The following information comes from Thomas Wilson, creative director and co-studio head...

- freely explore Manhattan
- web-slinging was overhauled due to complaints from the prior game
- only play as Spider-Man out of the costume at certain points in the game
- when playing as Peter, you'll interact with other characters in RPG-like dialogue trees
- it's also possible to skip this aspect altogether
- at a cocktail party, Parker will run into Harry Osborn and chatt him up about OsCorp's connections to Kingpin
- Osborn admits that Kingpin was connected to the mafia but said Kingpin was the only person willing and able to invest in the research OsCorp wanted to do
- Hero/Menace system is tied to side-mission crimes around the city
- if you let some of these crimes go by without helping, you'll be considered a menace
- eventually this will push your slider bar more towards menace, and a special team will be sent out to hunt down Spider-man
- if you play as a Hero, you'll learn new abilities to aid you along hte way
- side-story crimes include ending a standoff between thugs and the police, rescuing citizens from burning buildings and defusing bombs
- these crimes will have elements that vary, such as number of people involved and location
- missions take place in Manhattan and other areas as well
- one mission is in an abandoned subway tunnel
- in this instance, you can choose the stealth route with silent takedowns, or go in gangbusters
- none of the actors from the upcoming film voice their characters in the game
- game models don't resemble the actors
- this game is a sequel to the first one, which took place right after the first movie
- game contains no spoilers for the film
- there will be some elements that do tie into the movie, but nothing major