In Activision's Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (PS2, PS3, PSP, DS, Wii, Xbox 360), we know that the friendly neighborhood web-crawler is going to team up with some of his greatest foes. What we don't know is how it turned out that way, or how Spidey is going to convince a hardened villain to fight by his side. These questions and more are answered in this developer interview of Spider-Man's latest adventure.

So, what really happened? It seems that during a typical night out, while engaging in typical villainy, the bad guys in Spidey's turf were suddenly kidnapped by an unknown organization. Nick Fury then comes into the scene, deputizes Spidey, and asks him to find out what's up. Our friendly neighborhood web-head agrees, and soon he's duking it out with the same baddies that got kidnapped. Only this time, they're under mind control.

Thankfully, a righteous beatdown is just what the doctor ordered for brainwashed super villains, and this is where the bad guys decide to team up with Spidey to get some payback. So the formula is set: find villain, defeat villain, get villain to perform wickedly-cool moves with Spider-Man. How is that not awesome?

Lots more info in the video below. Enjoy!