Marvel's Spider-Man 2 launches October 20, Eddie Brock is not Venom

During Summer Game Fest 2023, Insomniac Games took to the stage to talk about their upcoming title Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and to reveal that the game will launch on October 20. The interview also revealed an interesting bit of detail about one of the game’s villains, Venom.

When Spider-Man 2 was officially announced, our first look at the game was both Spider-mans teaming up and revealing that Venom will be in the game. Since then, many assumed that this is Eddie Brock’s debut as Venom in Insomniac Games take on the Spider-Man world, but apparently a new character will be the host for the Venom symbiote according to creative director Bryan Intihar for Spider-Man 2. Who will it be? We are not entirely sure as Insomniac wants to tell an original origins story for the villain.

In the history of Spider-Man comics, Venom had numerous hosts with Peter Parker being one of them at some point, thus the debut of the Spider-Man black suit which was revealed during the May 2023 PlayStation Showcase, showing that Peter has new Venom-like moves.

The interview during the show also revealed the game’s official box art for the game, featuring both Peter Parker slowly being consumed by Venom and Miles Morales on the cover.

The reveal of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at the Summer Game Fest was a bit unusual as the big PlayStation Showcase aired a few weeks ago. Why not revealed it then together with the length gameplay reveal. It’s likely to spread out the big details, but with a release date now confirmed, it’s likely we’ll see more of the game in the coming months as we get close to October.

Pre-orders for Spider-Man 2 go live next week

With Marve'l’s Spider-Man 2 now having a release date, pre-orders will go live on June 16, 2023 through PlayStation Store, PlayStation Direct, and participating retailers. Those who pre-order will receive an early unlock of the Arachknight Suit for Peter with 3 color variants, a Shadow Spider Suit for Miles also with three color variants, an early unlock of the Web Grabber gadget, and 3 skill points to get a player started.

The game will also have two editions aside from the standard edition the game, which will cost PHP 3,490.

Digital Deluxe edition ($79.99)

• All pre-order incentives

• 10 unique suits (5 for Peter, 5 for Miles)

• Additional Photo Mode frames and stickers

• two additional skill points at the start of the game

Collector’s Edition ($229.99 / PHP 11,490)

• A voucher for the digital deluxe edition of the game

• A Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 steelcase

• A high-quality 19-inch statue featuring Spider-Men fighting Venom

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