Source: Shacknews
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Director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man comics-to-film adaptations have been been among the few superhero movies in recent years that have been not just commercially successful but critically successful. Developer Treyarch's Spider-Man games, some of which have been comics-to-film-to-game productions and some simply comics-to-game, have similarly fared far better among gamers than have the majority of games licensed from comics or movies. Treyarch has turned the Neversoft-established franchise into an open-world action adventure drawing heavily from Grand Theft Auto, but with the acrobatic web-slinging expected of the comic book hero. With Spider-Man 3: The Game, based on Raimi's upcoming film Spider-Man 3: The Game: The Movie, Treyarch looks to be keeping the fundamental formula the same while ratcheting up its scale and introducing various elements tying the game more into its source material. During a recent Activision event I was able to get a first look at the Xbox 360 version of the game, which is also en route to PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP, Game Boy Advance, and PC.
Feb 22, 2007, 05:52 PM
