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Disney has announced a Spider-Man Play set for its upcoming follow-up to Disney Infinity. Figures for Spider-Man, Nick Fury, Iron Fist, Nova and Venom are being released alongside this play set. They join Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye as confirmed characters. The Spider-Man release will see gamers …
Read More »Activision’s ‘greatest’ Spider-Man game braced for Box Office boost
Fans will not be disappointed by the new Amazing Spider-Man game, Activision says. The firm admits Spidey titles have had a chequered history, so has made sure this year’s movie tie-in got a full two-year development cycle. Traditionally, Spider-Man games based on films have been the more successful titles. And …
Read More »New open-world Spider-Man game in development
A brand new Spider-Man game that promises to recapture the magic of 2005’s Spider-Man 2 has been revealed by Activision. Harking back to one of Marvel’s classic Spider-Man IPs, The Amazing Spider-Man will be released alongside the new movie in 2012. However, while the combination of Spidey and a Hollywood …
Read More »New Spider-Man swinging for September
Fresh details about the exciting looking Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions have been revealed, chief amongst them is a global release window – this September. The game will see the web-slinger deal with shifting between four different dimensions, two of which have been revealed. One sees the wall-crawler set in the traditional …
Read More »Kotick: Our Spider-Man games suck
We’re used to marketers defending what many regard as poor games, but it’s less common to hear a publisher boss lambaste his own titles – but that’s exactly what Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has done. Speaking to Game Informer, as spotted by Destructoid, the high-flying exec stated: Our Spider-Man games …
Read More »Hirai explains new PS3 logo
SCE boss Kaz Hirai has explained Sony’s decision to ditch the controversial Spider-man font in its PlayStation 3 logo and revert to a more compact ‘PS3′ for its new slimline console. We wanted to make sure that we set a new direction for the PS3,” Hirai told The Times Online. …
Read More »Marvel reveals upcoming film slate
Sony Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ eagerly anticipated Spider-man 4 has been dated for May 6th 2011, with Marvel confirming a number of films that will see three year’s worth of summer blockbusters. Alongside the web-crawler, also on the way is Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), The First Avenger: Captain …
Read More »E3 08: Wolfenstein and Wolverine front Activisions offering
Top global games publisher Activision-Blizzard has announced a number of brand new titles that it has in development – with the headliners being a brand new Wolverine title and a next-gen update to Nazi-hating FPS Wolfenstein. Despite this week’s news that EA has teamed up with id for the publishing …
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