Hypothesis that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, rumoured to be launching on the finish of the yr, will function some type of co-op mode has been swirling because it was first revealed. The truth that it will star each Peter Parker and Miles Morales swinging round immediately received individuals pondering, after which some Web sleuths discovered information within the PC model of Marvel’s Spider-Man that referenced co-op.
However issues received extra attention-grabbing when a Reddit user named rqhany highlighted comments made back in 2022 by Miles Morales actor Nadji Jeter. Talking at a panel at SacAnime, Jeter was requested if the upcoming sequel would function co-op to which he replied, “I don’t know if it’s been introduced or not, however I feel so.”
You’ll find his feedback on the 5-minute mark, in addition to his dialogue of their being symbiotes all over the place.
Nevertheless, developer Insomniac has fairly shortly shut down the hypothesis. Replying to a fan asking about co-op on Twitter, Insomniac replied, Nope! It’s an epic single-player journey.”
It’s not the primary time Insomniac has been fairly exact in its use of the time period single-player both. Within the recreation’s announcement publish on the official Ps weblog Ryan Schneider, Insomniac’s head of franchise technique, stated “We’re so thrilled to proceed the journey of each Peter Parker and Miles Morales of their most epic single-player journey but”.
Assuming Insomniac isn’t simply mendacity with the intention to preserve co-op a shock, it seems to be extra just like the marketing campaign will contain swapping between the 2 Spider-Males at varied factors, or may even permit gamers to swap every time they like.
I’m assured we are going to be taught extra in only a few days on the huge Ps Showcase. All the things seems to be pointing at Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launching towards the tip of the yr, so the Showcase could be the proper place to provide us the primary correct take a look at the gameplay and I actually can not wait to see what Insomniac has been engaged on.