Sony has confirmed the release window for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in a recently released blog post highlighting some games coming to PlayStation in 2023. Insomniac has been silent about the next sequel to the Spider-Man video game franchise and conjecture has been most of the conversation surrounding Marvel's Spider-Man 2 all year. Now an official report from Sony confirms when fans can expect the game.
Sony has had a big year with its 1st party-exclusive releases. After finally getting games like Horizon: Forbidden West and God of War: Ragnarok finally out of the door, it's safe to say that Sony has now mostly emptied its arsenal of previously-announced PS5 titles. Now, fans are looking ahead at what games Sony has coming next. One game that has gone silent since its first announcement trailer has been at the top of PlayStation gamers' minds has been Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
After going nearly all of 2022 without mentioning Insomniac's follow-up to the hit Marvel's Spider-Man game and spin-off title Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and missing numerous rumored opportunities at holding a PlayStation Showcase, Sony finally confirms when it expects to release Marvel's Spider-Man 2. In a PlayStation Blog post, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been given an expected "Fall 2023" release window. This aligns with a rumor from an Insomniac Games writer that claimed Marvel's Spider-Man 2 would be coming in the latter half of 2023.
Fans have been getting a bit antsy since it's been some time since Sony has talked about anything regarding Marvel's Spider-Man 2 officially. Worries were mounting that the game may have quietly been delayed into 2024 because there has been little talk about the game since its reveal during the PlayStation Showcase in 2021. Now chatter is starting to build back up as there was a recently premature launch for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 storefront page on the PlayStation Store earlier in December, and now there is this mention of the game as the first topic in PlayStation's blog post looking towards the future.
The blog post also mentioned other games coming to PlayStation consoles in 2023 like Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion, Forspoken, and Hogwarts Legacy, but it's a safe assumption that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 may be one of the biggest expected releases for the platform next year. The game which will seemingly team up Peter Parker with Miles Morales and perhaps even Venom against Kraven the Hunter has had fans excited from the moment it was announced. The game's placement near the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie release, which features a cameo of the PlayStation characters, may also garner interest from fans wanting another experience involving multiple Spider-Men. Now they can begin honing in on a release date sometime between August and October 2023.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is expected to release in the Fall of 2023 on PS5.
Source: PlayStation Blog