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Activision's Spider-Man game license has been a solid one for the game publisher and last year's release of Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions from Activision's in-house game developer Beenox got a lot of good critical notices (the PC version was released as a Wal-Mart exclusive last November).

Activision was apparently happy enough with Beenox's work on the game that today they announced that Beenox will now be the primary developer for Activision's upcoming and unannounced games featuring Marvel Comics' favorite web slinger. There's no word yet on what the next Spider-man game will be about nor when will it be released.

Thanksgiving week gives PC gamers a couple of new console ports along with a couple of interesting downloadable titles. In addition to the games listed below PC gamers can expect to check out a new DLC mini-expansion for Mafia II this week and Mac gamers will get their long awaited port of Civilization V.

Poker Night At The Inventory - Telltale Games brings us this small but loaded $4.99 game as you get to play poker with four interesting characters: Penny Arcade's Tycho, Max of Sam and Max, Team Fortress 2's Heavy, and Strong Bad. Plus if you own Team Fortress 2, buying this game will unlock some unique in -game items.

Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions' PC version now has a set release date and, at it happens, an exclusive retailer at least here in the US. The game's official Facebook page has revealed that Walmart will be the only place gamers can get the PC version of the recent super hero action game from developer Beenox and publisher Activision. The game will be made available for Thankgiving weekend here in the US.

The Facebook page also states that the PC version will be released on November 24 in Asia and Australia and on November 26 in Europe. There's no word if Activision plans to offer the game via digital download as well.

Earlier this week publisher Activision released the action game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions for various consoles. However the publisher also sneaked in a notice in the official press release that the title will be coming to the PC as well. Big Download emailed Activision's PR rep who confirmed that the title will be released for the PC sometime later this this year.

The console versions from developer Beenox have been getting some solid reviews this week as gamers check out not one but four different versions of Marvel Comics' web slinger: the classic costume Amazing version, the black suited Ultimate version, the futuristic 2099 version and the pulp inspired Noir version.

While not as well known as the San Diego Comic-Con, the folks behind that July event are also the ones behind Wonder Con. This year's show in San Fransisco is being held next weekend and the show's event schedule reveals that one of their panels will be devoted to the newly revealed Spider-Man game from Activision.

The panel for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions promises to reveal a lot about the still mysterious game title from developer Beenox. The game itself is supposed to contain "unique, unexpected worlds Spider-Man will adventure through" and the Wonder Con panel will exclusively reveal new videos, screenshots and two new villains that will take part in the game. In addition to Marvel and Activision reps the panel will also have the voice of Spider-Man himself, actor Christopher Daniel Barnes (perhaps best known as Peter Brady in those goofy Brady Bunch feature films).

[Via One Of Swords]

Activision and Spider-Man are almost like peanut butter and jam, Abbot and Costello and a shotgun and a zombie. They are inseperable. And now the next game in that partnership has apparently been revealed via the cover story for GamePro's next issue.

The title is Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and, well . . . OK, we have no idea what that means, either. We do know that all of Activision's previous Spider-Man games have shown up on the PC so we suspect this new entry will also be ported over to our platform as well. We will hopefully get more info on the web slinger's latest game exploits soon.

[Via Joystiq]