List of accolades received by Marvel's Spider-Man

List of accolades received by Marvel's Spider-Man
Total number of awards and nominations
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Footnotes

Marvel's Spider-Man is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man, it is inspired by the long-running comic book mythology and adaptations in other media. Set in New York City, players follow Spider-Man trying to stop the super-human crime lord Mister Negative from releasing a deadly virus across the city while dealing with the personal problems of his civilian persona, Peter Parker. When the game was announced in June 2016, it was widely anticipated.[1] The game was nominated for Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards in 2016 and 2017,[2][3] as well as for Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards 2017.[4]

It was released worldwide on September 7, 2018, for the PlayStation 4.[5] Spider-Man received "generally favorable reviews" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic with a score of 87 from 116 reviews;[6] it was Metacritic's thirteenth highest-scoring PlayStation 4 game of 2018.[7][a] Spider-Man sold 3.3 million units in its first three days of release, making it the fastest-selling second-party video game release in Sony's history, narrowly beating 2018's God of War's 3.1 million.[8] USA Today estimated the game made at least US$198 million during this period, surpassing the $117 million North-American opening-weekend box office take of the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming.[8] By November 2018, it became the fastest-selling superhero game in the United States.[9] By August 2019, Spider-Man had sold over 13.2 million physical and digital units worldwide making it one of the best-selling PlayStation 4 games.[10]

Spider-Man garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its story, characters, performances, and music. At the Gamers' Choice Awards 2018, the game received eight nominations and went on to win three awards: Fan Favorite Action Game, Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience, and Fan Favorite Character of the Year for Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man.[11][12] At the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards the game received twenty-one nominations and went on to win three awards for Engineering; Game, Franchise Action; and Performance in a Drama, Supporting for Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson.[13] At the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the game earned eleven nominations and won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation.[14][15] At the SXSW Gaming Awards 2019, Spider-Man earned eight nominations and won the Excellence in Animation and Excellence in Convergence awards,[16] and at the Game Critics Awards 2018 it garnered three nominations and won two awards: Best Console Game and Best Action/Adventure Game.[17]

Spider-Man appeared on several lists of the top video games of 2018, being ranked in first place by Wired; second place by Apple Daily and Time; third place by Complex, Push Square, and Zero Punctuation; fifth place by Electronic Gaming Monthly; seventh place by GamesRadar+ and Giant Bomb; ninth place by Polygon and USgamer; and tenth place by The Daily Telegraph. Shacknews and The Verge named it "Game of the Year" and it was nominated for Game of the Year by Eurogamer, GameSpot, and IGN. A poll of 128 Japanese game developers by Famitsu magazine named Spider-Man as their game of the year.

Accolades

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Award Date Category Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) Result Ref(s).
Annie Awards February 2, 2019 Character Animation in a Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [18]
British Academy Games Awards April 4, 2019 Artistic Achievement Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [19]
Audio Achievement Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
D.I.C.E. Awards February 14, 2019 Game of the Year Scott Michalek, Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith Nominated [14][15][20]
Adventure Game of the Year Scott Michalek, Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Bobby Coddington Won
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Jacinda Chew Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Character Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Yuri Lowenthal, Jon Paquette, Christos Gage, Ben Arfmann Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Cameron Christian Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Bryan Intihar, Ryan Smith Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition John Paesano Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Dwight Okahara, Paul Mudra Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Story Jon Paquette, Christos Gage, Ben Arfmann Nominated
Outstanding Technical Achievement Cameron Christian, Gil Doron Nominated
Game Audio Network Guild Awards March 21, 2019 Audio of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [21][22]
Sound Design of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Interactive Score Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Dialogue Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Best Original Instrumental "Spider-Man" Nominated
The Game Awards December 7, 2017 Most Anticipated Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [4]
December 6, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [23]
Best Game Direction Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Score/Music Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Audio Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Performance Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Best Action/Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Game Critics Awards July 5, 2018 Best of Show Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [17]
Best Console Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Best Action/Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Game Developers Choice Awards March 20, 2019 Best Audio Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [24]
Best Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Technology Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Visual Art Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Gamers' Choice Awards December 9, 2018 Fan Favorite Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [11][12]
Fan Favorite Action Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Fan Favorite Character of the Year Peter Parker / Spider-Man Won
Fan Favorite Male Voice Actor Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson Nominated
Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor Tara Platt as Yuri Watanabe Nominated
Gamescom August 21, 2018 Best Action Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [25][26]
Best PlayStation 4 Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Golden Joystick Awards November 18, 2016 Most Wanted Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [2][27]
November 17, 2017 Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [3][28]
November 16, 2018 Best Storytelling Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [29][30]
PlayStation Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Ultimate Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Harvey Award October 4, 2019 Best Adaptation From a Comic Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [31]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 14, 2018 Original Score – Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [32][33]
Italian Video Game Awards April 11, 2019 People's Choice Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [34]
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Game Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Character Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Japan Game Awards September 12, 2019 Award for Excellence Marvel's Spider-Man Won [35][36]
New York Game Awards January 22, 2019 Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [37]
Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 23, 2019 Favorite Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [38]
SXSW Gaming Awards March 16, 2019 Excellence in Art Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [16]
Excellence in Animation Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Excellence in Gameplay Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Excellence in Technical Achievement Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Excellence in Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Excellence in Convergence Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Trending Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Video Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards February 5, 2019 Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus Nominated [39]
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards February 17, 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [40][41]

Other awards

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Spider-Man received a range of awards and nominations from media publications and other game awards shows.

Best Game awards and nominations

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Spider-Man appeared on several lists of the top video games of 2018, being ranked in first place by Wired;[42] second place by Apple Daily,[43] Hot Press,[44] Maxim,[45] Stuff,[46] Time,[47] and Troy Daily News;[48] third place by Complex,[49] France Info,[50] Igromania,[51] Morning Star,[52] Push Square,[53] The Ringer,[54] and Zero Punctuation;[55] fourth place by Gry Online,[56] The Michigan Daily,[57] National Post,[58] and NRK P3;[59] fifth place by Electronic Gaming Monthly,[60] Libertad Digital,[61] and Vulture;[62] sixth place by IGN Italy and Rolling Stone Italy;[63][64] seventh place by GamesRadar+,[65] Giant Bomb,[66] Knack Focus,[67] The Mercury News,[68] and The Star;[69] eighth place by HuffPost Brazil;[44] ninth place by Polygon and USgamer;[70][71] and tenth place by The Daily Telegraph.[72] Shacknews and The Verge named it "Game of the Year"[73][74] and it was nominated for Game of the Year by CNews,[75] Eurogamer,[76] Fox Sports Asia,[77] GameSpot,[78] IGN,[79] and news.com.au.[80] A poll of 128 Japanese game developers by Famitsu magazine named Spider-Man as their game of the year.[81]

Other categories

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Game award shows

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The Australian Games Awards and Brazil Game Awards nominated Marvel's Spider-Man for both Action/Adventure Title of the Year and Game of the Year.[82] The Brazil Game Awards also nominated it for Best Original Game, Best Console Game, Best Soundtrack, Best Voice Acting in Portuguese, and Insomniac was nominated for Best Studio.[83] The Global Game Awards nominated it for Game of the Year (sixth), Best Action (second), Best Open World (third), Best Visuals (fourth), in addition Insomniac won Best Developer.[84] At the New York Game Awards the game was nominated for The Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year and Laura Bailey's portrayal of Mary Jane Watson gave her a nomination for Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game.[37]

The game was nominated for 22 categories and won three at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards 17 of these were: Game of the Year; Animation, Artistic; Animation, Technical; Art Direction, Contemporary; Camera Direction in a Game Engine; Character Design; Control Design; Costume Design; Design, Franchise; Direction in a Game Cinema; Graphics, Technical; Lighting/Texturing; Original Dramatic Score, Franchise; Sound Editing in a Game Cinema; Sound Effects; Writing in a Drama. In addition, it won the awards for Game, Franchise Action and Engineering. Also it received nominations for its voice actors including: Performance in a Drama, Lead (Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man); Performance in a Drama, Supporting (Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson); Performance in a Drama, Supporting (William Saylers as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus). Bailey went on to win her nomination.[13]

Media publications

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It received a "Silver" award (equivalent to third place) by PlayStation Blog in the following categories: Best Narrative, Best Graphical Showcase, Best Sound Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Performance, Best PlayStation 4 Game.[85] It also received a "Gold" award (equivalent to second place) by PlayStation Blog for Best PlayStation Console Exclusive.[85] Its developer, Insomniac Games, received a "Silver" award for Studio of the Year.[85]

Spider-Man won Best Game Narrative from Digital Trends and was nominated for Best Story by Giant Bomb.[86][66] Additionally, it was nominated for Best Video Game Story as well as Best PlayStation 4 Game and Best Action-Adventure Game by IGN.[87][88][89] It was a runner-up in four categories by IGN Australia these are: Best Audio Design, Best Game Design, Best Storytelling, and Game of the Year.[90] It was nominated for four awards by The Games Machine these are: Best Action Game, Best Open World, Game of the Year, Tell Me a Story.[91][b] It won the award for Best Action/Adventure Game by Inner Circle Games Network.[92] It won an Excellence Prize from Famitsu Awards.[93][94]

Notes

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  1. ^ It was Metacritic's joint thirteenth highest-scoring PlayStation 4 game of 2018 alongside Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Sonic Mania Plus and Dragon Ball FighterZ with a score of 87.
  2. ^ Awarded to a game with outstanding narrative.[26]

References

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  1. ^ O'Connor 2016.
  2. ^ a b Loveridge 2016.
  3. ^ a b Hoggins 2017.
  4. ^ a b Makuch 2017.
  5. ^ Dornbush 2018.
  6. ^ Metacritic 2018.
  7. ^ Dietz 2019.
  8. ^ a b Blumenthal 2018.
  9. ^ Workman 2018.
  10. ^ Valentine 2019.
  11. ^ a b Gamers' Choice Awards 2018.
  12. ^ a b Vasquez 2018.
  13. ^ a b NAVGTR 2019.
  14. ^ a b Makuch 2019.
  15. ^ a b McWhertorb 2019.
  16. ^ a b Khan 2019.
  17. ^ a b Watts 2018.
  18. ^ Flores 2018.
  19. ^ Fogel 2019a.
  20. ^ "D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Marvel's Spider-Man". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  21. ^ Lagumbay 2019.
  22. ^ Fogel 2019b.
  23. ^ Grant 2018.
  24. ^ Good 2019.
  25. ^ Ramée 2018.
  26. ^ a b Valentine 2018.
  27. ^ Sheridan 2016.
  28. ^ Chalk 2017.
  29. ^ Hoggins 2018.
  30. ^ Andronico 2018.
  31. ^ Puc 2019.
  32. ^ HMM Awards 2018.
  33. ^ HMM Awards 2018b.
  34. ^ IVGA 2019.
  35. ^ Craddock 2019.
  36. ^ Brian 2019b.
  37. ^ a b Keyes 2019.
  38. ^ Nordyke 2019.
  39. ^ Tapley 2019.
  40. ^ WGA 2018.
  41. ^ WGA 2018b.
  42. ^ Muncy 2018.
  43. ^ Apple Daily 2019.
  44. ^ a b Barter 2018.
  45. ^ Sciarrino 2018.
  46. ^ Stuff Staff 2018.
  47. ^ Fitzpatrick, Dockterman & Austin 2018.
  48. ^ Brown 2019.
  49. ^ Wong 2018.
  50. ^ Drouard 2018.
  51. ^ Levin 2019.
  52. ^ Cowles 2018.
  53. ^ Tailby 2018.
  54. ^ The Ringer Staff 2018.
  55. ^ Croshaw 2019.
  56. ^ Mirowski 2019.
  57. ^ Lustig 2019.
  58. ^ Marsh 2018.
  59. ^ Nordvik 2018.
  60. ^ Electronic Gaming Monthly 2019.
  61. ^ Libertad Digital 2018.
  62. ^ Swearingen 2018.
  63. ^ Loggia 2018.
  64. ^ Coclite 2018.
  65. ^ GamesRadar Staff 2018.
  66. ^ a b Gerstmann 2018.
  67. ^ Dewever 2018.
  68. ^ Cacho 2018.
  69. ^ The Star 2018.
  70. ^ Kuchera 2018.
  71. ^ USgamer 2018.
  72. ^ Hoggins 2018b.
  73. ^ Mejia 2018.
  74. ^ Newton 2018.
  75. ^ Cailleaud 2019.
  76. ^ Eurogamer 2018.
  77. ^ Fox Sports Asia 2018.
  78. ^ Espineli 2019.
  79. ^ IGN Staff 2018a.
  80. ^ Wilson 2018.
  81. ^ Adams 2018.
  82. ^ Australian Awards 2018.
  83. ^ Penilhas 2018.
  84. ^ Game Debate Staff 2018.
  85. ^ a b c Massongill 2019.
  86. ^ Smith 2018.
  87. ^ IGN Staff 2018b.
  88. ^ IGN Staff 2018c.
  89. ^ IGN Staff 2018d.
  90. ^ IGN Staff 2018e.
  91. ^ Baccigalupi 2018.
  92. ^ Tolbert 2018.
  93. ^ Mateo 2019.
  94. ^ Brian 2019a.

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