Sacred Symbols, Episode 247 | Do You Remember Swinging Around in September? (Patreon)
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In September of 2018, one of the biggest PlayStation games of all-time -- Insomniac's Spider-Man -- came to PlayStation 4. Along with its '1.5-style' follow-up Miles Morales, the fledgling franchise has sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 million copies, and it seems like the original's direct sequel will launch five years to the month of its street date, in September of 2023. Word comes by way of the loose-lipped voice actor playing Venom, who would absolutely and obviously know these details in preparation for his press tour, so we believe what he says to be true, and it all begs the singular question: When will we see more? Other news this week revolves around Horizon: Forbidden West's upcoming DLC Burning Shores, the sunsetting of a trio of Battlefield games on PSN, Sony's ability (or lack thereof) to make a viable Call of Duty competitor, and more. Listener inquiries help us round things out, as always. What's up with all of the 10s being given out by games media? Is Ubisoft's Ghostwriter technology a harbinger of things to come? Why the heck won't some games let you pause? Will you bet cold-hard cash on Chris in his Creator Clash bout?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:07:10 - What is LSM’s Mission Statement?
0:12:14 - Grandmas play games <3
0:17:30 - Get The Sacred Sandwich. You’ll like it.
0:19:08 - How much for Chris to throw the fight?
0:21:25 - RIP Lance Reddick
0:30:36 - HBO’s next season of TLOU is far off
0:37:48 - Redfall was being made for PS5
0:43:38 - Microsoft says Sony can make its own Call of Duty
1:03:18 - Bloober Team claims the Silent Hill 2 Remake is nearly finished
1:08:16 - 400 people have been laid off at Twitch
1:23:28 - What have we been playing?
1:42:40 - Spider-Man 2 is coming in September
1:54:48 - Burning Shores is coming April 19th
2:09:40 - EA is delisting multiple games
2:30:50 - Hideo Kojima talks about Metal Gear Solid development
2:41:47 - Will AI lead to more bloated games?
2:56:57 - Why are there so many 10/10s?
3:08:54 - Is Tears of the Kingdom a AAA game?
3:16:35 - What do we think of the RE4 anime shorts?
3:19:24 - Why won’t many single-player games let us pause cutscenes?
3:22:09 - Do we take efforts to get rid of distractions while gaming?