Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s long-awaited New Game Plus update comes out March 7, Sony has announced.
As well as New Game Plus, the update adds new suits, new styles for symbiote powers, mission replay, various accessibility updates, the ability to change the time of day, and updates to photo mode.
In a post on PlayStation Blog, James Stevenson, community director at Spider-Man 2 developer Insomniac Games, detailed Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 version 1.002
“We know many of you have been eager to replay the game on a harder difficulty, with all your suits and abilities carrying over,” Stevenson said. “Or perhaps you want to just replay a favorite mission or two – you can do that, too! And there’s more to unlock – with Ultimate Levels, Golden Gadget styles, and more!”
On suits:
“We’ve added suit styles for several of Peter’s symbiote story suits in the game, allowing you to further customize your look if you play and unlock them via New Game Plus Ultimate Levels. And yes, you’ll be able to set which color your symbiote abilities are as well. But we couldn’t just stop at new styles – we know how much you all love when we add suits with no additional cost to the game. You’re in luck – we’ve brought Marvel’s Hellfire Gala suits to the game for both Peter and Miles. Peter sports the design created by Russell Dauterman, and Miles gets his iconic look from Bernard Chang’s gorgeous Hellfire Gala variant cover for Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8.”
On photo mode:
“And you’ll want to show those looks off as much as possible with our updates to Photo Mode – including action figure mode and stickers. You’ll also be able to change the time of day once you complete the story, allowing you to get all those cool Photo Mode shots with just the right lighting. Make sure you share them with us on social by using the #InsomGamesCommunity hashtag!”
And on accessibility:
“This update also contains some major updates for Accessibility. We’ve added Audio Descriptions and Screen Reader to the game. We know that these features were highly anticipated, and we’re thankful to the community for giving us a little extra time to ensure they were polished and ready to be released. We also have additional features like Cinematic Captions and High Contrast Outlines, among several new features added to this update.”
Now onto the the new Gameheads suits. Early access to the Fly N’ Fresh suits will be available for $4.99. Starting March 7, 2024 and continuing through April 5, 2024, PlayStation will donate $4.99 (100% of the purchase price) of each Fly N’ Fresh Suit Pack in the United States to Gameheads, up to $1 million. “We appreciate your help in supporting Gameheads’ mission of empowering low-income youth and youth of color to thrive in the video games industry,” Stevenson said. “Don’t worry, we don’t plan to start charging for suits in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2; the Fly N’ Fresh Suit Pack will be available for at no additional cost to all players at a later date.”
- The Fly N’ Fresh Suit Pack includes:
- Fly Suit for Peter
- Fresh Suit for Miles
- 10 photo mode stickers
- 2 photo mode frames
“Working with Gameheads as part of our efforts to increase representation in the video game industry is an important cause to us,” Stevenson added.
Spider-Man 2 has sold 10 million copies sold as of February 4, 2024. Sony said previously Spider-Man 2 was the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game over a 24-hour period when the PlayStation 5 exclusive sold more than 2.5 million copies in a day. That sales milestone put Spider-Man 2 ahead of Sony Santa Monica’s God of War Ragnarok at the top of the PlayStation day-one launch sales chart. Spider-Man 2 went on to sell five million after just 11 days on sale.
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