Stirring Ghosts | Sacred Symbols, Episode 326

With a fresh State of Play now behind us, it felt like a good opportunity to publish this week's Sacred Symbols early for our paying audience on Patreon. And yes: There's cause for celebration. After years of dormancy, Sony-owned studio Sucker Punch has finally revealed its sequel to 2020's Ghost of Tsushima. It's called Ghost of Yotei, and it launches exclusively on PlayStation 5 in 2025. But the recent presentation was chock-full of other games, too, including lingering remasters from times past, like Soul Reaver and Lunar. And -- yes, indeed! -- the rumors surrounding Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered are real, too. From Hell Is Us and Fantasian Neo Dimension to LEGO Horizon Adventures and a new Yakuza title, we've got a lot to discuss. We wrap things up with listener inquiries, as is our tradition. Is the games industry missing a vital source of positive energy by eschewing live events? Will Square Enix ever port the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy to modern hardware? Could Helldivers 2 be in the midst of a major comeback? Do the New York Jets have Colin feeling a special sort of way?

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:09:08 - San Diego live show video
0:10:07 - Cinema frustrations
0:23:16 - Jets win
0:28:53 - Concord update
1:15:04 - Stellar Blade trademark lawsuit
1:20:58 - Tetsuya Nomura is considering retiring
1:28:26 - New Like A Dragon game
1:35:09 - Assassin's Creed Shadows is delayed
1:45:19 - Decapolice is delayed
1:47:42 - Unicorn Overlord surpasses one million copies sold
1:48:15 - Secret Letter??
1:51:02 - What Are We Playing?
02:08:42 - Astro Bot DLC
02:13:42 - The Midnight Walk
02:17:22 - Hell is Us
02:24:00 - Metro VR
2:29:43 - Archeage Chronicles
2:31:55 - Palworld
2:34:43 - Lunar Collection
2:44:57 - TMNT Shredders Revenge DLC
2:45:41 - Sonic Trash
2:46:40 - Fantasian
2:48:35 - Dragon Age
3:03:45 - Alan Wake 2
3:06:01 - Hitman VR
3:10:48 - Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver Remaster
3:17:09 - Fear the Spotlight
3:20:39 - Towers of Aghasba
3:22:28 - Lego Fortnite
3:23:45 - Dynasty Warriors Origins
3:26:06 - Monster Hunter Wilds
3:27:53 - Lego Horizon Adventures
3:34:00 - Horizon Remaster
3:48:22 - Stellar Blade Update
3:49:45 - Non-game Announcements
3:55:16 - Ghost of Yotei
4:13:53 - Overall Thoughts
4:28:32 - Return of Live Presentations
4:36:39 - New Xbox?
4:43:11 - FFXIII Ports?
4:44:58 - Helldivers 2 Updates
4:53:30 - Using Guides for Platinums