Sacred Symbols, Episode 358 | Like the MAC Got a EZ Pass

Grand Theft Auto VI promises to be the biggest video game (and likely entertainment product, full stop) in history. But unfortunately, it's been delayed. It'll come out just over a year from when this episode publishes, and a brand new trailer indicates it'll launch with all of GTA's essential trappings: Cars, guns, insane characters, a crazy story, and -- of course! -- lots and lots of crime. What are our fresh thoughts on GTA6? And do we think it'll make its new May 2026 release date? There's a lot of other news to get to this week, too. For starters, a new PlayStation first party studio has been revealed, though we already sorta knew about them. They're called teamLFG, they've been splintered off from Bungie, and they're making a more lighthearted multiplayer game. Is there cause to be optimistic about this project? Plus: The next Xbox domino falls, as Gears of War will arrive on PlayStation 5 this August, something that was completely unthinkable just a couple of years ago. But what about the other Gears games? And when's Halo coming over, too? Later: Mafia: The Old Country gets a release date, EA indicates Battlefield 6's reveal is imminent, Death Stranding 2 is getting its own DualSense controller, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Are we ever going to get another PlayStation Showcase? With the US threatening tariffs on foreign movies, should we be worried about foreign games suffering a similar fate? Why does Colin fail to see the intrinsic value of the modding community? Is Bradley Ellis slowly-but-surely taking Last Stand over from the inside?

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:06:43 - Mumu

0:16:10 - The Man Who Sold the World

0:32:38 - Sacred in space

0:45:12 - Listener of authority

0:47:23 - Punching Up takeover

0:50:09 - PSN horror story

0:59:17 - GTA VI delayed

1:36:54 - teamLFG

1:56:51 - Gears of War Reloaded coming to PS5

2:27:36 - Xbox games dominated PSN

2:37:39 - Mafia: The Old Country releases August 8th

2:47:27 - Destiny 2 expansion revealed

2:58:41 - EA gets ready for Battlefield

3:05:59 - Death Stranding 2 Dualsense

3:09:26 - Game sales

3:11:01 - What We’ve Been Playing (Silver Star Story, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Oblivion Remastered, Destiny 2, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, Tomba)

3:56:37 - Remaster/remake naming

4:02:48 - PlayStation Showcase

4:09:14 - PS5 identity

4:14:36 - Tariffs on video games

4:21:17 - Live service pricing

4:29:34 - Modding projects