Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 New Game Plus feature to be added in future update

Alongside a mission replay feature

Marco Wutz | Oct 19, 2023

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 New Game Plus feature to be added in future update /

It’s launch day for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 in most regions of the world, which means many a PS5 will run hot tonight as players web and swing their way through New York City in their Spider-Man suits. Insomniac Games recommended downloading the Day 1 patch to all players already, even though Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be playable from the disc completely, as it improves the initial sequence of the game and comes with some additional accessibility options to boot.

Plans for further updates have already been drawn up, according to the studio’s communications and marketing director, James Stevenson. Asked by fans whether a New Game Plus mode and a mission replay feature would be in the game at launch, Stevenson said that neither would be available in the release version. “We’re working on an update for those features, but they won’t be in Day 1,” he confirmed.

Confronted by a fan about why some of these features were missing when previous titles had them at launch, he responded: “Because game development isn’t simple, nor easy.” Fact.

Critic impressions of the game have been fantastic throughout the board with our own Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 review stating: “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 won’t do anything that blows you away, but it doesn’t matter when a game plays, looks, and sounds as good as this. It’s an improvement over the first game and proves how polished and slick a sequel can be when the developer is free to revisit and refine on top of solid foundations.”

Aside from supporting the game post launch, Insomniac Games has another big superhero project on its agenda – a game focusing on Wolverine.

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Published Oct 19, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg