E3 2016: New Spider-Man Game Confirmed... As A PS4 Exclusive

Sorry Xbox fans, you'll need a PlayStation for Spidey's latest outing.

by Ewan Paterson
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So, remember that little old rumour that was doing the rounds a few weeks ago? About a potential Spider-Man game coming to PS4? Well, Sony only went and confirmed it yesterday, and boy, it's pretty much everything I've wished for.

Developed by Insomniac games (the studio behind the critically acclaimed Ratchet and Clank franchise), this as of yet untitled Spidey title depicts the wall-crawler in a new light, doing away with the shackles of a cinematic universe and instead taking a far more comics-inspired approach to the license, just like we said it would.

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The trailer only showed us a couple of minutes of footage, peppered with both cutscenes and clips from actual gameplay. So far it all looks immense, teasing players with open world interiors, web-based combat, some intense action sequences, and, of course, that open world everyone was hoping for.

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No release date has been announced just yet, but we'll be sure to let you know if one comes around in the future. Regardless, what a way to start E3!

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.