Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Announced for PS5

Insomniac Games has teased a sequel to its blockbuster hit, Marvel's Spider-Man, set to be released on the PS5 in Holiday 2020.

Revealed as part of the Sony PS5 event, Miles Morales is shown to be the titular protagonist of this hotly anticipated sequel, which is called Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

The PlayStation Blog says that the game will "build on and expand Marvel’s Spider-Man through an all-new story. Players will experience the rise of Miles Morales as he masters new powers to become his own Spider-Man."

On how the game will take advantage of PS5 hardware, the blog says: "With PS5’s ultra-fast SSD, players can near-instantaneously fast-travel across Marvel’s New York City, or feel the tension of each one of Miles’s web-swings, punches, web shots, and venom blasts with the DualSense wireless controller’s haptic feedback. Highly-detailed character models and enhanced visuals across the game intensify the story of Miles Morales as he faces great, new challenges while learning to be his own Spider-Man."

Spider-Man: Miles Morales PlayStation 5 Screenshots

This announcement is the first Insomniac game announced after Sony acquired the studio as a first-party developer. Insomniac has long developed major exclusives for PlayStation consoles, and is now operating as an exclusive, first-party dev. Spider-Man for PS4 has since gone on to become the best-selling superhero game in North America.

For more on Insomniac's recent games, be sure to check out our PS4 Marvel's Spider-Man review and our Ratchet and Clank review. And if you haven't already, be sure to watch our Spider-Man PS4 spoilercast with game director Bryan Intihar for more on the original game's development.