Sacred Symbols, Episode 237 | Fading Ubiquity (Patreon)

Not too long ago, Ubisoft was one of the most powerful publishing entities in all of video games. Today, it's a beleaguered entity haunted by an absurdly high headcount and a development pipeline ill-suited for modern trends. The result has been an in-progress collapse notable enough to warrant an extensive update from the company itself, alongside a flurry of cancelled projects and ominous adjusted financial expectations in a worsening economy. The long and the short is: Ubisoft has big changes coming, and we're eager to talk about all that's gone wrong, and what may go right in the future. Other news includes rumors of a second party People Can Fly-developed shooter for PS5, the faux story about vertical PS5s breaking, and the embarrassing Limited Run Games fiasco, plus more. We then end this week not as we traditionally do -- with six questions from the audience -- but rather with our Game of the Year awards, the most prestigious and important you can possibly imagine. We also focus-in on a listener who wrote in about his teeth-brushing habits, and... well... we'll leave it for the show.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:05:25 - What’s our final gut check on HBO’s The Last of Us?

0:12:04 - New Merch!

0:14:24 - HOEG!

0:17:12 - A correction

0:17:44 - Some guy explains plane stuff

0:22:08 - How should I brush my teeth?

0:27:28 - Does Colin bathe in bleach?

0:30:21 - Should meat be mandatory at wedding?

0:36:53 - 2X speed listeners are insane

0:44:56 - One TH sound or two?

0:51:06 - What is PlayStation’s mystery shooter?

1:00:47 - A new PS5 bundle may be in the works

1:04:40 - The Callisto Protocol has controversy over crediting

1:07:59 - Digital sales have taken over in the UK

1:10:17 - What do we think about the vertical PS5 report?

1:15:44 - POLITICAL CONVERSATION - The situation at Limited Run Games

1:44:39 - What have we been playing?

2:04:34 - Ubisoft is in financial trouble

2:37:51 - Deathverse: Let It Die is being unpublished

2:44:23 - The PlayStation Plus games have been revealed for Extra and Premium

2:52:06 - Our Game of the Year awards