User blog comment:RuckusQuantum/E3 2016: My Thoughts/@comment-25024572-20160618164736

The only thing I really know about from E3 is that Spider-Man game. It looks cool, but I've no idea why the costume is different. I do, however, have a theory:

The game was said to be dealing with a more experienced Spidey in a completely new story. Well, the story will most likely be borrowing elements from the comics. The people in the masks Spider-Man was fighting remind me of some of Mr. Negative's gang. Mr. Negative, for those who don't know, is a more recent addition to Spider-Man's rogue gallery, and has a whole Chinese schtick going on (because he is Chinese). Anyway, Mr. Negative came about when Dan Slott was writing Amazing Spider-Man. Another thing that came around under Mr. Slott is Horizon Labs. Think STAR Labs, but for Marvel. Peter Parker ended up working for Horizon, and made things for Spider-Man, like new costumes. If my theory is correct, this is simply a costume he made to fight Mr. Negative's gang. And, considering Mr. Negative's power is being able to make people giant assholes by touching them (basically making a "negative" version of them), maybe the suit is made to combat that power.

Just a thought.