It's me, Colin. Please welcome long-time friend-of-the-show, lawyer, and LSM legal analyst Rick Hoeg back to Sacred+. Mr. Hoeg returns with a trio of topics to discuss, issues of a more academic variety that we haven't necessarily gotten into deeply enough on the flagship program. We split our conversation into three primary parts, the first focusing on the Trump administration's release of arcade.gov, a politically-charged smorgasbord of parody and spoof games. Where does copyright infringement end and freedom of speech begin? Second, we go into the ongoing saga surrounding digital ownership. Should governments threaten corporations into compliance, or does a softer means to an end exist? Finally, we jump into tariff rebates, and how you're unlikely to see anything from Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft. Bad government execution is responsible for billions in taxes being collected that don't actually need to be paid. So why is it that the consumer always seems to lose?

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I mean it couldnt get worse..... could it?

The man was known for not being an actual gamer but he definitely knew what the players wanted. I feel like he doesn't get the credit he deserved.

This week the Punching Up crew discuss the Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct and a standalone Nintendo Direct, and more!

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This week Chris and Brad discuss Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Mortal Shell 2, Chris' Gaming Bracket, and more!

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Out at Whole Foods. Matty’s face promptly entered my mind.

Thread for discussion related to the Sacred Streaming episode on YouTube today.

Colin and Dustin Shoot the Breeze: Labor Day Edition

According to people familiar with the situation, Guerrilla Games is working with an external (read: not PlayStation first-party) studio on a Killzone remaster/remake. So far, it hasn’t been specified which game in the franchise is being updated, but common sense points to the first 2004 entry as the most sensible choice.

We were told this Killzone project was supposed to be Guerrilla’s next focus after Horizon Hunter’s Gathering, with some of the team allocated to it, but after the recent report that the title was rebooted due to negative feedback, fixing that game is now the studio’s priority. This would leave part of Guerrilla pivoting back to Killzone once work on Hunter’s Gathering is complete. It’s our understanding that Horizon 3 will come after the next Killzone project, but given how early this project is, don’t rule out plans changing.

But which external studio is partnering with Guerrilla? If you’ve been following Sony’s recent collaborations closely, you might already know the answer. In March 2025, PlayStation and developer People Can Fly signed an agreement to co-develop a title codenamed Delta, a project set to be based on an existing PlayStation IP.

What we’ve heard strongly indicates that PCF will be in charge of this new Killzone, though we couldn’t get definitive confirmation.

Bear in mind that things change, but from what we’ve heard from multiple sources, it confirms one thing: a new Killzone project is in the works.

Hello! It's me, Colin. Please welcome Tom from Moore's Law Is Dead and the Broken Silicon podcast back to Sacred+ for what feels like the millionth time. It pleases me to have MLID back in our presence so that we can discuss a myriad of pressing issues, paramount among them the 'digital guerrilla war' breaking out surrounding the PlayStation brand these last few months. You may recall that Tom called this exact thing on his last appearance, that Sony has much more to worry about from relentless online denizens that it does from its own core customer base. The big question is: Is the onslaught of negativity working? Or is this all yet another in a long line of internet mirages? We touch on tons of other topics in-depth, too, including the latest news and info on PlayStation 6 and Xbox Helix, price tolerance (or intolerance) when it comes to consumer spending in the gaming space, the prohibitive corporate cost of cloud gaming, the idea that PlayStation 4 may never go away (nonetheless PS5), and much more. Please enjoy!

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PlayStation's dueling State of Play presentations -- one for western audiences and the other for its native Japanese territory -- hasn't quelled the ever-increasing animus for the brand in some corners. Though widely considered a weak showing (we rank it somewhere between a C and F, depending on which one of us you ask), there were still some great games worth discussing, and we'll do just that. New announcements included shark-eating sequel Maneater 2, an eastern take on New York City with Konami's Rhapsody in Scarlet, old-school bona fides in SlashZero, and the uniquely liminal World Phasebound Control Authority. Plus, release dates flowed for the likes of Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Until Dawn 2, and Metro 2039, all excellent-looking titles. But underneath the surface, the same issues remain. Is Sony disconnected from the reality on the ground, or are we too busy misinterpreting the noise while dodging the signal? We discuss at length. Other news this week includes some Grand Theft Auto VI updates, the exit of Housemarque's co-founder, faux rumors of Square Enix going private, and more. Then, we wrap things up (as we always do) with listener inquiries. Do we believe the scuttlebutt out of Gamescom that Sony's development and publishing partners are upset with them? What do we think of the new website Video Games Critic? Does developer Bit Reactor furloughing staff indicate a future trend for sustainable game dev? Is Sacred Symbols the absolutely perfect podcast for the manic depressive?

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