Its story serves as an alternate epilogue to The Amazing Spider-Man film, which is continued in the game's sequel, implying that the games form an alternate version of the movies' universe.
The game was directed by Gerard Lehiany and written by Seamus Kevin Fahey, Benjamin Schirtz and Gérard Lehiany. A sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, was released in April 2014, loosely based on the film's sequel. A PlayStation Vita version was also released in November 2013. A version for the Wii U was released in March 2013 in North America and Europe as The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Edition in both regions. It was released on June 26 in North America and on Jin Europe for Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Android, iOS, and Microsoft Windows.
It was developed by Beenox and published by Activision. The Amazing Spider-Man is an open world action-adventure video game based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and the 2012 film of the same name.
