Other notable releases include Giant Squid’s Sword of the Sea, launching on the same day worldwide for PS5 and PC. Subscribers can also check out Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End and the Secret Key, Coral Island, Earth Defense Force 6, Harold Halibut, Indika and Unicorn Overlord. It’s a solid line-up, especially for role-playing game fans.

However, that’s not all for Premium/Deluxe subscribers, as they can also play Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, two legendary PS One classics, on PS4 and PS5. Both titles support quick save, custom filters, rewind and up-rendering for a smoother experience.

Insomniac’s core technology director Mike Fitzgerald describes it a combination of Fidelity mode’s “crisp” 4K resolution and ray tracing with Performance mode’s 60 frames per second. It’s the best of both worlds for these titles, but that’s not all.

Performance Pro will also be available in all of Insomniac’s PS5 titles, including Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Fitzgerald also confirmed that the studio is excited to “spend even more time finding new ways we can leverage PS5 Pro on both these existing titles and future games like Marvel’s Wolverine.”

Marvel’s Wolverine doesn’t have a release date, though Insomniac’s massive leak from last year indicated a 2026 target. While it could leverage the PS5 Pro in interesting new ways, it will be a while before they’re revealed.

The PS5 Pro launches on November 7th. Head here for more details on its hardware, or check out our reviews for Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered.

Nevertheless, it’s impressive how Insomniac’s Spider-Man franchise could have so many incredible moments, despite only having two games thus far. Let’s look at 15 of the best moments before the sequel’s launch. Spoilers follow for Marvel’s Spider-Man and Miles Morales, so beware.

Spider-Man vs Kingpin

The initial sequence in Marvel’s Spider-Man is perhaps the best possible introduction to the title. Peter Parker isn’t a new hero by any means, but a veteran crimefighter. After assisting Yuriko Watanabe and the police, he battles through Kingpin’s goons at Fisk Tower, starting from the lobby and fighting to his office. The two subsequently clash throughout the building, tearing it apart before Spider-Man emerges victorious.

Mr Negative and the Train Battle

Following Kingpin’s arrest, Martin Li, aka Mister Negative, becomes the main antagonist for a period. Not only does his gang, the Inner Demons, wreak chaos across the city, but attacks Norman Osborn’s re-election rally (with Miles’ father dying in the process). Peter and Mary Jane track down Li to Grand Central, which leads to some stealth with the latter, before Spider-Man battles Mister Negative on a subway train.

The ensuing sequence is an incredible callback to Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man and even ends with Peter stopping the train in the same way (except without collapsing). Everything about this mission was top-notch, from the stealth and tension to the combat and destruction.

The Sinister Six

We knew Spider-Man would have to deal with different villains throughout the story. However, perhaps the biggest surprise – sadly spoiled before release – is the formation of the Sinister Six. It happens during a breakout at The Raft, as Peter fights off the likes of Rhino, Scorpion, Vulture, Electro and Mister Negative. Unsurprisingly, he loses, leading to Doctor Octopus releasing the Devil’s Breath poison in Times Square. Throughout the remainder of the story, Peter has to round up the villains and secure the antiserum for the poison with Dr. Morgan Michaels (who works for Oscorp).

Rematch With Mister Negative

Unfortunately, Mister Negative is sent to apprehend Michaels and take the antiserum. Spider-Man arrives in time to stop Li from killing Osborn, resulting in a fight where we see the true extent of Negative’s powers. From an entire shadowy realm and multiple goons to a massive beast of pure negative energy, Peter pulls out all the stops to finally emerge victorious. Perhaps the most pivotal moment is when Doctor Octopus arrives, beating down Spider-Man before escaping with Osborn and the antiserum.

The Final Battle

This prompts Peter to don the armored Anti-Ock Suit and face off against Doc Ock in the finale. Battling on top of Oscorp Tower, with emotions flaring between both combatants (including Octavius admitting he knew Peter was Spider-Man), it ends in the two sustaining heavy damage. Spider-Man emerges victorious, and while there’s the threat of Octavius revealing his identity, Peter leaves to tend to Aunt May.

Aunt May’s Fate

After being poisoned by the release of Devil’s Breath in Times Square, Aunt May is on the verge of death. While Peter retrieves the antiserum in time, he’s torn between using it to save May’s life or creating a vaccine to save the city. There’s a moment of hesitation before he decides to go with the latter. However, May then reveals that she knew Peter was Spider-Man and is proud of him before passing on.

Miles Reveals His Powers

While Peter deals with May’s death, things start looking up over time. After reuniting with Mary Jane, he learns that Miles Morales has the same powers as him. It starts awkward, with Miles not knowing how to explain and then hanging from the ceiling. How does Peter respond? By leaping up to join him and reaffirming that it’s not all weird. A fun way to close out the game and offer hope for the future.

The Symbiote’s Reveal

Of course, it’s hard to forget this pivotal post-credits scene where Norman Osborn steps into a hidden lab and speaks to his son Harry within a containment tank with a black substance around him. As Obsorn commits to finding a cure for Harry, the substance reacts to his presence, confirming itself to be the Symbiote. As for what role Harry and Venom play in the sequel, there isn’t much longer to find out.

Yuri Becomes a Vigilante

Though an upright police officer to start with, Yuri becomes disillusioned with the justice system after an operation against the Maggia results in the death of her fellow officers. She becomes a loose cannon, going as far as to shoot Hammerhead in the head after his fight with Spider-Man. Though placed on administrative leave, she re-emerges when the player investigates a series of murders committed by a Maggia enforcer.

The police recordings at the scene of each crime eventually lead to a call from Yuri. When Spider-Man tries to meet her, he discovers the enforcer’s corpse tied to a water tank with various purple cords highlighting his victims. Yuri severs all ties with the hero after this. While Insomniac didn’t outright confirm that she becomes Wraith, the fact that she takes on this identity in the comics after becoming disillusioned with the justice system is no coincidence. Wraith also appears on Kraven’s hit list in the first gameplay trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and the resemblance to Yuri is uncanny.

Miles and Peter vs. Rhino

Though Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales isn’t a long game, it’s still full of high-octane moments, including Rhino’s escape. While escorting the supervillain to the rebuilt raft, he escapes and goes on a merry chase through the city, destroying everything in his path. Peter and Miles subsequently give chase, and the sheer spectacle of the destruction is something to behold. While Rhino bests Peter, Miles manages to beat him by manifesting his bioelectricity powers for the first time.

Miles’ First Spider-Man Suit

Miles feels a bit low after the battle with Rhino, and after Peter reveals that he’s traveling overseas with Mary Jane as her photographer, there’s doubt as to whether he can protect the city as Spider-Man. Nevertheless, Peter entrusts him with the duty and provides a gift – Miles’ first Spider-Man outfit. It may not seem like much initially, but his awkward donning of the outfit in Central Park and discovering its many capabilities is a fun sequence of events.

Miles Designs His First Suit

Unfortunately, after a harrowing fight on the bridge to save people and evade Roxxon’s forces, Miles’ suit is damaged. It leads to him and Ned designing a new one that can handle the bioelectricity output. The result is the “official” red and black Spider-Man suit for Miles and culminates in him running up a building and crossing it in a single bound before swinging through in style.

Rio Morales Learns the Truth

One of the more pivotal reveals in the series is Miles’ mother Rio discovering that he’s Spider-Man. It’s a genuine moment of concern, especially given all of the cutscenes where she hopes Miles keeps himself safe. And while it seems like Miles has screwed up things again, his mother affirms that nothing he does would ever make her stop loving him. It ends with Rio helping with the evacuation of Harlem while Miles readies himself to stop Phin.

Phin’s Sacrifice

Phin’s reveal as the Tinkerer creates much strife between her and Miles, but for the most part, she wants what’s best for Harlem, which means sabotaging Roxxon Plaza to expose the side effects of its material, Nuform. Roxxon anticipates this and changes the reactor to cause an explosion if Phin sabotages it.

After a prolonged battle, Miles tries to absorb the reactor’s material but can’t withstand the sheer amount of energy, which means a catastrophic explosion is imminent. Phin then flies him high into the sky and tells him to let go, causing Miles to release the energy, saving the city but resulting in her heroic death.

Tribute to Phin

There are plenty of memorable parts at the end of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, from Peter returning and the two Spider-Men venturing forth to the tease of Harry Osborn being released from his containment tank. However, the best part is Miles overlooking the city from up high and placing the Young Researchers Award that he and Phin won, paying tribute to her sacrifice before moving on.

And though some disgruntled criticisms regarding that change have persisted, Lowenthal himself seems to have gotten over it- and he suggests you do it, in case you haven’t. Speaking recently with ComicBook.com, when asked about Peter Parker’s changed face, the actor said that he never had any problem with it, since it allowed for better facial capture, and that he feels fans should “get over it”.

“The performance was the same for me,” Lowenthal said. “I got over it as soon as they said ‘Hey, we wanna make this change so that the facial animation is better.’ I said ‘I’m all in!’ I don’t care if he looks like a goblin, if my performance is better, than I’m in. I’m kind of tired of talking about it to be honest, because I think everything that needs to be said has been said. Some people will take longer to get over it, some people will never get over it. The one positive thing I take away from this experience is that people connected emotionally so hard and so deeply in the first game that they’re mad when they feel that person changes. I can only be so mad about that because it worked, not the change thing, but you connected with the character which is great. Now, get over it!”

Earlier this year, upon the showing of a new trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, many assumed based on glimpses of the character that Mary Jane Watson’s face had been changed as well, though Insomniac has confirmed that it’s still the same face model and actress, just with a much greater level of fidelity.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is out on October 20 for PS5.

Aragami 2

The original Aragami was a surprisingly solid stealth game in a market mostly devoid of such releases, and 2021’s Aragami 2 excellently builds on those foundations to create a sequel that’s both larger and better in more aspects than one. Aragami 2 allows you to take enemies head-on with a brand new combat system, mission objectives are more varied than before, and you can also tackle the many missions with friends thanks to support for co-op – making it a dream come true for stealth game fans.

The Last of Us Part 1, released on PC this past March, sold 368,000 units. Its revenue is $15.5 million as of April 23rd. The highly anticipated port of the remake faced significant backlash due to several performance issues, crashes, bugs and more. Naughty Dog has since released patches, and it’s in a far better state.

Even with PC game revenues growing year-over-year, PlayStation Studios is still committed to releasing exclusives on PS5 first. SIE president Jim Ryan said the release of PC versions two or three years later was “acceptable” per fans, though some – like upcoming first-party live-service titles – will launch simultaneously for both.

Said live-service titles could be revealed at the PlayStation Showcase on May 24th, 1 PM PDT. Stay tuned for more details.

Horizon Forbidden West

Horizon Zero Dawn was already an insane visual benchmark for Guerrilla Games, what with its expansive environments, draw distance, detailed character models, vegetation, effects, you name it. That Forbidden West could look so much better is insane, but that’s not all. It also improves the presentation, with the dialogue exchanges having more intricate animations and expressions. Doing all this and maintaining great performance, whether you’re playing at 4K/30 FPS or 1440/60 FPS, is even more incredible.

Linking the accounts currently doesn’t seem to have much in the way of tangible benefits. According to Sony, those who link their PlayStation Network account to Steam will get “unlocks in this and other PlayStation Studios games”.

As part of the process, Sony has also launched a new website welcoming PC gamers interested in creating a new PlayStation Network account to link to their PC games. The website has details on how players can log in to the PSN accounts in games like God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, Days Gone, and Horizon Zero Dawn.

The Coming Soon section on the website also lists Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales as games where players can link their PSN account.

Here’s the complete list:

• Vampire Survivors
• Elden Ring
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Hades
• No Man’s Sky
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
• Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
• Cult of the Lamb
• Disney Dreamlight Valley

The list features a healthy mix of indie titles like Vampire Survivors, Cult of the Lamb and Hades, alongside juggernauts of the industry like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, and Cyberpunk 2077.

The Steam Deck has become a popular way to play games, and according to Valve, the system’s pre-order figures lining up for its impending launch in Japan are “better than originally expected”.

Valve also announced earlier this year that it is doubling the shipments of the Steam Deck, and more and more games are launching already compabitle with the device, such as the recently-released Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, and even the rumoured PC port for Returnal.

Seeya September! Here's a quick look at the top games on Steam Deck for the past month, sorted by total hours played. pic.twitter.com/1YTCuzPwIs

— Steam Deck (@OnDeck) September 30, 2022

On top of that, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is the fourth biggest PC release of 2022 in the UK. Elden Ring, Total War: Warhammer 3 and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga are the top three. Overall, this is good news for Sony, which has steadily ramped up its PC releases of first-party titles.

In May, it revealed that Horizon Zero Dawn sold nearly 2.4 million units on Steam while God of War sold 971,000 units. It’s projecting $300 million in revenue from its PC releases in this fiscal year, ending on March 31st, 2023. With The Last of Us Part 1 and Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection still to come for PC, it may end up hitting that target. Stay tuned for more details in the meantime.