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!

While the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man had quite the decent run with his movie games spanning from last-gen to next-gen, his upcoming adventure, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, DS), certainly looks to be a great departure from the realistic web-slinging experience that the movie games strove for. This departure being the canon-breaking aspect of Spidey teaming up with his sworn enemies, of course.

Yeah, you read that right. Spidey's going to be in cahoots with the likes of the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Venom - and in this recent video update, he's also teaming up with Rhino. We can't believe it either, and we can't stop geeking out at all the potential awesome this game is going to generate. I mean, look at the combo attacks between them!

Enough talk from us, the video embed's below. Enjoy!

 

When Activision released Spider-Man 3 (PSP, Xbox 360, DS, Wii, PC, PS3) for a multi-platform launch, they also announced that another game would follow suit, titled Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. This latest game in the Spider-Man trilogy franchise is reportedly going to be based on movies 2 and 3 and will carry over a new co-op mode between Spidey's allies and enemies alike. Features include:

• Players can choose a sidekick from Spider-Man’s allies (ex. Blade, Iron Fist)
• Fight against movie Super Villains and then alongside them (ex. Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Venom, Sandman)
• Two-player co-op: Playing in two-player co-op mode allows gamers to discover new ways to overcome obstacles and enemies.  As players progress through the game, battle arenas are unlocked where one-on-one brawling with any Super Hero or Villain can take place at any time.
• Unlockables: Special game unlockables include the black-suited Spiderman, who carries different powers and abilities. Other unlockable content includes secret areas, special tokens, hidden items, power-ups, and mini-games.
  

Spiderman: Friend or Foe is under development for the Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 2 by Next Level Games. The PSP and DS versions are being handled by Artificial Mind & Movement, while the PC version is under works by Beenox. Expect to see the game in retail by this Fall. We've also provided for some in-game screenshots, you give you an idea of how the title's looking. Enjoy.