Summary
One day beforeMarvel’s Spider-Man 2goes live on Steam and Epic Games Store, PC port developer Nixxes detailed some of the game’s new features, including ultrawide resolution support, raytracing, and upscaling technologies. Nixxes also revealed the PC specs that players would need to runMarvel’s Spider-Man 2at different settings.
Originally released on the PS5 in October 2023,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2is the critically acclaimed sequel toMarvel’s Spider-Manand a follow-up toMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.Insomniac developed all the ongoingMarvel’s Spider-Mantitles, with Nixxes helping with the respective PC ports. Nixxes has alsoported other PlayStation IPs to PC, such asHorizon Forbidden WestandGhost of Tsushima. AlthoughMarvel’s Spider-Man 2was confirmed to get a PC port over a year after its original PS5 launch, Nixxes remained quiet after revealing the PC port, which caused someSpider-Manfans to express their concerns about the project on social media.
However, with a day to go untilMarvel’s Spider-Man 2PC launch, Nixxes addressed those concerns with a long-awaited update. Ina PlayStation Blog post, Nixxes revealed some PC-specific features thatMarvel’s Spider-Man 2will have when it goes live on January 30. Nixxes stated that high-end PCs can use Nvidia’s DLSS Ray Reconstruction to improve raytracing quality on supported graphics cards, including the RTX 40 and 50 series. Along with Nvidia DLSS,Marvel’s Spider-Man 2will also support AMD’s FSR and Intel’s XeSS upscaling technologies to increase performance on supported hardware. The game will alsorun on ultrawide resolution monitorsat 21:9 or 32:9 aspect ratios, including triple monitor setups at a 48:9 aspect ratio. Additionally, running the game at the minimum setting is possible on GPUs such as the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650. However, raytracing will require a high-end GPU, like the RTX 4070 or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, along with a multicore processor such as the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or newer.
720p / 30 FPS
1080p / 60 FPS
1440p / 60 FPS
2160 (4K) / 60 FPS
Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100
Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel Core i5-11400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Intel Core i5-11600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i9-12900K / AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
16 GB
32 GB
Windows 10 or 11 64-bit
140 GB
Nixxes also confirmed that a PlayStation Network account would not be required to playMarvel’s Spider-Man 2on PC. However, PSN remains in the game as an optional feature for trophy and friend list support, but players who use it will gettwo new suits for Peter and Miles to wearbased onSpider-Man 2099. All preorder bonuses forMarvel’s Spider-Man 2will be permanently available as PC purchase perks, including the Arachknight and Shadow-Spider suits.
AlthoughMarvel’s Spider-Man 2will not receive any story DLC, PC players will soon be able to web-sling through New York City. Only time will tell how the game will fare after launch.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
WHERE TO PLAY
Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat.Explore an expansive Marvel’s New York with faster web-swinging and the all-new Web Wings, quickly switching between Peter and Miles to experience different stories, epic new abilities and high-tech gear.Wield Peter’s symbiote abilities and Miles’ explosive bio-electric powers in battle against new and iconic Marvel Super Villains – including an original take on a symbiote-infused Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and more from the Marvel Rogues’ Gallery.
