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We knew Sony was bullish about PC game launches in 2022, but we didn't think Spider-Man would be included. Great news for PC gamers. (credit: Sony / Insomniac / Nixxes)
On Thursday, Sony's latest
game-filled "State of Play" presentation
included fantastic news for PC gamers: Its critically acclaimed
Marvel's Spider-Man
is coming to Windows PCs on August 12. The news arrived shortly after a leak suggesting that
Returnal
and
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
are not only coming to PC this year, as well, but will include toggles to make them look and perform
better
than their PlayStation 5 versions.
The event was jam-packed with impressive-looking new games, though most of them have been given 2023 release dates (and everything shown on the upcoming PlayStation VR 2 platform is thus far undated, as that new peripheral still doesn't have a release date). As PC gaming enthusiasts, however, we want to start with the PC-specific news.
Why Sony's PC bullishness makes us believe today's leak
Marvel's Spider-Man
launched on PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro in September 2018
and landed near the top of our favorite games of that year. Its PC port, which we are still surprised to see, given what a PlayStation console sales driver it's been, will arrive on PC courtesy of Nixxes, a development studio known for some of the best console-to-PC ports of the past decade.
Sony acquired Nixxes in early 2021
, but up until today, that acquisition hadn't yet borne fruit, as Sony's other recent Windows game releases didn't credit Nixxes in any way.