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OpinionImpressionsDualSense Feedback Makes Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered Feel Legit Next-Gen
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered is a definitive polish of a beloved game. The visuals in this game are a marked improvement. But it’s the feel of the game—the sensory tickles from the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller—that made me appreciate and enjoy it in a new way. I remember first reading about vibrating controllers in Nintendo Power…
By Kevin Wong Published November 13, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Get The Cat Suit In Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Spider-Man is the hero of Spider-Man: Miles Morales. That’s not a statement about either of the Spider-Men (Peter Parker or the titular Miles Morales) but about Spider-Man, the bodega cat who charmed the internet to pieces earlier this fall. Insomniac’s web-slinging action game, out now for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, allows you to unlock…
By Ari Notis Published November 12, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesTips For Playing Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, a superhero action game about bad guys who don’t know how to look up, has officially swung onto PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The game unmistakably shares a lot of DNA with its predecessor, 2018’s amazing Spider-Man. Still, there are some quirks to this follow-up, things you should know that will…
By Ari Notis Published November 12, 2020 -
CultureOfficial Spider-Man x PlayStation Sneakers Are Blergh
As we told you last month, Miles Morales—who in the recent animated film made Air Jordan 1s an iconic part of his entire character—has lost his Nike deal in exchange for an Adidas one. And it’s a definite downgrade. While originally all we had to go on were some images from the game, Adidas and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2020 -
CultureSpider-Man PS4 Saves Will Transfer To Spider-Man Remastered On PS5 With Post-Release Update
Spider-Man players were initially going to have to start from scratch with Spider-Man Remastered on PlayStation 5 when it launches with the next-gen console on November 12, but the developers at Insomniac Games have announced that an upcoming patch will introduce exporting saves from the PlayStation 4 version of the game to the PlayStation 5…
By Ian Walker Published November 9, 2020 -
CultureSpider-Man: Miles Morales Has An Into The Spider-Verse Suit
Much like its predecessor, Spider-Man: Miles Morales will feature a variety of spider suits for its titular superhero when it arrives on November 12. That said, it’s going to be hard to top the one modeled after Miles Morales’ appearance in Into the Spider-Verse PlayStation announced today that Miles Morales includes a gorgeous homage to…
By Ian Walker Published October 30, 2020 -
CultureSpider-Man: Miles Morales Lets You Wear A Cat On Your Back
Spider-Man: Miles Morales has a lot going for it. (Just to note, former Kotaku staffer Evan Narcisse was one of the writers on the game.) But everything—the visuals, the web-slinging, the pedigree of an extremely popular character from an extremely popular cross-media franchise—pales in comparison to one thing: the cat suit. It’s not a suit…
By Ari Notis Published October 14, 2020 -
CulturePeter Parker Looks Very Different In Spider-Man Remastered On PS5
Spider-Man Remastered puts players back in the latex suit of the arachnid superhero, but this time around civilian-mode Peter Parker is going to look a little different thanks to a new facial capture for the PlayStation 5 upgrade. In new videos and screenshots released today, Insomniac Games gives us our first glimpse of what Marvel’s…
By Ian Walker Published September 30, 2020 -
CultureSony Confirms There’s No Free PS5 Upgrade For PS4 Spider-Man Players
There are still a lot of questions surrounding Spider-Man on PlayStation 5. The good news? We have answers. The bad news? Well, the answers themselves. As of now, there is no upgrade path to get the graphically upgraded Spider-Man Remastered on PlayStation 5 for players who already own the original Spider-Man on PlayStation 4, according…
By Ian Walker Published September 23, 2020 -
OpinionWe Still Have Questions About Spider-Man On PS5
Every generational shift in video games brings with it a lot of questions about how it will affect the people who play video games, especially as the lines between generations become blurred due to backwards compatibility and upgraded editions of past games. With PlayStation 5 waiting in the wings, there are still a lot of…
By Ian Walker Published September 21, 2020 -
CultureMiles Morales Spider-Man Game, Horizon, And Sackboy Also Coming To PS4
It’s been unclear, for a few months, whether or not Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the cool-looking expansion/not-expansion to 2018’s Spider-Man would be coming to PS4. Well, it’s clear now. It’ll be joined by two other PS5 “exclusives”—a word that lost all meaning years ago and is now just a sort of incomprehensible shriek video game executives…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 16, 2020 -
CultureYou Ever Wonder What The Bottom Of Spider-Man’s Shoe Looks Like?
This week on Snapshots we have a nice selection of screenshots from a wide variety of games. Some from Ghost of Tsushima, others from Spider-Man, and a few from some games we have never featured in this series before today. Exciting! I realize some of you might not get the whole “bottom of an avatar’s…
By Zack Zwiezen Published September 5, 2020 -
CultureEnjoy This Word Salad About Why Marvel’s Avengers’ Spider-Man Is A PlayStation Exclusive
On Monday, developer Crystal Dynamics announced that Spider-Man will be coming to Marvel’s Avengers sometime next year, but only on PS4 and PS5. Fans were understandably upset. Now, studio co-head Scot Amos has explained the reasoning behind the exclusivity deal. Kinda. Not really. Amos could have just dodged the issue entirely by saying something like…
By Ethan Gach Published August 5, 2020 -
CultureSpider-Man Will Be A PlayStation Exclusive Character For Marvel’s Avengers, Reminding Us All How Much Console-Exclusive DLC Sucks
In a move already being roundly criticized on social media, Crystal Dynamics’ Jeff Adams revealed today that Spider-Man will be available as a free update for PlayStation players of this September’s Marvel’s Avengers game in “early 2021.” PC and Xbox One players, apparently, won’t get to play as him. Adams announced the move in a…
By Ari Notis Published August 3, 2020 -
CultureMorning CheckpointSpider-Man Is Having A Rough Day
This week we celebrate Waluigi’s birthday, watch how evil Magpies are, twirl some hotdogs, get spooked by some big spiders and feel sorry for Spider-Man. Great Kotaku Content From The Past Week I’ve gone down a rabbit hole and discovered that Magpies fucking suck. Mario seems REALLY excited about this thing. Ain’t no shame ladies,…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 25, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThink Spider-Man, But With Plastic Bags
In Spider-Man, Peter Parker invented devices worn on his wrists known as web-shooters. Twitter user Tsukasa-3D invented his own shooters, but for shopping bags. Recently in Japan, even convenience stores have started charging customers for plastic bags and to avoid paying these charges, people need to bring their own. Using a 3D printer, Tsukasa-3D created…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 14, 2020 -
CultureGet Over Here!!!
This week on Snapshots: Some more Last of Us 2 photos, a demon covered in sparks, a sad angel, some gorgeous environments, and a Spider-Man spiral. One day, people will stop taking amazing screenshots in Spider-Man. But today is not that day. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of the best, funniest and…
By Zack Zwiezen Published July 4, 2020 -
CultureInsomniac Says Spider-Man Miles Morales Is A Standalone Game
Contrary to recent remarks by one of Sony’s executives calling it an expansion, Insomniac Games says Spider-Man Miles Morales is a new standalone game. “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the next adventure in the Marvel’s Spider-Man universe,” the studio clarified on Twitter today. “We will reveal more about this standalone game at a future date.”…
By Ethan Gach Published June 12, 2020 -
CultureSpider-Man‘s New PS5 Game Stars Miles Morales (Update: It’s An Expansion)
Miles Morales is finally getting his own Spider-Man game, Sony revealed during its PS5 event today. It’s called Spider-Man Miles Morales and is headed to PS5 sometime this holiday season. Developed by Insomniac, the game looks like it will pick up after the events of 2018’s Spider-Man with Morales taking over web-crawling and super-villain fighting…
By Ethan Gach Published June 11, 2020
