Marvel Comics has unveiled a new half-black, half-Latino Spider-Man, who replaces the recently killed-off Peter Parker.

BBC: Marvel Comics introduces mixed-race Spider-Man

The success of the Playstation 2 pushed the games division's profits up to 24.8bn yen from 4bn and films, including "Spider-Man" and "Men in Black II", pulled in 9.9bn yen, but was down on the 22bn yen a year ago.

BBC: Sony plays up strong profits

Big, hit Sony titles coming in 2013 exclusively on pay television to the STARZ channels and services include: The Amazing Spider-Man, 21 Jump Street, Zero Dark Thirty, The Vow, Men In Black 3, and Resident Evil: Retribution.

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