Spider-Man Unlimited will swing into the App Store this year

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Gameloft’s previous Spider-Man games have been pretty fun, even if they’ve also been plagued by enough in-app purchases to well and truly set off our spider-sense (or, at least, overdraft fee alerts). With E3 coming up next week, Gameloft and Marvel have announced a brand new Spider-Man game called Spider-Man Unlimited, based on the Marvel comic of the same name.

This game is set to take the character of Spider-Man and place him into an endless runner scenario, with the developers promising that:

Fans will enjoy the thrill of swinging, running, and fighting through a chaotic New York on the brink of destruction, as The Formidable Sinister Six attempt to gain unlimited power by opening a malevolent dimensional rift to our world. It’s up to Peter Parker and iconic Spider-Man variations such as Iron Spider-Man, Spider-Man Noir, Future Foundation Spider-Man and Ben Reilly Spider-Man to team up and stop them. Fans will be inspired to collect and upgrade over 23 different Spider-Men, the most variations in any game, as they battle through an episodic adventure, featuring three narrative-driven issues facing Green Goblin, Vulture, Electro, and their dimensional counterparts along the way.

While Spider-Man Unlimited won’t be swinging its way onto iOS devices until early September 2014, Gameloft is set to showcase the game at its E3 booth next week in the West Hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For those who can’t make it to the biggest video game expo of the year, you can check out the trailer to the game below. While there’s no mention of fixing the IAP problem (and, frankly, if the previous two games in Gameloft’s Spider-Man series have done well enough to warrant another sequel, why would they?) it still looks an entertaining dose of comic-infused Spidey action.

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