Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 open world action-adventure video game loosely based on the film of the same name and released for Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on May 4, 2007. A PlayStation Portable version was released on October 17, 2007. GameCube and Xbox versions were planned, but both were cancelled due to low sales for Xbox and limited resources for GameCube.
The game's plot expands on the film by including additional characters and elements from the Spider-Man comic books and the Marvel Universe. Depending on the platform, different villains from the comics are featured, but all versions of the game feature the film's three main antagonists: New Goblin, Sandman and Venom.
Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church, and J. K. Simmons reprised their roles from the film. Kirsten Dunst, who portrayed Mary Jane Watson in the film, is replaced by Kari Wahlgren. Some characters from the film do not appear in the game, namely Aunt May, Gwen and Captain George Stacy.
Plot
Set about a year after the events of the previous game, the game begins with a new gang called the H-Bombers blowing up the Carlyle building, before Spider-Man arrives to save the day and drives them away. The next day, Peter Parker, Spider-Man's alter-ego, narrates: "Just another day in the life of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Lately, things have been going my way. I got the girl, and New York finally likes me. Not that there aren't problems: There is this new guy Eddie Brock at the Daily Bugle, and he is really starting to get on my nerves. Harry, my best friend, won't talk to me. On top of that, new gangs have been dividing up the city. Still, it's nothing I can't handle. One weird thing, there hasn't been any big supervillain around since Doc Ock. I have this bad feeling that the sky is gonna fall or something, and soon..."
Spider-Man struggles balancing his civilian life with his superhero life and thus, while as Peter Parker he receives several assignments at the Daily Bugle from his boss, J. Jonah Jameson, such as having to photograph some lizard people spotted across the city, as Spider-Man he must deal with 3 new gangs terrorizing the city: the Apocalypse, the Arsenic Candy, and the Dragon Tail. Nevertheless, he makes short work of the Apocalypse, foiling their attacks on the subway and the power plant and even defeating their leader, and also foils the plans of the Arsenic Candies, defeating them during an attack on a theater, and later at their bomb factory and hideout - a warehouse filled of fireworks and hostages - as well, and of the Dragon Tails, who tried to hijack a van full of ancient Chinese statues. Spider-Man must also deal with the return of the H-Bombers, who threaten to blow up the subway, but Spidey is able to foil their plan just in time.
After a long day of fighting crime, Spider-Man takes Mary Jane Watson, his girlfriend, on a thrill ride, stopping in Central Park for a talk. As they talk about Harry, who his furious with Peter because he believes him to be responsible for the death of his father, Norman Osborn, an alien symbiote inside a meteor crashes nearby and attaches itself to Peter's shoe, while Harry goes inside his father's secret Goblin lair, where he dons a Goblin armor and enters a chamber filled with the Goblin formula gas, becoming the New Goblin. Meanwhile, Peter's college science teacher Dr. Curt Connors injects himself with a lizard DNA serum, in the hope of regrowing his missing right arm, but it instead transforms him into the Lizard. While investigating Connors' lab, Peter finds out what happened and is then attacked by the Lizard, who runs away into the sewers. Giving chase, Spider-Man travels through the sewers in search of the Lizard and, along the way, encounters numerous people that the Lizard has also turned into lizards. After fighting his way through the lizard people and escaping from a giant drill, Spider-Man eventually confronts the Lizard in his lair and discovers his plan to release the lizard people into the city. Although Spider-Man foils his plan and defeats the Lizard, he and his lizard people manage to escape further into the sewers. Returning to the college, Peter changes into his civilian clothes, only to be suddenly attacked by Harry/New Goblin, who wants to kill him, to avenge his father's death. After a battle across the city, Peter eventually defeats Harry and knocks him unconscious, before bringing him to a hospital to recover. Meanwhile, an escaped convict named Flint Marko tries to escape from police and falls into a cockpit full of sand, where scientists are doing experiments on sand, one of which fuses Flint with the sand, becoming Sandman.
The following day, Spider-Man foils the H-Bombers' plans once again, who planted bombs all around the Financial District, and later attacked a nuclear power station as well, during which he discovers that The Mad Bomber, the leader of the H-Bombers, is Luke Carlyle, one of the richest businessmen in New York. After these failures, the H-Bombers make a final attack on the Daily Bugle and kidnap J. Jonah Jameson, but Spidey is able to disarm their bombs and then chases after the bombers' helicopter, to rescue Jameson. After taking him to safety, Spider-Man battles and soon destroys the H-Bombers' helicopter, but The Mad Bomber and his men manage to escape. At the same time, Spider-Man begins working with Detective Jean DeWolfe, who enlists his help in cracking down on some gun runners and crooked cops, in exchange for information on The Mad Bomber case, which she's also investigating. Spidey takes pictures of some dirty deals for DeWolfe and even saves her from some crooked cops who set her up, with the two of them eventually becoming close friends, although DeWolfe denies it.
