Rumor: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows being introduced this week

by Justin McElroy { Apr 17th 2008 at 11:00AM }

Considering that Spider-Man 3 sold roughly one hojillion copies despite its dubious quality, it's not a huge surprise that Activision wouldn't want to wait for Spider-Man 4 to hit theaters before its next game. First we had the brawling-centric Spider-Man: Friend or Foe and soon, according to Gamervision we'll be playing Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.

GV says the info comes from an insider at GameStop, which will reportedly be putting marketing materials up for the game this week. Now, what, exactly is Spider-Man: Web of Shadows? We have no clue. We've heard rumors of a Spidey game subtitled "Red Vs. Black," and if this is that same project we can likely expect some symbiote action and maybe even a visit from Venom. Again though, that's pure conjecture. But it sounds like we might be hearing something more concrete very soon.

Tags: activision, spider-man, spider-man-web-of-shadows

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Fernando Rocker @ Apr 17th 2008 11:05AM

Sam Raimi: The Evil Dead >>>>>>> Spider-Man 2 > Spider-Man 1 >>>>>>>>> Spider-Man 3

Nigeria - MK: 0430-8491-9123 @ Apr 17th 2008 11:12AM

Spiderman Animated Series >>>>>> The Spiderman movies

Beatz @ Apr 17th 2008 11:16AM

Sam Raimi's biggest dump >>>>>>>> Spiderman 3. That movie was so shitty, I mean I'm a huge fan of the first two, and the third one just suuuuucked. The emo scene? What the fuck was Raimi thinking?

Fernando Rocker @ Apr 17th 2008 11:19AM

Best Sam Raimi movie: The Army of Darkness =p

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 17th 2008 12:51PM

I've heard it wasn't really Raimi's fault. More like the producers forced him to include Venom cause they knew fully well that more people would watch the movie.

Hopefully they get it right for Sp4.

theturtle363 @ Apr 17th 2008 1:20PM

Nigeria, do you mean the Spider-Man cartoon from years ago or the new "Spectacular Spider-Man" that just started a month or so ago?

Nigeria - MK: 0430-8491-9123 @ Apr 17th 2008 2:20PM

The 90s series, man. It had so many awesome crossover moments. There was even an episode that featured Blade :0.

Though, to be honest, I preferred your 90s series, Batman.

Tim The Enchanter @ Apr 17th 2008 2:46PM

Army of Darkness FTW!! Good, bad? I'm the guy with the gun.

Batman animated series in the nineties were great. So was Spiderman. (not the original)

'nuff said

Geist @ Apr 17th 2008 3:04PM

God Spiderman 3. The venom suit? IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACTUAL SUIT. I mean, damn I could barely watch the parts where he actually places it in his wardrobe.

Cesaria (SSBB: 3136-6466-5083) @ Apr 17th 2008 5:07PM

Come on, Spiderman 3 may have been the worst, but I'm baffled by how rabidly people hate that film. Was it really that bad? Uneven and cluttered at times? Yes, but it was a fun film. And it includes the second best moment (think rain for the first) in the whole series, Harry's reply to how the pie was: "So good."

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 17th 2008 6:22PM

@cesaria

Agreed. Sp3 wasn't that bad of a movie. Yeah compare to the awesomeness of SP2, Spiderman 3 was a mess. But by it self, it wasn't that bad.

Benny @ Apr 17th 2008 11:10AM

I have a feeling that whatever it is, it's going to suck but sell like hot cakes.

ComicShaman @ Apr 17th 2008 11:20AM

Thus far, Spidey 2 (for all its flaws) has been my favorite iteration of the games, with a steep decline after that. Did not like Ultimate Spider-Man, mostly because of the redesign of the swinging (why did they have to dumb down a nearly perfect system?) and for the agonizing use of chase missions. I admit to never playing Spidey 3 because of all the truly awful warnings I heard about it. And Friend or Foe looked so rancid that I could actually smell the preview videos through my monitor. And friends, the smell was not good.

So the trend for Activision's Spider-man games has not been very promising for me. Still, I'll keep my eyes peeled. Because it IS Spider-man, after all... and when Spider-man is done right, he is sublime.

Deezul @ Apr 17th 2008 11:33AM

S:FoF was geared more towards kids. My sons, 7 & 5, love playing it, and it's something I can play with them besides Lego Star Wars. It really wasn't meant to compete the the movie games.

ComicShaman @ Apr 17th 2008 12:06PM

@Deezul

Fair enough. I wasn't in the target market for Friend or Foe. I'm hoping they don't go for the younger crowd with this one, AND that they get it right.

And to win the lottery, while I'm wishing.

StrangeBum @ Apr 17th 2008 12:13PM

You're absolutely right about Ultimate Spiderman though, about the swinging. Spiderman 2 was a pretty stellar game, it had it's flaws but was ridiculously fun to just swing around the city and feel badass as Spiderman.

Ultimate Spiderman had the unique art style, which I enjoyed but I hated what happened to the swinging formula. Eventually you get used to it, but it's still not nearly as good as Spiderman 2.

Jack (SFC: 4983 4617 3409) @ Apr 17th 2008 3:19PM

Yeah, Spiderman 2 was the best as far as the swinging mechanics go. I just have to echo the statement. Spiderman 3's system wasn't as good as Spiderman 2's.

PojoMofo @ Apr 17th 2008 11:27AM

another spiderman game......ugh. Does it have Tony Hawk in it?

sinyakuza @ Apr 17th 2008 11:28AM

i can confirm this as the ads came to the store yesterday al tho is doesnt reveal anything about what the game is about its just has the title and a picture of spider man

Bastard11 @ Apr 17th 2008 1:06PM

Was is "movie spider-man" or more in line with "comic spider-man?"

Deck @ Apr 17th 2008 11:31AM

Oh man, here we go again.

I must admit that I somewhat enjoyed the very first one that came out, but after that there was no hope for them.

Tim The Enchanter @ Apr 17th 2008 2:53PM

You know, he just "does whatever a spider can".

Britton @ Apr 17th 2008 11:32AM

Web of Shadows sounds like a potential Nickleback album. Or the next Hannah Montana hit. Apply where ever.

baby sea tuna @ Apr 17th 2008 12:11PM

Is there any franchise Activision *can't* drive into the ground?

StrangeBum @ Apr 17th 2008 12:14PM

Dig Dug.

Because he already did it himself.

Tim The Enchanter @ Apr 17th 2008 2:54PM

Well played sir. + one radioactive internets to you.

ThePremierAssassin @ Apr 17th 2008 12:15PM

God Joystiq just reminded me of the nightmare that was Spiderman 3

I can only wonder what drugs Sam Raimi was on when he concieved the idea of "Emo Peter Parker"....

Just redo the movie and pretend like it NEVER happened please Sam?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 17th 2008 1:09PM

Meh. Spiderman 3 wasn't that bad. Sure it could have been better (alot better) but I didn't outright hate it. Besides it wasn't even the worst movie of the summer. That honor goes to Michael Bay's generic action film guest starring the Transformers.

theturtle363 @ Apr 17th 2008 1:21PM

I'm guessing that Red vs Black wont be Spidey vs Venom, but rather Carnage vs Venom

ZeroCorpse @ Apr 17th 2008 2:00PM

Anything with Venom or Carnage is crap. They're the most overrated villains in Spider-Man's rogue's gallery. I really wish they'd skipped Venom entirely, and just given us Sandman alone, or Electro, Shocker, Rhino, Vulture, Mysterio, Kraven, or any of the other several dozen villains that aren't just "Evil Twin Spider-Man."