As part of the agreement, SAG-AFTRA members are seeing a general rise in compensation, starting at a rate of 15.17 percent on ratification of the deal, and then going up by an additional 3 percent each year starting from November 2025, until November 2027. The agreement also improves the maximum amount of overtime rate for performers, basing it on double scale.

One of the bigger aspects of the strike was the fact that SAG-AFTRA members wanted to have their jobs protected in an industry that has been seeing the rising use of AI for various creative aspects of development. The new agreement brings in “safety guardrails and gains” around the use of AI, including the requirement for companies to get consent from perfromers, as well as offer disclosure when it comes to these companies wanting to create AI-based digital replicas of the performers.

“I commend the strong leadership of Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Chair Sarah Elmaleh, who remained steadfast through three years of hard bargaining while facing many challenging headwinds during a challenging negotiation cycle,” said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Descher in the press release. “This deal achieves important progress around AI protections, and progress is the name of the game! My sincere respect goes out to the entire video game performer community and their allies for their solidarity during the strike which provided the necessary leverage to secure this deal’s many essential gains.”

“We are pleased that SAG-AFTRA members have ratified a new Interactive Media Agreement, which delivers historic wage increases, industry-leading AI protections, and enhanced health and safety measures for performers,” said a spokesperson for the video game producers that signed the new agreement. “We look forward to building on our industry’s decades-long partnership with the union and continuing to create groundbreaking entertainment experiences for billions of players worldwide.”

For context, the strike had gone on for 11 months. In a statement, the SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, had also thanked the union members as well as allies who had taken part in the strike and helped raise support.

While the strike by SAG-AFTRA was an important one when it came to the union protecting its members against emerging technologies like AI, the strike has also had an adverse affect on the development of games. Hideo Kojima, for instance, had confirmed back in January that the development of both Physint and OD faced setbacks because of the strike, with casting for the former being outright suspended.

Interestingly, of the games in development affected by the strike, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 was made “exempt” from it. A spokesperson for the union confirmed this back in July 2024.

In December, Insomniac and Sony confirmed that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be out this Fall, and now, as spotted by users on Reddit, it seems the game’s marketing has kicked off already, with a brief live-action ad for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 that was recently aired on ESPN in Australia. The ad also says the game is due out in Spring- though, of course, Spring in Australia covers September, October, and November, which aligns with the aforementioned Fall launch window.

Recently, Yuri Lowenthal – who plays Spider-Man / Peter Parker in the games – said that Insomniac is “confident” of hitting Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s target launch window. Read more on that through here.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is in development for PS5.

To that end, you can now finally wishlist the game on the PlayStation Store– for real time this. The game briefly became available for wishlisting on the UK PlayStation Store earlier in the month, only for Sony to promptly reverse the change, indicating that the same had been done prematurely. With the game’s launch window now confirmed, however, it has now become available for wishlisting again. The page itself doesn’t have a lot of information on the game (or any information, if we’re being honest), but more details will be filtering in over the coming months as we approach its launch.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is in development exclusively for the PS5.

As per SteamDB, Miles Morales saw a peak concurrent user count on Steam of 13,539 players, making for a largely tepid launch for the port. It’s also the third lowest Steam launch for a PlayStation game, above Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection(10,851 players at launch) and Sackboy: A Big Adventure (610 players at launch). By comparison, when Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered launch for PC earlier this year, it had a peak concurrent user count on Steam of over 66,000 players. 

In our review of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PC, we awarded it a score of 9/10, saying, “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, in acting as a short middle chapter between Marvel’s Spider-Man and its upcoming sequel, doesn’t really have the luxury to introduce radical new concepts that might turn the game on its head. Rather, it’s a fun, short romp through New York once again, but this time as a new protagonist. Its tightly-paced plot tells a great coming of age story for a new Spider-Man, and its greatest strength is the fun ensemble cast.” Read the full review through here.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is available on PC, PS5, and PS4. 

Like the former port, Miles Morales’ PC version has also been handled by PC-specialist Nixxes Software, which is, of course, now a first party PlayStation studio. On PC, Miles Morales boasts support for DLSS 3, unlocked frame rates, ultra-wide resolution, ray-traced reflections and shadows, and more. Check out what the game looks like on the platform in the launch trailer below.

In our review of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ PC port, we awarded it a score of 9/10, saying, “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, in acting as a short middle chapter between Marvel’s Spider-Man and its upcoming sequel, doesn’t really have the luxury to introduce radical new concepts that might turn the game on its head. Rather, it’s a fun, short romp through New York once again, but this time as a new protagonist. Its tightly-paced plot tells a great coming of age story for a new Spider-Man, and its greatest strength is the fun ensemble cast.” Read the full review through here.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is available on PC, PS5, and PS4. You can check out its full PC requirements through here.

Harry Osborne was voiced by actor Scott Porter in Marvel’s Spider-Man, but in a recent tweet that has since been deleted (and shared on Reddit), he revealed that he won’t be reprising the role in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, with Insomniac instead deciding to go with an actor who’s closer to the character’s age.

“While I voiced Harry in the first Spider-Man, I unfortunately will not be in the sequel,” the actor wrote. “[Insomniac] decided to go photo real and the difference between me and Harry’s ages was too much to overcome, I believe. I was bummed but I get it. Gonna be an incredible game.”

You can find a screencap of the now-deleted tweet below.

Porter recently also starred as Heimdall in God of War Ragnarok, and will be playing The Flash in Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is currently scheduled to launch for PS5 sometime in 2023. While official details on the game remain scant, reports have claimed that development is “exceeding expectations” behind the scenes, and is “making good progress”, remaining on track for a 2023 launch.

Todd simply said, “Early riser. #Mocap time.” Which doesn’t seem like much but it does indicate that the project is in the motion capture stage, much like how lead animator Mike Yosh teased Marvel’s Wolverine beginning the same. In last year’s GDC presentation (at the 33:40 mark) for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, creative director Brian Horton said the studio planned to develop full scripts before motion capture.

This would allow for iterating with storyboards and reduce the need for constant reshoots. If Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is following this process, then the script may already be finished. We’ll have to wait for more details in the coming months so stay tuned.

Early riser. #Mocap time.

— Tony Todd (@TonyTodd54) May 9, 2022

Morris has also worked on acclaimed novels like Slay and The Cost of Knowing, and is currently writing The Jump which is expected to release next year. Thus far, not a lot is known about the story of Insomniac’s sequel, save for it featuring both Peter Parker and Miles Morales while finally introducing Venom. The developer has indicated that it will be “darker” than previous titles while actor Tony Todd, who plays Venom, says it’s going to be “massive.”

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 currently slated to release in 2023, exclusively for the PS5. Stay tuned for more details and gameplay in the coming months.

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He confirmed that the title is a collaboration between Insomniac, Marvel and Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is exclusive to the PS5 and, like Spider-Man, Wolverine as a character is “deeply compelled to defend people who are less able to do so.” This will be a standalone title and sees Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales creative director Brian Horton and game director Cameron Christian returning.

“In the vein of our Spider-Man games, our goal here is to not only respect the DNA of what makes the character so popular, but also look for opportunities to make it feel fresh and truly reflect the Insomniac spirit.” That being said, Marvel’s Wolverine is still “very early in development.” However, Schneider assures that based on the “emotional narrative and cutting-edge gameplay” he’s seen thus far that “The team is already creating something truly special.”

As for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, it’s confirmed to release in 2023, also exclusive to the PS5. Stay tuned for more details on Marvel’s Wolverine in the meantime.

This seems to imply that the player will switch between both characters during the story (instead of, say, implementing co-op). Many members of the first game’s development team are returning such as creative director Bryan Intihar and game director Ryan Smith while Yuri Lowenthal and Nadji Jeter will once again voice Peter and Miles respectively. And if the trailer wasn’t obvious enough already, both have new abilities and suits to acquire.

Furthermore, you can expect “villains” (as in, plural) to “hunt them down.” Schneider did confirm that Tony Todd (who recently starred in Candyman) would be voicing Venom. Even more details will be revealed in the coming year or so, so stay tuned.