Insomniac Games has released a major update for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on Thursday with promised features like New Game Plus, mission replay, time of day options, new spider suits for Miles and Peter, and additional accessibility options. However, the developer also added an unintended new feature Spider Man 2one that players are warned against using.
PlayStation 5 owner discovered quickly this version 1,002,000 of Spider Man 2 includes a developer-only debug menu that players can access with a few button presses. This menu allows players to quickly jump through the game’s chapters, enable cheats, and view performance details such as frame rate and dynamic resolution settings.
It also reportedly gives players insight into possible DLC for Spider Man 2. People have discovered a menu that displays chapters for new missions that appear to feature Spider-Man’s long-time nemesis, the Beetle. These details were previously captured and suggested that the beetle may be the version of Janice Lincoln, the daughter of Tombstone, who made her Marvel Comics debut in 2010.
Insomniac Games has confirmed the unintentional inclusion of the debug menu in Spider Man 2is the new patch, Write to X that the problem should be fixed via hotfix. It also warned players not to use it as it could affect game storage.
⚠️ We are aware that the latest game update may have inadvertently enabled access to a development game menu. A hotfix is on the way.
Please note that using this menu may affect your saves and trophy progress.
There is no risk associated with playing the game as intended.
— Sleepless Games (@insomniacgames) March 7, 2024
The gaffe is an unfortunate oversight in an otherwise major and long-awaited update for fans of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games. It’s also more bad news for the PlayStation-owned studio, which has recently been hit by layoffs due to cuts at Sony Interactive Entertainment and was the victim of a major data breach in December that had a devastating impact on employees and ruined the studio’s future plans .
For player content to return to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2Despite the great power of a developer-only debug menu, there’s a lot to chew on in the latest update. You can read Insomniac’s full patch notes can be found on the studio’s website.
