Hold on to your spiderwebs, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered will be getting a standalone PlayStation 5 release later this month.
Previously, this remastered version of Spider-Man’s PS4 outing was reserved for those who decided to splash out on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition.
Those who already own the original PS4 versions of the game will be able to upgrade to the remastered PS5 version for $10. Meanwhile, if you’re buying the game for the first time, it’ll set you back $49.99. There’s no word on UK pricing right now, but Eurogamer has asked Sony for clarification. A quick PSA, those PlayStation Plus members who have claimed any version of Marvel’s Spider-Man through their membership are not eligible for the PS5 upgrade.
We currently don’t have a firm date for this upcoming release, all we know for sure is that it’s coming sometime this month. We’ll update you when we hear more.
In addition to this news, Insomniac Games’ narrative director Jon Paquette has announced a brand new comic that will introduce The Hood in this version of the Spider-Man universe, and serve as a prequel to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Will do
“When we initially sat down with the team at Marvel, we explored a few different ideas for what kind of stories we could tell in the prequel comic. But we kept coming back to the same basic premise — what if Peter, Miles and MJ had to team up against a new supervillain whose powers they didn’t understand,” Paquette wrote on the PlayStation Blog.
“We wanted to make sure we could get a glimpse of what this heroic trio has been up to since the events of Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Pete is up to now that the two Spider- Man’s in town? How’s Miles doing in school? And how’s MJ’s journalism career going?”
These questions will be answered when the prequel comic is released. For those living in the US, that will be May 6, when the comic will be available digitally on the Marvel Unlimited app or on marvel.tv. , You’ll also be able to get it at participating comic book stores.
The prequel comic to Marvel Spider-Man 2 will be released digitally to everyone else via the Marvel Unlimited app at an unspecified date.
As for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which is set to release this autumn, with Venom actor Tony Todd recently letting slip that autumn could actually mean this September.