The developers of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions have just released two new 360° screen shots for the upcoming game that will be available for Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, and XBOX 360.

The new game will allow you to explore four parallel universes, each featuring its own Spider-Man with a unique set of skills. Marvel comic book writer Dan Slott wrote the adventure game.

The first screenshot is entitled “2099″ and the second one is “Noir”, which are two of the universes. For more info, visit the official Spider-Man Dimensions website.

Check out the screenshots after the jump.

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With E3 fast approaching, we’re going to have a lot of news coming your way from the show. First up comes Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions’ E3 trailer. Last week, we reported that the third dimension of the game would be Spider-Man 2099′s world.

Here we get to see it in motion for the first time. The gameplay looks to take a new turn with the vertical freefall style of travel and combat. The dimension also has a great contrasting art style with its super sci-fi overtones compared to the gritty greyscale of the Noir universe and the cell shared appearance of the Amazing world.

As far as villains, the best I can tell is the flying menace shown fighting Spider-Man 2099 is a new take on Spider-Man’s foes as screen shot titles from Activision entitle him the Hobgoblin (which never actually appeared in Peter David’s run of Spider-Man 2099).

Also announced for the Spider-Man 2099 dimension will be an Amazon.com preorder bonus of a special Iron Spider skin to play as. Though Iron Spider was the costume Spider-Man wore during the Civil War and is down the attire of the Scarlet Spider (formerly the three clones of Avengers: Initiative member MVP) and has nothing to do with the Spider-Man 2099 dimension, it looks pretty cool none the less.

Take a peek below at the new screens and trailer for the third dimension of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

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Okay, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe wasn’t exactly an impressive showing for the mighty Marvel franchise. It was actually pretty much a kids game when it comes down to it. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows however reignited the Spider-Man franchise with more grounded gameplay reminiscent of the style and strategy used in Spider-Man 2 and Ultimate Spider-Man.

Now, right before E3, Activision has unofficially had some screens leak for the third dimension of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, the next iteration of the franchise. Already revealed have been the Amazing universe featuring Kraven the Hunter as its villain and the Noir universe with the Goblin and Hammerhead as the lead antagonists. Now, it looks like the world of Spider-Man 2099 will be featured in a game for the first time.

For those who don’t know, the 2099 world came about in the mid-nineties with visions of Spider-Man, Doom, the X-Men and various other characters who were based on historic entities from the Age of Heroes. The longest running of this line was Spider-Man 2099 who encountered future versions of the Vulture and Venom in his tenure. Miguel O’Hara, Spider-Man 2099′s alter ego, has made various recent appearances in Marvel comics while others from this period have been forgotten.

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With Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 being a very fun game we are definitely looking forward to another upcoming superhero based game from Activision called Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. Previously, we brought you the first trailer for the game and some screens. Now, to further illustrate how cool this game is going to be, we’ve got a new trailer from it to share with you today featuring some of the villains of the game including Kraven, Hammerhead and Goblin.

In case you’re not familiar with the game it is, according to Activision, a “thrilling action-packed adventure set in four dramatically different universes from legendary Spider-Man lore, each with a distinct Spider-Man armed with unique skills and strengths, in one original storyline.”

As a player you will be “transported to new locations never before seen in a Spider-Man game, from lush jungles and dusty deserts to various urban terrain.” The game is written by comics writer Dan Slott and “takes players on a mission to contain the magical energy of the Tablet of Order and Chaos, which has been shattered and sent hurtling across parallel universes, and battle fan-favorite villains in a quest to restore the fabric of reality.” Sounds cool, right?

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is in development by Beenox for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, and by Griptonite Games for Nintendo DS. It will be released sometime later this year or early next year. Until then, check out the trailer after the jump.

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Back in 2004, Spider-Man 2 debuted for the XBox and PlayStation to rave reviews. For the first time, players were given free run of Manhattan as their favorite wall crawler. Since, pretty much every Spider-Man game since has followed that same formula (save Spider-Man: Friend or Foe but the less said about that game, the better) and things have gotten a little stale.

Last year, super hero games were all forced to take a step back and reevaluate themselves with the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum which is now considered by many to be the best comic-based video game release ever. That’s a lot of pressure for any new game to follow up.

But if anyone can go toe to toe with the Dark Knight, whether it’s in the box office, in comics or in video games, it’s Spidey right? Activision has just released the debut trailer and screen shots of Spider-Man: Shattered Dreams.

In it, players will take not only the role of everyone’s favorite Peter Parker right out of the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, but they will be given the opportunity to play three more of his alter egos from the many alternate dimensions we have seen Spider-Man a part of. The game looks to also do away with the once favored open world style gameplay in favor of a more controlled and faster paced linear story.

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