Symbiotes

Symbiotes, alternately known as Marvel's , is an American action-horror superhero video game based on  by. It is developed by and published by  (under license of The Walt Disney Company), being released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on April 12th, 2021.

Synopsis
Ashamed journalist known as Eddie Brock finds a mysterious symbiotic creature as he becomes San Francisco's lethal protector as he uncovers a sinister conspiracy.

Main

 * Eddie Brock/Venom (voiced by Sam Witwer) - a disgraced journalist who finds an alien symbiote and transforms into the lethal protector of San Francisco.

Supporting

 * Anne Weying (voiced by Claudia Black) - a defense attorney who Eddie has an extremely complicated relationship with.
 * Ken Ellis (voiced by TBD) - a reporter who is obsessed with the truth and is currently launching an investigation on Venom.

Main

 * Dr. Karl Mallus/Carnage (voiced by Troy Baker) - a calm and menacing mad scientist who is obsessed with Venom and set in motion the events of the game to duplicate the Venom symbiote.
 * Com. Orwell Taylor (voiced by Mark Hamill) - the leader of a splinter cell military organization known as the Jury who is hired by Mallus to find and kill Venom.
 * Bakuto (voiced by James Sie) - one of the commanders of the Hand who currently resides in San Francisco aa he wants Venom gone from interfering with his operations.
 * Mary Walker/Typhoid Mary (voiced by TBD) - an operative of the Hand who is both mentally insane and is capable of controlling fire itself, answering only to Bakuto.
 * Stanley Carter/Sin Eater (voiced by TBD) - a former cop who becomes a sadistic hitman, being hired by Mallus to spook Eddie by threatening and then attempting to murder Anne.
 * Trevor Cole/Riot (voiced by TBD) - an agent of the Jury who eventually gains the first attempt to duplicate the Venom symbiote by Mallus, however it turned him a bit weaker than Venom and a lot more feral.
 * [how many more main story villains, 2]

Side

 * Gregory Sallinger/Foolkiller (voiced by TBD) - a sadistic and murderous vigilante who Eddie has been investigating before stopping as he loves to hide cryptic clues to his next murders.

Enemies

 * Thugs - normal criminals who terrorize the streets of San Francisco.
 * Jury Soldiers - armored soldiers whose goals are to hunt down Venom and kill him.
 * Hand Ninjas - ninjas who work for the Hand and hunt after Venom.
 * Spawnlings - symbiote-like creatures which were created from Carnage as they appear late into the game.

Missions
See List of missions.

Gameplay
The game sets you playing as Venom having somewhat similar gameplay to Spider-Man 2018 yet it removes the web slinging element and has the combat be a lot more fast paced and brutal. The game places a massive focus on combat, giving you various ways to experiment with move sets and attack patterns.

Trivia

 * Naughty Dog confirmed that the game is set in a separate continuity than Insomniac's Spider-Man games.
 * The game has various references to both Marvel and previous Sony IPs, including:
 * There is a pawn shop called Drake's Precursors, a reference to both Jak and Daxter and Uncharted.
 * Eddie's house has a stuffed Crash Bandicoot.
 * TBD

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