We assumed that Sony and Insomniac's upcoming Spider-Man game was a well-timed one-off, but it sounds like there may be more to come in the future. In an interview with Games Industry.biz, Marvel Games' head Jay Ong has hinted that the PlayStation 4 exclusive may merely represent the beginning of a long-running partnership β with more titles to comes.
"We've had a long history of success with Activision, and we still have a great relationship with them," he told the website. "But the future of the Spider-Man console games is with Sony and Insomniac. We're delighted about this partnership, and that's something that's going to continue forward. Activision is in the past, with regards to Spider-Man."
Up until recently, Activision was the custodian of the Spider-Man license, with its titles dating all the way back to the PSone game which released in 2000. But, no doubt seeing the success that Warner Bros has had with titles like Injustice and Batman: Arkham, Marvel Games is taking back control β and opting to partner with only the best developers and publishers.
"Along with the senior execs at Marvel and my team within the games business, we devised a brand new strategy to be very selective and only partner with the best game companies on earth," he continued. "We wanted to work very selectively with companies that shared our vision, our ambition, and really usher in a brand new era for the Marvel games business."
According to Ong, one of the benefits of working with Sony and Insomniac is that all three companies operate ten minutes away from each other, so they're in constant contact with each other. And boy is the game shaping up as a result. We'd assumed that this week's trailer was a concept piece, but according to the Ratchet & Clank maker it's all captured gameplay.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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great news
One can say that it is a small victory for Sony, especially if soehow they get exclusives for other Marvel's heroes.
Also I think this exclusive is part of a deal that brought Spiderman at the Avengers movie.
Can't wait for this game and i love Insomniac but damn i would be even more excited if it was Sucker Punch developing that game !
So excited for this!
This looks like its going to be a smash hit when it releases and seeing as the only Spiderman game I have ever played is Spiderman 2 on the ps2 years ago I am more than interested in this game
The bigger news is that it looks like Insomniac and Sony are in good graces again......for a time, with Insomniac going multi-platform (Fuse with EA, Overdrive for Microsoft), poor Resistance 3 sales, and with the Ratchet series in a tailspin until the newest game, it looked like the two companies weren't exactly on the closest of terms anymore.
Great news but at the same time I don't get it with insomniac: why separate from Sony if you're gonna work with them regardless.
@WebHead @sub12 Insomniac strikes me as a bit of mercenary these days: they'll work for whoever pays the bills. Worth remembering that it's making multiple Oculus exclusive games right now, too.
They're in a good position to be honest. Plenty of people want to partner with them, and it looks like they can pick and choose.
Now we know what Sony got out of the deal with Disney.
Not shocked to be honest. Insomniac is a great developer, they're about to make something big according to that trailer. Exciting.
I'm not really into all the superheroes but it's great for those who are.
As long as I'm able to corkscrew slam a baddie off a 100 story high-rise, I'm all for it.
Great news. Insomniac developing this instead of SuckerPunch also frees them up to do something else, which means more games are heading towards PS.
However that wording kind of suggests that the games will be PC bound, with Sony publishing?
It's Marvel, so of course they have a bazillion titles/sequels/spinoffs in the works.
With that said, this looks promising so I hope they nail the gameplay.
@Fight_Teza_Fight Spiderman is exclusive to the PS4, unlike Microsoft Sony knows the value of exclusive games.
The game is looking brilliant cannot wait for it release.
I know where this is going, Marvel's Thor turns up in God of War
The trailer looked great, I'd love for them to do more Marvel games
All I want is a new marvel ultimate alliance game by raven soft, they deserve a better fate than making call of duty dlc, deadpool can just keep doing all his moon swing business to himself.
I would give anything for a good X-Men game...
Can't blame Marvel for gushing over Insomniac taking the reigns from Activision.
I trust insomniac to handle this well they did a good job with sunset overdrive
Insomniac is perfect for Spiderman. I played Sunset Overdrive and they nailed the mechanics. And that's really important.
I was just playing some Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety (SNES versions) on my handheld the other day. It's been too long since we had a great Spiderman game.
If thus sucks I'll just keep replaying those 2 games for all of eternity
After playing Sunset Overdrive I couldn't be more excited or happy about Insomniac making this!
But have to say I thought most of the Bernice games were great. They only lacked that extra polish that would have come with a bigger budget and more time. I'm actually wish we could have seen what Bernice could have done with more resources.
@JaxonH
I started playing Insomniac's games with the original Spyros. Not really games I was big on but I can see why others think they're good. From there was the Ratchet & Clank series and Resistance series and Sunset Overdrive. Only Insomniac game I've played that I thought was extremely meh was FUSE. Insomniac has always done gone good work when partnered with Sony though, just based off track record I'll be surprised, and a bit sad honestly, if this game sucks. I've wanted a good Spider-Man game for so long.
@sub12
I'm relieved by that as well. It did seem like something bad had gone down between Sony and Insomniac. Would've been a shame to not see them do anything on PS4. I wonder if Ratchet & Clank's surprise success helped mend some fences?
Was the second headline a reference to the Spidey villain, Sammy?
At one point on the reveal teaser, there were pretty noticeable frame rate drops, especially at the part where he was running at the side of the building and there were explosions going off. It's possible that it is running on a standard PS4.
@Gamer83
It's overdue. The curse of licensed properties has ruled with an iron fist for too long. Arkham games broke that trend for Batman but now it's Spider-Man's turn. I hope Carnage is in it and I hope we can play as Black Spidey and maybe even Venom.
I'd really like to see a new X-Men game. So many possibilities from a gameplay perspective. Play as Storm, of Wolverine, or whoever. Take your pick. I miss the games where they had 4-5 different playable characters, all of them with well thought out mechanics.
@Elleonska
I believe I read an article here on PushSquare about a statement from Sony that all games shown were running on the current PS4,
Yes yes and yes, awesome news! ππ
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