It’s now a few weeks since the launch of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on the PS5 and Insomniac Games’ latest title has been a massive hit so far. The story and narrative in the game featured some twists and turns, but the ending was a shocking one. In an interview with Gizmodo, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 narrative director Ben Arfmann and advanced writer Brittney Morris had some things to say about the game’s ending and what it means for future games.

But first, here’s a spoiler alert:

In the ending of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker decides to take a break from being Spider-Man, with Miles Morales promising to take on his responsibility. Besides that, in a post-credits scene, Cindy Moon AKA Silk appears.

It looks like Miles Morales will indeed be the next ‘main’ Spider-Man moving forward.

Morris said:

“I joined [the Spider-Man 2 team] maybe about a month into production, and remember being asked how I felt about both Spider-Men. They asked, through the view of a player who didn’t know what happens next, if I felt like the distribution between the two leads was okay. There was always a constant checking in and going back to our north star to make sure that we’re headed toward the kind of story that we wanted to tell with these two heroes.”

Arfmann added:

“We always knew that this wasn’t a mentor-mentee story, this was about two Spider-Men who are incredibly good at what they do. You see in the opening with Sandman that they’ve got this solid partnership, which then gets challenged by not just Harry and the Symbiote, but also Mr. Negative. All these things are coming in to challenge that core partnership.

Throughout development, we pushed and pulled things in different directions, because we pride ourselves on being a team where great ideas can come from anywhere. But we always had this confidence that we were going to do service to both Spider-Men and tell an exceptional story starring them both.”

On the matter of Cindy Moon, Arfmann said:

“Cindy’s always been a really compelling character in the comics who, similar to [SM1’s] Martin Li, hasn’t really gotten a ton of exposure outside of the immediate fanbase. There’s something really exciting about taking a character who we love, who not everybody’s had a chance to meet, and exposing her to a wider audience.

That was the real drive with her, and figuring out who Insomniac’s Cindy Moon is a really exciting challenge. And we also have this interesting complication that [Cindy’s dad] Albert is dating [Miles’ mom] Rio, and we’re thrilled to explore how that creates a new iteration of this character that folks already love.”

Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is now available exclusively for the PS5. The highly-anticipated sequel to 2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man and 2020’s Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales is perhaps the best Spider-Man game ever made, so head on over here for our full and in-depth spoiler-free review of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

Or if you’ve finished the game, you can head on over here for the ComicsLord’s breakdown of the easter eggs in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and what to expect in the next game.