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The news that Spider-Man would be added to Marvel's Avengers roster of playable heroes only on PlayStation platforms made quite the splash last week, even leading us to record a podcast episode almost entirely dedicated to the topic.

When we got the chance to interview Creative Director Shaun Escayg and Combat Director Vince Napoli, we couldn't avoid posing some questions to the developers. Immediately, they made it clear that the rules of the relationship between Marvel and Sony meant the Spider-Man exclusivity was completely out of the hands of Crystal Dynamics (and probably Square Enix too, for that matter).