Highlights

  • Alleged images of early Spider-Man 3 development reveal a female protagonist swinging through new areas.
  • The leaked images suggest that the new character could be Silk.
  • The leaks have not been 100% verified, so take the information with a grain of salt.

Alleged images from an early development build of Marvel's Spider-Man 3 may have just been revealed by a group of dataminers. Developer Insomniac Games released Marvel's Spider-Man 2 less than a year ago, but it could already be hard at work on the third mainline entry of the blockbuster series.

Major Spoilers for Spider-Man 2 AheadShortly after the launch of Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games was the unfortunate target of a massive data breach in December 2023. The 1.6-terabyte leak publicized sensitive employee information, the studio's future roadmap of games, a development build for Wolverine, planned DLCs for Spider-Man 2, a canceled Spider-Man multiplayer game, and much more. Surprisingly, some details surrounding Marvel's Spider-Man 3 were also uncovered in the breach despite the game being years away from any meaningful acknowledgment from PlayStation or Insomniac.

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With over 1.6 terabytes of information to sift through, the same group of modders that unofficially ported a Spider-Man 2 build to PC claims to have recently discovered images of a very early development version of Spider-Man 3. Twitter user zvis_ceral supposedly received two images from this group and posted them in a recent tweet. The images show a female Spider-Man character swinging across a new open area that's inaccessible in Spider-Man 2's map. The thread reveals even more images of this build, with the character swinging through Midtown and perched on what appears to be a construction site.

Alleged Spider-Man 3 Images May Have Revealed a New Protagonist

The graphics are expectedly a bit choppy as the build is likely not even pre-alpha, but interestingly, the suit design and motif of the female Spider-Man character could point to her being Cindy Moon, aka Silk. Spider-Man 2's post-credits scene teased the inclusion of Cindy Moon as a potential protagonist for the next game, but without revealing her face. It was also hinted that she may not have received her powers yet, and it remains to be seen when Insomniac plans to formally introduce her into the in-game universe.

Some speculate that Silk may receive her own spin-off game in the same vein as Spider-Man: Miles Morales to set her up for Spider-Man 3, but the leaked Insomniac roadmap didn't show any such project on the horizon. Another likely candidate for Silk's introduction is the purported Venom spin-off game which is internally scheduled for 2025, although the leak could have affected Insomniac's plans. All that can be surmised right now is that Silk will be an established character before Spider-Man 3's eventual release, which might coincide with the launch of the PlayStation 6.