Spider-Man 2 PS5: Every Leak & Rumour You Need To Know
2. ...And So Will The Web-Swinging
Insomniac
There was so much Insomniac's last Spider-Man game got right, and one of them was definitely the swinging. Zipping across manhattan felt speedy and exciting, which is why it may surprise some readers to hear that the studio are planning some changes for swinging in their next title.
One such change will supposedly come in the form of "web zipping". In the next game, players will be able to chain zips together into one smooth motion, making it easier to traverse the skyscraper-less Queens, for instance.
Insomniac will apparently include three different versions of web-swinging as well. These are being described as "Realistic" (modelled in the vein of 2004's Spider-Man 2), "Arcade" (where I imagine you just shoot webs into the air), and "Hybrid", which is said to combine the best of both worlds and is the closest thing to the swinging from the last title.
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.
