Media Molecule has opened the floodgates to players doing all kinds of intriguing and creative things with the “make anything” game, and from one creator that includes trying to recreate one of last year’s most acclaimed PS4 titles, Marvel’s Spider-Man. Dreams player Tamir Williams has chronicled on
Marvel’s Spider-Man on the PS4 has a huge host of nifty Easter eggs you can discover like Stan Lee’s cameo as the owner of Mick’s restaurant, the Avengers Tower or paying your respects to Uncle Ben to name a few – but there is an Easter egg that you may not have noticed on your travels around
Creating throwback PlayStation-era jewel cases for modern games have been all the rage lately. Within the past few weeks alone, we’ve seen some rad new creations centered around games like Death Stranding and Kingdom Hearts 3 both in the packaging that many might remember from the original PlayStation all those years ago. Now, one Redditor by the
So it turns out that tease from Marvel Games involving the number 4 was related to the Fantastic Four after all and it looks like it’ll soon tie into Insomniac Games’ PS4 exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man. At the tail end of today’s livestream detailing new Fantastic Four content that would soon be coming to a multitude of different
It hasn’t even been a month since Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse released, and we’re already getting more crossovers. No, Tobey McGuire isn’t coming for the sequel. Insomniac, the developer for Marvel’s Spider-Man, congratulated Sony Pictures Animation for the Golden Globe award for the best animated feature film. Congrats to our friends at Sony Pictures Animation on
It’s the early part of 2019, which means GDC is right around the corner just a few months from now. As such, that also indicates that the GDC Awards are also coming up and as of today, we know which games from the past year have now been nominated. I’m sure to the surprise of few,
Fresh off of overseeing Insomniac Games latest venture, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel Games’ Executive Creative Director, Bill Rosemann, has been given a promotion to kick off the new year and man is it quite the upgrade. Starting today, Rosemann announced via his personal Twitter page that he is now the new Vice President of Marvel Games, as well