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What The Great Web Leaks Could Tell Us About Future Spider-Man Games
13.3.2024
Earlier this week, a trailer for a purportedly canned multiplayer Spider-Man title from Insomniac Games leaked online. Called Spider-Man: The Great Web, the multiplayer spinoff would’ve allowed a number of iterations on the character to tackle crime, and ultimately the Sinister Six, cooperatively....
The Trailer For Insomniac's Cancelled Spider-Man Multiplayer Game Has Leaked
12.3.2024
Earlier today, a trailer for an unannounced—and reportedly canceled—online Spider-Man spin-off game from Insomniac leaked onto Reddit and social media. The trailer showcases multiple players taking on the roles of various famous Spider-heroes while exploring New York City and other universes. Read...
X-Men ‘97 Trailer Teases Hellfire Gala, Baby Cable, And Headmaster Magneto
15.2.2024
When X-Men: The Animated Series aired its final episode in 1997, it marked the end of one of the best comic adaptations ever put to screen. With the stylistic flair of Jim Lee’s iconic designs and the excellent narratives pulled straight from Chris Claremont’s all-time great story arcs, it gave...
From Chill Jusant To Punishing Lies Of P: Levi Winslow’s Top 10 Games Of 2023
27.12.2023
2023 is nearly over, finally, but at least there were some great games to get us through it, right? This year was full of great releases, but marred by myriad layoffs across sectors (including the games industry), and larger, global issues that made it hard to find the light in the dark. But video...
GotY: Kotaku's Top 12 Games Of 2023, Ranked
22.12.2023
As we’ve all heard countless times throughout these last 12 months, 2023 has been a very interesting year in gaming. There were an exorbitant amount of layoffs, companies gobbling up other companies like corporate Pac-Man, and leaks galore. But despite the obvious problems within our industry that...
Fans Speculate About A Spider-Verse Game Following Insomniac Leaks
13.12.2023
Insomniac Games has quickly become Sony’s most prodigious first-party studio. In the span of just five years it released Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, and Spider-Man 2. Now alleged leaks from a ransomware hack potentially point to a Spider-Verse spin-off...
Spider-Man 3 Has Plenty Of Ways To Bring Back Venom
1.11.2023
It’s hard to say no to more Symbiote. Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 explores a totally new story about iconic alien parasite, and while many of the game’s plot threads get resolved by the end of the story, there’s still plenty of room for future DLC or a sequel to bring Spider-Man’s beloved foil Venom...
Spider-Man 2's Stealth Missions Turned Mary Jane Into John Wick
25.10.2023
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 sees the return of Mary Jane Watson’s dreaded stealth missions from the first game. However, this time out developer Insomniac Games upgraded MJ’s combat abilities to the point where she might as well be in a different video game with how good she is at taking down bad guys...
Peter Parker Can’t Do The ‘Wakanda Forever’ Salute In Spider-Man 2
24.10.2023
Miles Morales and Peter Parker have a lot in common, both swinging around New York City in spandex as Spider-Man and compulsively quipping at bad guys before punching their lights out. The duo even share skill tree points in Insomniac Games’ recently released Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. However, only...
Spider-Man 2’s Ending Teases Big Things For Spider-Man 3
24.10.2023
If there was still any question about whether Insomniac Games was done with making Spider-Man games, the end of PlayStation 5-exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 makes it clear the studio still has a lot of stories to tell in that universe. Between post-credits cutscenes and new interview teases, it’s...
Peter Parker's 10 Best-Looking Suits In Spider-Man 2
23.10.2023
Peter Parker may be an unemployed school teacher late on his mortgage at the start of Insomniac Games’ hotly anticipated Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, but that won’t stop the webhead from going goblin mode crafting sleek new Spidey suit designs. Now that everyone has had some time to refamiliarize...
Is Peter Parker More Buff In Spider-Man 2? A Kotaku Investigation
20.10.2023
Spider-Man 2, the highly anticipated sequel to Insomniac Games’ blockbuster 2018 action-adventure game, is out today, October 20. And though there’s plenty to be said about the impossibly fast fast-travel, the fantastic opening scene, and the story thus far, there’s one thing that I can’t get...
Anime Fans Are Laughing At MJ's Botched 'Akira' Slide In Spider-Man 2
16.10.2023
A new Spider-Man 2 launch trailer debuted just ahead of its October 20 release, and it’s got a brief clip that has anime fans going wild. The trailer, which shows off villains like Sandman, Mr. Negative, and Venom, also has what looks to be an attempt at an iconic move from the beloved 1998 anime...
Video Game Voice Actors Are Ready To Strike Over AI. Here’s Why
26.9.2023
Sarah Elmaleh didn’t expect to find herself on the frontlines of a medium-defining fight over the use of AI in game development when she entered the video game industry over a decade ago. The voice of Katie in 2012’s seminal indie hit Gone Home, Elmaleh arrived in California just in time for...
Spider-Man 2's Peter Parker Was 'All In' On Face Change, Says Fans Need To 'Get Over It’
22.9.2023
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is out soon and looking very good, with a ton of hype surrounding the PS5 exclusive open-world superhero game. But now, even years after Sony made clear it would be giving Spidey a new look, fans keep grumbling about the loss of Peter Parker’s old face, last seen in...
Hands-On: Like A Dragon Gaiden Brings Super Spy Silliness To The Yakuza Formula
23.8.2023
I’ve only played about a dozen hours of a Yakuza/Like a Dragon game because I swore a blood oath that I wouldn’t play another one of those until a friend of mine played the Danganronpa games, but Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, shows a lot has changed since I Yakuza Zero....
Hands-On: Like A Dragon Gaiden Brings Super Spy Silliness To The Yakuza Formula
23.8.2023
I’ve only played about a dozen hours of a Yakuza/Like a Dragon game because I swore a blood oath that I wouldn’t play another one of those until a friend of mine played the Danganronpa games, but Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, shows a lot has changed since I Yakuza Zero....
Why Across The Spider-Verse's Home Release Isn't Like The Theatrical Cuts
15.8.2023
In a recent interview with GamesRadar, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller explained why the movie’s digital release introduced some changes to its multiple theatrical cuts.Read more
Inside Scoop On Tom Holland’s Fortnite Collab: He Was Really Adorable And A ‘Good Guy’
15.6.2023
The Hollywood Reporter published a profile of Tom Holland on June 14 and revealed to the world how cute and nice Uncharted actor Tom Holland is. As it flew around Twitter, eliciting enthusiastic GIF reactions and photosets of Holland looking deep in thought (he is multitalented), video game writer...
Let's Explain The Spider-Verse Joke That Went Over Everyone's Head
14.6.2023
While many of the quippy jokes and tangential references in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse landed with moviegoers, one particular blink-and-you’ll-miss-it gag managed to swing its way right over some viewers’ heads. In the spirit of explaining a joke, thus making its farcical nature all...