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Sacred Symbols, Episode 370 | Guerrilla Warfare
🕑 Added 2025-08-01 16:00:31 +0000 UTCEarlier this year, Chinese publisher Tencent revealed a new project so shameless that it belies belief. It's called Light of Motiram, and it's no exaggeration to say that it's a pound-for-pound carbon copy of PlayStation's vaunted Horizon franchise. It crossed the line to such an extent that Sony is suing Tencent over it, packing fascinating evidence that this title was likely intended to be Horizon all along. Is Tencent dead-to-rights? Other news this week includes likely massive overreaction to PlayStation's hiring of a cross-platform manager, updates on Amazon's God of War TV project, Xbox's dominance of PS5 sales chart with rumors of more to come, Warner Bros. dipping its toes back in the games-as-a-service space, fresh PS+ offerings, and more. To round things out, we then go to listener inquiries, as always. Is the original Metal Gear Solid overrated? What's happening with Insomniac's Wolverine project? Have payment processors gone too far in seemingly bullying the likes of Steam? Will Colin ever understand that Bob Dylan is still alive?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:16:13 - Bob Dylan is not dead
0:33:00 - 401k Sacred boys
0:35:03 - RIP in Peace
0:35:58 - Remembering Tomvy
0:41:38 - Katy, let the PS5 breathe
0:44:23 - Section 8 clarification
0:48:39 - Twisted Metal release schedule
1:03:52 - Sony sues Tecent over Horizon clone
1:26:40 - Sony hiring a multiplatform manager
1:57:25 - Ronald D. Moore talks God of War
2:11:52 - New China Hero Project games
2:17:06 - Xbox games dominated Q2 PS5 software sales
2:34:45 - WB is hiring for a live service game
2:49:16 - Lies of P coming to PS+
2:53:54 - Sony's fightstick is called FlexStrike
3:01:17 - Nintendo Direct stuff
3:14:43 - What Are We Playing? (Death Stranding 2, Deus Ex, Silent Hill 3)
3:38:32 - Steam's credit card drama
3:59:19 - Does Metal Gear Solid hold up?
4:05:13 - What's up with Wolverine?
4:14:11 - Is anti-crunch making game development longer?
4:18:24 - PlayStation sequels are selling less?
4:25:13 - SkillUp's gaming website
Comments
Deutschbag
Aren’t payment processors free to make their own decisions and work with whoever they want to work with? Refusing to process payments for unsavory games is a great example of free markets in action
Benji_B2sick
I don’t give a shit about this god of war show. But scale isn’t an issue. Have they not seen fellowship of the ring?
Kevin Cooper
Double-spacing all day, Fam. Screenwriters are gods.
Xstar25
“They came for the gooner games and I said nothing” is so funny yet 100% true.
James adams
Lol watching one piece filler series and talking trash about My hero is crazy 😂 but i mean look who said it
Trill Spencer
Dude, it was JOHN CENA who was the first to report that Bin Laden was killed
