The Amazing Spider-Man video game is released

A look at The Amazing Spider-Man video game.

The Amazing Spider-Man video game is now available, one week before the movie is released nationwide.

The game, now available across the U.S. and will be available June 29 in Europe, is an epilogue to the upcoming movie, as players take the role of a young Peter Parker discovering his newfound powers, according to a news release.

“Dee Brown and his team at Beenox have completely revamped The Amazing Spider-Man’s proprietary game engine to deliver a fresh, innovative gameplay experience for the fans,” David Oxford, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Activision Publishing, Inc., said in the release. “With the adrenaline rush from just swinging through the city and the new zoomed-in camera angle opening up a whole new perspective in realistic detail, The Amazing Spider-Man allows gamers to BE Spider-Man like never before.”

The video game is being touted to allow players to experience numerous choices in navigation and combat with the debut of the innovative Web Rush gameplay mechanic, pushing Spider-Man’s abilities to the limit against classic Marvel villains that are re-imagined exclusively for the game, such as Scorpion, Felicia Hardy, Rhino, Iguana and others.

The game is s available on the Xbox 36 video, PlayStation3, the Wii system, Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ handheld systems.

There is a Windows PC version of the game planned to launch Aug. 10.