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Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Grand Theft Auto VI promises to be the biggest video game (and likely entertainment product, full stop) in history. But unfortunately, it's been delayed. It'll come out just over a year from when this episode publishes, and a brand new trailer indicates it'll launch with all of GTA's essential trappings: Cars, guns, insane characters, a crazy story, and -- of course! -- lots and lots of crime. What are our fresh thoughts on GTA6? And do we think it'll make its new May 2026 release date? There's a lot of other news to get to this week, too. For starters, a new PlayStation first party studio has been revealed, though we already sorta knew about them. They're called teamLFG, they've been splintered off from Bungie, and they're making a more lighthearted multiplayer game. Is there cause to be optimistic about this project? Plus: The next Xbox domino falls, as Gears of War will arrive on PlayStation 5 this August, something that was completely unthinkable just a couple of years ago. But what about the other Gears games? And when's Halo coming over, too? Later: Mafia: The Old Country gets a release date, EA indicates Battlefield 6's reveal is imminent, Death Stranding 2 is getting its own DualSense controller, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Are we ever going to get another PlayStation Showcase? With the US threatening tariffs on foreign movies, should we be worried about foreign games suffering a similar fate? Why does Colin fail to see the intrinsic value of the modding community? Is Bradley Ellis slowly-but-surely taking Last Stand over from the inside?Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.
Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro
0:06:46 - Mumu
0:16:12 - The Man Who Sold the World
0:32:40 - Sacred in space
0:46:20 - Punching Up takeover
0:49:06 - PSN horror story
0:58:14 - GTA VI delayed
1:35:50 - teamLFG
1:55:48 - Gears of War Reloaded coming to PS5
2:26:33 - Xbox games dominated PSN
2:36:36 - Mafia: The Old Country releases August 8th
2:46:24 - Destiny 2 expansion revealed
2:57:38 - EA gets ready for Battlefield
3:04:56 - Death Stranding 2 Dualsense
3:08:23 - Game sales
3:09:58 - What We’ve Been Playing
3:55:34 - Remaster/remake naming
4:01:45 - PlayStation Showcase
4:08:11 - PS5 identity
4:13:33 - Tariffs on video games
4:20:14 - Live service pricing
4:28:31 - Modding projects

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