Gameplay from the video game adaptation from Sam Raimi’s canceled Spider-Man 4 has leaked online. Very little is known about the game as Raimi apparently never settled on a Spider-Man 4 script that he was happy with, so the developer likely only had basic story details and largely fleshed out things like gameplay. Nonetheless, it doesn’t seem like the game got very far along as this newly surfaced gameplay is still pretty rough around the edges.

In the 2000s, Activision was the sole controller of Spider-Man in the world of video games. Now, the character is a bit of a free agent as Spider-Man will appear in Marvel’s Avengers this year and is thriving in Insomniac’s standalone titles, which are completely unrelated to Square Enix’s Marvel universe. The character had a good run at Activision, however, as Spider-Man 2 was widely regarded as one of the best superhero games at the time of its release. Sam Raimi’s take on the character led to three different video games with publisher Activision, but there was almost a fourth game as well.

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Some new gameplay from Spider-Man 4 on Xbox 360 has leaked online courtesy of Obscure Gamers. The description notes this version of the game was being built using assets and menus from 2009’s Prototype, another superhero game from Activision. This would explain the aggressive landings, flying animations, and other things seen in some of the footage. Earlier this year, data miners discovered that Iron Man was considered for the Spider-Man 3 game or Spider-Man: Web of Shadows at some point, but the character was ultimately cut. Sadly, there’s not anything like that hidden in this gameplay footage of Spider-Man 4.

There’s not a ton to glean from this look at Spider-Man 4 beyond some slick web-swinging animations and aerial combat. Given Raimi was planning to use Vulture as the primary villain in Spider-Man 4, it’s possible the team working on the game was attempting to flesh out the combat so it could be fluid for air battles in the game. The game also looks like it was still incredibly early in development, though there’s a chance that the gameplay from this build isn’t the latest version.

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Spider-Man 4 was slated to release in 2011 but was canceled in 2010 in favor of a reboot starring Andrew Garfield. There hasn’t been an AAA movie tie-in game for Spider-Man since 2014. As of right now, Insomniac Games is believed to be working on a sequel to its Spider-Man game, though nothing official has been announced. With the success of Insomniac’s take on the character, it’s looking less and less likely that Tom Holland will lend his likeness to a developer for a video game adaptation of one of his Spider-Man films.

Source: Obscure Games

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