Sacred Symbols, Episode 292 | Meet Me In Outer Space (Patreon)

A new State of Play presentation -- arguably the best Sony has ever executed -- has given us a plethora of items to discuss on this week's all-new episode of Sacred Symbols. For starters, we finally have a release date for the amazing-looking second party PS5 exclusive action-RPG Stellar Blade, which we cannot wait to play. We also got a lengthy glimpse at Team Ninja's Rise of the Ronin, confirmation of a near-remake of Until Dawn from Ballistic Moon, a fresh look at Death Stranding 2 en route to PS5 in 2025, and the confirmation of a new, MGS-like Kojima series, presumably on PlayStation 6 (!). And there's lots of other news, too, including the first details concerning Firesprite's upcoming title, Project Heartbreak. Likewise, MLB: The Show 24 and Horizon: Forbidden West's PC port have both been dated, obscure PlayStation vehicular combat game Hardware Rivals may be returning, classic shooter Spec Ops: The Line has been delisted, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is driving people insane, leaks indicate we'll be playing Xbox 'exclusives' on PlayStation very soon, and much more. Finally: Listener inquiries! Are recent rumors of a new Sony handheld to be believed? Have Battle Passes ruined online gaming forever? Is cross-media the future no matter how much it's resisted? Can we please stop with the double-spacing, once and for all?

Please note the spoilers in the Suicide Squad segment (noted in timestamps)

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:10:16 - Correction on Prince of Persia

0:11:15 - Please ban Ryan!

0:12:53 - Dustin's health train

0:32:57 - The Double Space Debate continues

0:39:13 - Sacred Symbols skincare

0:48:47 - Firesprite Games exclusive info

0:52:17 - Insane video game release tweet

0:55:05 - MLB The Show 2024

0:56:17 - Horizon Forbidden West is coming to PC March 21st

0:57:21 - Changes at Bungie

1:12:50 - Is Hardware Rivals coming back?

1:21:18 - Neversoft's Call of Duty has leaked

1:24:27 - Spec Ops: The Line is delisted everywhere

1:37:58 - Bloodborne Kart has been hit by Sony

1:49:12 - Eidos Montreal faces layoffs

1:54:27 - Suicide Squad drama (Spoilers for Suicide Squad and The Last of Us Part 2)

2:34:13 - What are we playing?

3:01:41 - Overall thoughts on State of Play

3:10:09 - Helldivers 2

3:10:57 - Stellar Blade

3:18:58 - Sonic X Shadow

3:19:51 - Zenless Zone Zero

3:22:07 - Foamstars

3:22:48 - Dave the Diver

3:26:15 - V Rising

3:29:15 - Silent Hill 2

3:38:01 - Judas

3:47:02 - PSVR2 Games

3:53:48 - Dragon’s Dogma 2

3:56:24 - Rise of the Ronin

4:06:02 - Until Dawn

4:12:10 - Death Stranding 2

4:25:38 - Physint

4:37:05 - Where’s First Party?

4:45:16 - Sony is investing in Africa

4:51:07 - Square Enix is shutting down Tokyo RPG Factory

4:54:25 - New PS Plus games

4:56:04 - HiFI Rush for PS5?

5:01:33 - Is Sony making another handheld?

5:10:13 - Is it worth remaking semi-recent games?

5:13:10 - Will in game rewards return?

5:18:45 - How do we feel about video game cross media?

5:25:57 - What is the balance of cost, product, and risk?

5:30:50 - Should PlayStation become more like Xbox in terms of streaming?