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Sacred Symbols, Episode 201: Embracing the Chaos (Video) (Patreon)

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Embracing the Chaos | Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast Episode 201

The Embracer Group's appetite for developers cannot be satiated. The never-ending expansion of what is rapidly becoming gaming's largest publishing entity has gobbled up three more studios from rival Square Enix (as well as a bunch of IP) for cash money. Does this say anything about Embracer? Probably not. It seems like they'll buy just about anything, and $300 million is a small price to pay for more than 1,000 heads and 50 licenses, including Tomb Raider. This deal does, however, say something about Square Enix. Potentially many things, in fact. Refocused on western second party relationships and Japanese internal development, some think Square Enix is trimming the fat to be purchased itself. But does that make sense? We discuss this deal extensively. Other news this week include rumblings of a takeover at Ubisoft, the leak of some of PlayStation Plus' upcoming retro games, the surprising lawsuit that potentially puts Yuji Naka's epic failure Balan Wonderworld in context, and more. As always, we touch on plenty of listener inquiries too, including ones about Reggie Fils-Aime, a potential sequel to Death Stranding, the likelihood a Punisher game might someday appear, and so on. We're back in the saddle after a very successful 200th episode, and we hope you enjoy. Follow the hosts on Twitter! Colin: https://twitter.com/notaxation Chris: https://twitter.com/ChrisRGun Dustin: https://twitter.com/DustinCanFly A new episode of Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast launches each Friday morning. To receive instant access, as well as other perks, please support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LastStandMedia #SacredSymbols #EmbracerGroup #SquareEnix Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:13 - Listen to Knockback! 0:05:52 - Sacred Symbols 200 (Thank you!) 0:27:26 - What kind of music does Dustin like? 0:37:33 - Activision shareholders have voted to approve the sale to Microsoft. 0:39:22 - Variable refresh rates have arrived on PS5. 0:45:05 - Sony is hiring an acquisitions manager. 0:50:37 - Outriders: Worldslayer has been revealed. 0:51:57 - Stray has been quietly delayed. 0:55:01 - Activision has shown the logo for Modern Warfare II. 1:01:39 - Hangar 13 has lost some core leadership. 1:11:19 - Ubisoft has announced Project Q. 1:16:31 - The Quarry has gone gold. 1:24:37 - Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection is coming to PC in June. 1:25:23 - Koei Tecmo has given all of its employees raises. 1:26:22 - What have we been playing? 1:42:34 - Is it okay for a trophy list to make light of trophy hunting? 1:57:21 - Embracer Group has purchased much of Square Enix’s western division. 2:26:17 - Ubisoft acquisition wars are heating up. 2:32:50 - Details about what will be included with the PlayStation Plus have been revealed. 2:50:14 - Yuji Naka shines some light on his departure. 3:02:29 - The Prince of Persia Remake may still be years away. 3:10:45 - Sony has acquired a stake in AccelByte. 3:12:55 - 2K Games is preparing to enter into Rocket League’s territory. 3:21:14 - March’s NPD numbers are here. 3:32:15 - The May PS+ games have arrived. 3:34:11 - News Wrap-Up 3:36:49 - Why is Nintendo regarded as the odd one out? 3:46:23 - Is a sequel worth it for Death Stranding? 3:50:48 - What would an LSM video game be about? 3:56:46 - Should we blame developers or publishers for ads in games? 4:06:18 - What Marvel properties would be a surefire success for Sony?

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ben in the can

Glad to see some more j.e.w. fans around. Their album surviving has been out for a while now and I feel like its their best in recent year and a return to the bleed american and futures years, it has that vibe. Its only about 36 minutes or so, great front to back listen. J.e.w., yellowcard, good charlotte, those were my post high school jams! RIP warped tour... keep up the good work gentlemen!

Anonymous

Colin, wtf! I usually singalong in my head to the patreon producers at the end of every episode and you’ve moved “casual misfit gaming” from last to first, it’s really thrown me off. Have a “who’s this asshole using defining duke references in sacred symbols” kinda day

Nygile Oliver

Super excited to hear Chris’s journey through Yakuza throughout the next shows. Those games are a goldmine, amazing stories, insane and strange side quests, so many mini games, and a heart that you don’t see in games like that anymore. I spent like 30 hours on side content in that game and not a single second felt like a waste. That’s a series everyone should play at least one of.

Angel Of The Past

The audience list was boring because of the two stage vote system (which is no ones fault it just ended up happening this way). Only like 7 of the games I voted for in my top 25 made it to the second list, and most of the ones that did make it were in the bottom half of my list. We had to pick 25 of our favorite games in the first vote and then the most common of them are going to make it to the second list, there's a big problem with this though. Since there was no way to rank the games on the first list, that means that only the most played games are going to make it to the second stage, not the most liked (generally). Just as an example, I know Nier was a lot of peoples number ones (based on the comments of the second stages vote post) and if it had made it to the second round I guarantee it would have been in the top 10, but I just ended up having to put 15-16 games in the bottom just because I hadn't played them at all, but I know they were incredibly popular. Anyway, great show as always!

Angel Of The Past
>>83545372

I'm not complaining, I understand why it had to happen the way it did. I'm not trying to place blame or even express discomfort. I can't even say that the list would have changed much in the best of circumstances. I just wanted to soften the inevitable tongue lashing we're going to get when you do the audience list episode.

Kaz Redclaw

There's one thing that they could have done with Balan to make it at least a reasonably playable game... You can hold 3 suits at a time, if they had just assigned a button to each suit instead of forcing you to scroll through the suits and use one button to do everything, it might have been a more fluid experience. I think that they could have made something of the game if they gave it another year at least, and made some simple tweaks like this, but it would have never been better than a midtier game even if they had. The reverse draw distance thing is mostly because they don't want them to interact with the dancing characters, but they wanted them to be all through the world as decorations, so they basically made them fade out before you could interact with them. I don't find that to be particularly egregious, unlike the clumsiness of switching suits.

Francis Bryan

Colin would love Yakuza: Like a Dragon. It's one of the best jrpgs I've played in years. Serious story presented in a completely bonkers style.

flytroop

Regarding your Kendrick Lamar comment, Dustin: What's your favorite Kendrick album, and are you excited for his newest to drop this Friday?

Liam Mcnulty

Death Stranding is my favourite PS4 game, next to MGSV and RDR2. I do not want a sequel to DS, at all. The ending was perfect, everything was wrapped up nicely.