Earlier at present, a trailer for an unannounced—and reportedly canceled—on-line Spider-Man spin-off sport from Insomniac leaked onto Reddit and social media. The trailer showcases a number of gamers taking up the roles of assorted well-known Spider-heroes whereas exploring New York Metropolis and different universes.
Within the leaked trailer for Spider-Man: The Nice Internet, we hear Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker introducing the idea of the sport, explaining that “Generally you possibly can swing it as a lone wolf, however you’re means higher off with some mates.” He additionally worries that the evil Sinister Six—a gaggle of well-known Spidey villains together with Doc Ock—are ramping up their actions and changing into extra harmful and “savage.” “I don’t suppose I’m going to be sufficient this time, guys. However collectively, we simply may be,” says Peter Parker aka Spider-Man. In order that’s the place different gamers would are available in and assist work collectively to tackle criminals throughout New York Metropolis.
The trailer reveals what seems to be the flexibility for people to play as Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man 2099, and even Venom. It additionally hints at different universes linked to the sport’s important setting, utilizing portals that look lots like they got here out of the animated Spiderverse movies. Fight and exploration look to be ripped proper out of Spider-Man 2 on PS5.
Don’t get too enthusiastic about The Nice Internet, although, as the sport was reportedly canceled “way back” in response to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier in 2023. We’ve seen different live-service Sony video games get the axe during the last yr, together with The Final of Us’s multiplayer sport.
This lately leaked trailer is a component o the large information breach that hit Insomniac final yr, leaking 1.7 terabytes of information and over 1 million information onto the web. The info breach—which adopted a December 2023 ransomware assault towards the Ratchet and Clank studio—offered perception into the internal workings of one in all Sony’s most profitable studios, revealing the price of AAA sport improvement and simply how busy the studio is as of late. It sadly additionally revealed a great deal of private worker data inflicting a variety of complications and frustration for Insomniac workers proper earlier than the vacations.
Whereas The Nice Internet may not be taking place, Insomniac nonetheless has loads of different Marvel-themed video games within the works, together with an already-announced Wolverine sport and an X-Males sport that’s reportedly unique to PS5 and PC. There are additionally plans to make extra Spider-Man video games and attainable spin-offs, too.