Sony has accomplished a truly rare feat in this contentious era by providing players with a widely-lauded hour-plus State of Play presentation. At the top of the heap of announcements for many are a duo of God of War-related unveilings -- the long-rumored 2.5D Metroidvania game and an early-in-development ground-up remake of the original PS2 and PS3 trilogy -- with the former project stealth released at the time of its reveal. That's right: You can buy it right now! 29 other games were showcased, revealed, and otherwise shown off during the proceedings as well, like a new Castlevania called Belmont's Curse, a sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits called Scars of Kosmora, a AAA John Wick project, stealth title Yakoh: Shinobi Ops, the second volume of Konami's Metal Gear Collection, and much, much more. Plus, fresh looks at Saros, Resident Evil: Requiem, Marathon, Mina the Hollower, Beast of Reincarnation, Marvel Tokon, Control Resonant, Pragmata, 4LOOP, and so on. Other news rounds things out this week -- like steep layoffs at Highguard studio Wildlight and casting details for 2027' Helldivers film -- before we move onto listener inquiries. Who are some of our favorite black characters in gaming history? Why exactly doesn't Colin care about sports games anymore? Should Sony more heavily pursue Astro Bot spinoffs? Did the all-Spanish Super Bowl Halftime Show send any of us into an unspeakable rage?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:28:09 - Love to Sean
0:35:17 - Superbowl thoughts
0:52:00 - GTA regret after murder
0:57:09 - State of Play
1:05:20 - Kena: Scars of Scars of Kosmora
1:10:20 - Ghost of Yotei: Legends
1:16:04 - Death Stranding 2 PC
1:18:46 - 4:Loop
1:26:26 - Capcom updates
1:27:08 - Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered
1:29:41 - Brigandine
1:31:45 - Dead or Alive
1:33:16 - Control Resonant
1:35:11 - Crimson Moon
1:37:28 - Beast of Reincarnation
1:39:58 - Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition
1:44:21 - Mina the Hollower
1:45:39 - Yakoh Shinobi Ops
1:48:27 - Project WIndless
1:53:36 - Star Wars Galactic Racer
1:58:15 - Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol 2
2:02:42 - Konami segment
2:14:47 - John Wick
2:18:33 - Marathon
2:21:44 - Saros
2:22:18 - Tokon
2:24:18 - God of War
2:37:36 - Highguard layoffs
3:17:22 - Horizon 3 could be 3-5 years out
3:29:43 - Kojima revealed he almost worked with Respawn
3:38:21 - Build A Rocket Boy still claims they were sabotaged
3:53:22 - Helldivers movie update
3:58:15 - What We’re Playing (Lovish, Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Resident Evil 5, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined)
4:22:16 - PlayStations online negativity
4:29:25 - Black History Month in gaming
4:34:24 - Returning to Madden?
4:35:49 - Women in the industry
4:41:20 - Should Sony focus on uncslop?
4:43:40 - Where are the Astrobot spinoffs?

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