Insomniac Games has delivered a message to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 fans to remind them that it is working hard on some of the game’s most requested features (e.g., New Game+ mode and audio descriptions), and while it’s unclear when they may actually be released, the developer has confirmed that a new update for the PS5 exclusive is scheduled to roll out in early 2024.
Here’s the full message from Insomniac, which seems to confirm that the next update will introduce at least three new features, including the ability to replay missions as the game’s two Spider-Men, Peter Parker and Miles Morales:
Hey Web-Heads,
We have some news about the next game update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. We know players have been eagerly awaiting features such as New Game+ and Audio Descriptions, among many more.
We have been working vigilantly on these features and require more testing to ensure the quality is up to our standards. We are now targeting Early 2024 for the next game update, and we’ll have a feature-complete list closer to its release. We’ve heard your feedback and will be adding some highly requested features, including the ability to change the time of day, swap tendril colors, and replay missions — just to name a few!
We can’t wait to share more with you in the future. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience as our team works to finish our next update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2!
Thanks
Insomniac Games
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— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) December 13, 2023
According to Insomniac’s support page, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 received its last update a month ago, with the version 1.001.005 patch offering the following fixes, as well as improved stability:
- Addressed an issue where NPCs could spawn on top of each other in boats
- Addressed an issue where MJ could be defeated in one hit on higher difficulty settings
- Addressed multiple issues where hiding the HUD would cause some missions to fail to trigger
- Addressed an issue where collision was missing on the floor in the harbor
- Further addressed issues where players could become stuck in the finale of Marko’s Memories
- Addressed an issue where players could switch character during the defeat sequence.
- Addressed an issue where the player could become stuck running on a wall
- Addressed an issue where the wrong Spider-Man could receive phone calls if the player switched characters during a call
- Addressed an issue where the player could lose the ability to jump
- Addressed multiple issues where inputs would not register after zipping to a point
- Addressed an issue where the game would not properly reload after being defeated by a boss.
- Addressed an issue where Peter Parker could become stuck on a bench or railing.
- Addressed an issue where Spider-Man could clip through the map and become stuck during combat
- Addressed an issue where the Hang Ten Trophy would not count flips accurately
- Addressed an issue where inputs would not register after grabbing a memory crystal
- Further addressed issues where models would not load properly after long play sessions
- Addressed an issue where the player character could leave a mission and enter the open world resulting in corrupted saves
- Improved stability
Insomniac Games provided a sales update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 last month, revealing that the game had managed to sell over 5 million copies in a tweet dated November 9—just 20 days after the game originally launched exclusively for PS5.
There’s still no word on when the PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 might be released, but Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered for PC did not surface until August 2022, years after the original game launched for PS4 in September 2018.