#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?Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.
Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro  
0:06:46 - Mumu  
0:16:12 - The Man Who Sold the World  
0:32:40 - Sacred in space  
0:46:20 - Punching Up takeover  
0:49:06 - PSN horror story  
0:58:14 - GTA VI delayed  
1:35:50 - teamLFG  
1:55:48 - Gears of War Reloaded coming to PS5  
2:26:33 - Xbox games dominated PSN  
2:36:36 - Mafia: The Old Country releases August 8th  
2:46:24 - Destiny 2 expansion revealed  
2:57:38 - EA gets ready for Battlefield  
3:04:56 - Death Stranding 2 Dualsense  
3:08:23 - Game sales  
3:09:58 - What We’ve Been Playing  
3:55:34 - Remaster/remake naming  
4:01:45 - PlayStation Showcase  
4:08:11 - PS5 identity  
4:13:33 - Tariffs on video games  
4:20:14 - Live service pricing  
4:28:31 - Modding projects  

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