Fan mod adds online multiplayer to Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered PC

A fan-made modification released this week has added working online multiplayer to the PC version of Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, allowing multiple players to swing through New York City together in what enthusiasts say approximates a canceled multiplayer project once being explored by the game's developer. The mod, published by a creator known online as hbgda and distributed through a Patreon subscription, surfaced in late August and has since generated viral clips showing groups of players free roaming, congregating in hideouts and creating chaotic cooperative moments across the game's map.

Footage circulating on social media shows sessions with several players simultaneously traversing the city, with some posts showing as many as seven characters in a server while most coverage describes groups of four to six. Reports vary on player limits and stability. Observers say the mod is impressively functional given that the original PC release was not designed for multiplayer, but that campaign missions and side quests are currently awkward or prone to glitches when accessed with multiple players.

The mod arrives against a backdrop of leaked development material that revealed a...