Marvel's Spider-Man is a 2018 action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation 4 console. In the main storyline, the crime lord Mister Negative threatens to release a deadly virus; Spider-Man, voiced by Yuri Lowenthal (pictured), must confront him and protect New York City. Shown in third-person perspective, the superhero can move freely around the city, interacting with characters, undertaking missions, and casting webs to incapacitate foes. Development began in 2014 and took approximately four years. Reviewers praised the game for its narrative, characterization, combat, and web-swinging traversal mechanics, although some criticized its open-world design for lacking innovation. Spider-Man became one of the best-selling PlayStation 4 games of all time, and the fastest-selling superhero game in the United States. It was followed by the downloadable, story-based Spider-Man: The City that Never Sleeps, which was released monthly from October to December 2018.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1804:

First Barbary War: Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a U.S. Navy raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli (depicted), denying her use to the Barbary States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Philadelphia_%281799%29

1936:

In the Spanish general election, the Popular Front coalition of left-wing parties came to power, precipitating the Spanish Civil War five months later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Spanish_general_election

1985:

The Lebanese Shia political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah released a manifesto describing its ideology and goals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_Hezbollah

2005:

The Kyoto Protocol, an extension to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, entered into force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

deglutition: (physiology) The act or process of swallowing. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deglutition

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