“Spider-Man 4” Video Game Prototype Discovered

[Peter Paltridge]

The original Spider-Man trilogy was meant to go on longer. A “Spider-Man 4” was in development at one point, but after director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire both backed out, Sony was forced to reboot. We knew that much, but what we didn’t know was that a Spider-Man 4 video game was already in development by the time the movie was abandoned.
This is unusual because….well, not a single frame of Spider-Man 4 exists. It never got farther than a script. But developer Eurocom was already building the game when they got the word. Now, thanks to the efforts of the website Gaming Alexandria, the Spider-Man 4 game prototype has been uncovered for all to see. Is there anything we can learn about the cancelled movie through the game?

Not really. No story elements are in place in the prototype. What...

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