A new Spider-Man game has been announced, but will it break the curse continued by Web of Shadows?

Beenox Studios, a developer with a short history that includes Monsters vs Aliens and a Guitar Hero game, the franchise changes hands yet again after Shaba Games fumbled the ball. Called Shattered Dimensions, it takes Spider-Man through four different "dimensions" or rather, four different Spider-Man titles. In this case, main continuity Spider-Man (Earth 616) experiences life as it is in the mini sereis Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Man 2099. This is quite refreshing, as the film franchise games have exhausted how much fun players can have with normal Spidey.

With Noir, 1940s Spider-Man has less emphasis on acrobatic combat and more on stealth. Spider-Man 2099 emphasizes on flying through a futuristic city with technological enhancements. It has a lot of promise to provide a varying experience for players, with separate-yet-convergent story lines. The art style is definitely a new twist on previous games, showing hints of the MTV animated series.

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions hits stores September 7, 2010. Be sure to pick it up on your preferred console, but from the cover art, it looks like the XBOX version will be Kinect-enabled, however that works.