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Sony and Insomniac have announced that their highly-anticipated Spider-Man adaptation will be released exclusively for the PS4 on September 7. Insomniac’s James Stevenson swung over to the PlayStation Blog to reveal the good news, and also to talk a bit about the bonuses found in the game’s Digital Deluxe Edition and Collector’s Edition.

Spider-Man’s Digital Deluxe Edition ($79.99) will include the main game, along with access to a post-launch expansion (The City That Never Sleeps) that features “three new chapters each with new missions, new villains and characters, and additional suits for Spider-Man.” Fans who pre-order the game from Sony’s storefront will also receive a Limited Edition Collectible Pin (by mail) and the Spidey Suit Pack (which is highlighted in the trailer embedded above).

The Collector’s Edition ($149.99) will contain all the content from the Digital Deluxe Edition, as well as “a Steelbook case featuring the iconic white spider, Mini Artbook from Titan Books, and an awesome Marvel’s Spider-Man statue by Gentle Giant.”

Finally, a second Spider-Man trailer from Game Informer (promoting their upcoming in-depth coverage of the game) can be found after the break. (more…)

We still don’t know what part Miles Morales will play in the game, but Insomniac shared some new story details for their upcoming Spider-Man adaptation on Twitter over the weekend.

According to the tweets, Peter Parker has been Spider-Man for eight years, and he built all of his own technology (unlike the Stark Industries suit Peter will wear in this week’s Spider-Man: Homecoming). Players will also do battle with The Kingpin in an early level, and later tangle with Mister Negative and his Inner Demons in back half of the game:

Explore a new, original Spider-Man universe and story. [Source]

Peter Parker has been Spider-Man for eight years, and is masterful at protecting the city. [Source]

After you defeat Kingpin, the Inner Demons move in on Fisk’s territory. [Source]

Martin Li [Mister Negative] is a philanthropist, and runs the F.E.A.S.T. homeless shelters. Aunt May works for him at one of those shelters. [Source]

Peter Parker uses his ingenuity and lab experience to build his own suit and tech. [Source]

Insomniac’s Spider-Man will be released exclusively for the PS4 sometime next year.

Insomniac’s upcoming Spider-Man game won’t be connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it’ll likely make its debut on store shelves alongside the wallcrawler’s first film adaptation from Marvel Studios. Ryan Penagos, the Vice President and Executive Editor of Marvel Digital Media, revealed that the game “is on the horizon for 2017” during an episode of THWIP! The Big Marvel Show.

However, the video was originally uploaded more than three months ago (it was the “Best of 2016” episode), and a lot can change in that amount of time. But Penagos sounds pretty confident, and this is the closest thing we’ve gotten to a launch window since Spider-Man’s announcement at E3 2016.

Spider-Man: Homecoming will open in theaters on July 6, and be available as a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Download sometime this Fall. Either one would be an excellent time for Insomniac to launch their Spider-Man game.

UPDATE: Insomniac replied to the hubbub on the Internet today with the following statement (via Twitter): “No release timeframe has been announced”.

While that’s true, I’d assume that Sony and Marvel are very interested in piggybacking on the extensive marketing campaign for Spider-Man: Homecoming. The developer might not be ready to announce a release date just yet (which means the game could slip to 2018), but 2017 sounds much more likely to me.