
Even before Miles Morales got brought over to the main Marvel universe by way of Secret Wars to hang out with Peter Parker more easily, it was a given that the two Spider-Men would eventually team up on adventures.

There are a lot of Earths in the vast, varied, and occasionally blown-up Marvel multiverse—realities that have now grown to encompass the alternate universes not just in comics, but games, cartoons, live action TV, and yes, movies.

There’s a bit of a running joke in the world of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games. Avengers Tower, Bleecker Street, and Nelson and Murdock are lit up across its New York City: but when shit hits the fan, where’s everyone but Spider-Man?

Marvel’s latest take on its Ultimate line of comics is acting as a major reboot, rather than a continuation of the 1610 universe that died (

Like the original Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales before it, the recently released Spider-Man 2 is a bombastic superhero journey.

From the earliest days of his career as a superhero, Peter Parker has made taking pictures—pictures of Spider-Man—as vital as webslinging and crimefighting.

This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming’s most pioneering technologies, players, and makers.

With the newly released Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games introduces Venom to its superhero gaming franchise.