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Insomniac Offers More Details on Spider-Man's Playable Mary Jane

Originally teased in December, a Game Informer feature goes into more details on Spider-Man's playable Mary Jane Watson.

Ozzie Mejia

April 18, 2018 12:40 PM

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Spider-Man on PlayStation 4 is just a few months away from swinging across New York. And while Peter Parker is at the center of the story, a lot of his supporting cast has also been introduced as part of the game. The most interesting of these characters is Mary Jane Watson, Peter's ex-wife and long-time friend and/or love interest, who is going to be a playable character herself.

An ongoing Game Informer feature goes into further detail regarding this nugget that Insomniac originally dropped to IGN last October. MJ will work as an investigative journalist for The Daily Bugle. Think something similar to her character in the more recent Ultimate Spider-Man animiated series on Disney XD. She'll be a valuable resource to Spidey/Peter in this game, pointing him towards tips and leads, like Marvel's answer to Lois Lane.

Creative Director Brian Intihar confirmed in the Game Informer piece that Mary Jane will be playable in certain instance and have her own unique gameplay mechanics. Intihar notes that MJ will "see Spider-Man from a different experience," implying that her playable portions will take place while Spider-Man is in action. As one of the few people who know about Peter's life as Spider-Man, she'll be right in the thick of several missions, which will apparently prompt players to take control of her directly.

More details on Mary Jane's role in Spider-Man can be found on Game Informer. Spider-Man swings onto PS4 on September 7.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?