The newest gameplay trailer for Insomniac's upcoming Spider-Man expanded on the cast of villains players will be going up against. Aside from Mister Negative-- revealed as one of the game's prominent antagonists early on-- the trailer unveiled Electro, who attacks Spider-Man and Yuri and led the superhero on a chase through the Raft prison.

During his flight through the supermax facility, Spidey encounters Rhino, Scorpion and Vulture. They each throw a couple of strikes before fleeing, evidently to the rooftop where, joined by Mister Negative, they all ambush the wall-crawler. Each one of them is surprisingly well-equipped with armored suits, a fact that isn't lost on Spidey. It becomes clear that they're being led by a mysterious figure against Spidey, though, as Negative reveals, "He said not to kill him."

What appears to be a new iteration of the Sinister Six, is led by someone familiar to the wall-crawler, as the end of the trailer reveals when Spider-Man looks up and says, "Wait, you?" So, which of Spider-Man's classic foes is it? Whoever they are, they've clearly got access to money and technology which narrows it down to several classic Spider-Man villains, some of which have already been subtly revealed in early trailers.

The first and most obvious suspect is the Kingpin, who hates Spider-Man for his constant interference in his operations. Wilson Fisk was shown in the game's teaser trailer back in 2017. He was being pushed into a police car, seething and reminding everyone that he kept order in New York. Although that trailer revealed he was behind bars, anyone who knows the Kingpin will know that a little thing like prison wouldn't stop him from acting to destroy his enemies.

His ability to work from the shadows has been explored everywhere from the comics to cartoons and in some of those, he's been shown as an associate of sorts to several incarnations of the Sinister Six. He was a part of the Sinister Sixty-Six in Spider-Man and the X-Men #3 (written by Elliot Kalan, artwork by Marco Failla and Ian Herring) and was shown to be the leader of the kid-friendly version of the supervillain team, the Insidious Six, in the 1994 Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Kingpin leading this iteration of the Six wouldn't have come out of nowhere.

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The upcoming video game's teaser trailer also briefly showcased another classic villain who, much like Fisk, is more than capable of orchestrating events from the shadows: The Green Goblin. In the world of the game, Norman Osborn is shown to be up for re-election as the mayor of New York. Despite his promise to keep the city safe, Osborn has never been known to act without some kind of an ulterior motive.

Through Oscorp, Norman has wealth and access to all kinds of technology, which would explain the visible villains' new suits. The comics also show us that he's capable forming a supervillain team, and we're not just talking about his Dark Avengers. We're talking about his brief role as leader of the supervillain team, the Sinister Twelve.

It's entirely possible that we could see him leading a political campaign in the game as well as career as a super criminal. A political career is far from new for Osborn; after the comic book crossover event, "Civil War," Norman was given authority to enforce the Superhuman Registration Act and eventually was given command of S.H.I.E.L.D when it was renamed H.A.M.M.E.R. A lot of his actions during this time was done without the Green Goblin persona which means it's entirely possible that-- if Norman is in fact the Six's mysterious leader-- he would lead the supervillain team without necessarily appearing as the Green Goblin.

It might be a bit of a stretch, but it's possible that this mastermind we've been trying to guess is actually a Master Planner. We're basing this on the fact that the game is largely inspired by Dan Slott's Amazing Spider-Man run, in which Doctor Octopus has and continues to play a relatively prominent role. Otto Octavius was the one who originally formed the Sinister Six way back in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (written by Stan Lee, illustrated by Steve Ditko) and led some of the iterations that followed the original group's dissolution. Ock may not be the wealthiest member of Spidey's classic rogues gallery, but that's never stopped him from gaining access to all the technology he's ever needed to execute his schemes.

Ock has been known to work from the shadows. He was revealed to be the mysterious Master Planner in Amazing Spider-Man #32 (written by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko) and more recently, was shown to have been able to manipulate events while trapped inside the mechanical body of the Living Brain. He's more than capable of leading a team of supervillains without fighting alongside them. It's entirely possible that he'll make an appearance in the game, but right now this is pure speculation.

Wilson Fisk and Norman Osborn are our best bets right now, even more so for Osborn since the light shining on Spidey's masked face at the end of that trailer could very well be coming from a glider. It's likely that Insomniac will keep the identity of the game's biggest villain a secret until the game is released and players get to discover it for themselves.

Spider-Man, developed by Insomniac Games, will be released for PS4 on September 7.