Spider-Man PS4: 32 Secrets, References And Easter Eggs You Must Find
11. The Avengers
Insomniac
Although the Empire State Building is still the highest tower in Insomniac's version of New York, there's another competing for aerial dominance. Avengers Tower, formerly Tony Stark's base of operations, is up and running during Spider-Man's eighth year of crimefighting, and it's just as cool as you think it is.
But it's not the only reference to Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the game. Dialogue alludes to Iron Man and Captain America being around for a long period of time (Peter mentions that his friends all grew up wanting to emulate those heroes), and you can actually visit Avengers Mansion, which looks to have been recently vacated by the team, going off material printed in the Daily Bugle.
Sure, the game might not feature any cameos, but it's a great addition all the same and helps make New York genuinely feel like Marvel's own.
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.
