Insomniac Video games made the shock announcement final week that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 gained’t get any further story content material, placing to mattress fan hopes for DLC.
The announcement got here in the identical breath that Sony introduced a PC model of Spider-Man 2 launches in January — one of many quickest turnarounds from single-player PS5 unique to PC from the corporate to this point.
Since Spider-Man 2 got here out in September 2023, Insomniac has launched various updates for the sport, including New Sport+, mission replay, new fits, and extra. However followers had hoped that story DLC would give them extra of a purpose to return to Insomniac’s fantastic recreation of New York that the addition of recent options. Now, these hopes have been dashed.
However followers hadn’t simply hoped for Spider-Man 2 story DLC, they anticipated it after the sport itself left various threads that Insomniac may need pulled on for added content material, together with the introduction of Carnage.
Past that, although, the devastating Insomniac information breach of December 2023, which revealed the studio’s upcoming slate of releases, and the unintentional launch of Spider-Man 2’s improvement sport menu earlier this yr, all pointed to deliberate DLC. Certainly, the event sport menu included what seemed like your complete arc of a DLC known as the ‘Beetle Villain Arc.’
All through the turbulence brought on by the Insomniac information breach, Sony made a big spherical of layoffs affecting round 900 employees, or about 8% of its world PlayStation workforce. Insomniac was certainly one of various PlayStation studios hit by the cuts. Alongside the layoffs, various in-development video games have been canceled, Sony mentioned on the time.
Now, a yr after Spider-Man 2’s launch and over 11 million gross sales, followers are waving goodbye to the sport, issuing their verdict now they know there’s no extra story content material to come. IGN’s Spider-Man 2 assessment returned an 8/10. We mentioned: “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 delivers Insomniac’s finest story but, and regardless of its open world falling quick, is a reliably enjoyable superhero energy journey.”
The compelled hate for this sport is coming again now that the DLC obtained “canceled” even tho they’ve by no means formally introduced it
It doesn’t matter what anybody says Spider Man 2 will all the time be a Excellent sport. pic.twitter.com/l2Z058LakA
— James ⚡️ (@YoshinoLover08) October 19, 2024
As we speak, one yr in the past, we be a part of Peter and Miles on their journey to be higher collectively. Glad one yr to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2!
My private GOTY 2023. Congrats @insomniacgames and thanks very a lot for this sequence ❤️💙🕷️🕸️!
Screenshots I took within the sport: pic.twitter.com/zyNTobIqLN
— Ali Talibov (@Ali20011908) (*2*)
Insomniac was reportedly planning to launch Marvel’s Venom in 2025, Marvel’s Wolverine in 2026, Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 in 2028, a brand new Ratchet & Clank in 2029, Marvel’s X-Males in 2030, and an untitled new IP in 2031/2032, however these plans might have modified considerably.
So, what’s subsequent? Whereas Insomniac has a Wolverine sport within the works, followers are hoping the developer will even launch a Marvel’s Spider-Man spinoff related in scope to the vastly profitable Miles Morales standalone, with Venom the potential focus. To learn how Insomniac has arrange its subsequent sequel, try IGN’s Spider-Man 2 ending defined.
Within the meantime, the PC launch of Spider-Man 2 will inevitably spark a modding scene which will see fan creations lengthen the lifetime of the sport past its first yr. Maybe PC modders will get Venom totally playable, as PS5 gamers discovered a manner to do final yr earlier than Insomniac patched the exploit out.
Tell us within the feedback what you considered Spider-Man 2, now we all know there’s no extra story DLC, and inform us what you hope to see from the potential Venom standalone sport and Spider-Man 3 subsequent.
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