Episodes

  • Everyone’s Celebrating Big Anniversaries Except Sony, What Gives? - Beyond 950

    Everyone’s Celebrating Big Anniversaries Except Sony, What Gives? - Beyond 950
    Jun 24 2026
    It feels like everyone’s celebrating milestone anniversaries… except Sony. The original PlayStation turned 30 two years ago, the PS2 hit 25, and the PS3 is now 20, and all of these brought with them some iconic game franchises. Aside from limited edition consoles and themes, Sony seems to be sitting on the sidelines. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is going all-in: Resident Evil and Tomb Raider are celebrating 30 years with massive remakes, and Nintendo, Xbox, and SEGA are dusting off their biggest classics for modern audiences. In other news, we’re diving into the massive wave of recent game announcements that actually did get us excited. We’re talking Kingdom Hearts IV, GenATLAS, Mobile Suit Gundam: Rogue Orbit, Resident Evil Veronica, Rayman Legends Retold, and the two Star Wars titles we’ve been waiting years for: Zero Company and Galactic Racer. Beyond! 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Everyone Gets a Milestone Except Sony 27:11 - Kingdom Hearts 4 Is Lookin' Real Good 30:29 - GenATLAS Looks Rad 33:57 - Mobile Suit Gundam: Rogue Orbit 36:57 - Persona 4 and 6 39:24 - Crossfire Is Doing Some Interesting Things With Cover Shooters 48:28 - We’re So Hyped for Star Wars: Galactic Racer & Zero Company 56:26 - Resident Evil Veronica 58:24 - TMNT: The Last Ronin 01:00:42 - Blood Dungeon This weeks show was hosted by Max Scoville, Brian Altano, Jada Griffin, and was produced by Nick Maillet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Who's The Best PlayStation Character (NOT Owned By Sony?) | IGN Live 2026 - Beyond 949

    Who's The Best PlayStation Character (NOT Owned By Sony?) | IGN Live 2026 - Beyond 949
    Jun 6 2026
    In a very special IGN Live edition of Beyond, we're deciding which video game character from a non-Sony franchise deserves to be made an honorary PlayStation mascot. Some of the most beloved game characters ever debuted (or found success) on Sony hardware, from Lara Croft and Cloud Stryfe to Leon S. Kennedy and Solid Snake to Pyramid Head and Rayman. And, decades later, many of their respective game franchises are more popular than ever thanks to new installments like Resident Evil Requiem, Tomb Raider: The Legacy of Atlantis, Silent Hill Townfall, Rayman Legends Retold, and the long awaited third part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy. So, we're pulling names out of hat, assembling a bracket, and bickering like schoolchildren about who deserves to be an honorary PlayStation character, even if they're just as popular on PC, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • God of War Laufey, Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill Townfall & More! June State of Play - Beyond 948

    God of War Laufey, Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill Townfall & More! June State of Play - Beyond 948
    Jun 3 2026
    Sony kicked off the summer of gaming with a pretty hefty State of Play. We got first looks at God of War Laufey, a very extended (and pretty violent) look at Marvel's Wolverine, and a ton of other upcoming titles such as Silent Hill Townfall, Phantom Blade Zero, Until Dawn 2, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and a whole lot more. It was a pretty packed show. Beyond! This weeks show is hosted by Max Scoville, Nick Limon, Jada Griffin, and is produced by Nick Maillet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • If GTA 6 is Delayed (Again) Here Are Some Backup Plans - Beyond 947

    If GTA 6 is Delayed (Again) Here Are Some Backup Plans - Beyond 947
    May 16 2026
    Join the official IGN and Podcast Beyond discord! - https://discord.gg/mx62v5pgq GTA 6’s third trailer has not yet dropped as of this recording, which makes the wait until the game’s eventual release in November seem further away than ever. But what happens if it gets delayed, again? Well, luckily there are a ton of awesome new games coming out before then like Wolverine, Blood of Dawnwalker and Phantom Blade Zero later this fall, plus LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight very soon. We talk about some of these games, plus other activities you can do to cope on the off chance that Grand Theft Auto 6 doesn’t drop when we’re expecting it. In other news, we have some questions from our newly minted Discord, asking what we think about such relevant hot-button topics as Saros sales, and its likelihood of getting a PC release, 007 First Light, game studio closures that made us sad, Japan Studio franchises we’d like brought back, plus the video games that need to be reinvented with Muppets. Look, this episode we’re a little loopier than usual, please bear with us. And also: go join the discord so we can do more fun mailbag episodes like this. Beyond! 00:00 - Intro 02:09 - If GTA 6 is Delayed (Again) Here Are Some Backup Plans 26:57 - YOUR Discord Questions! This weeks show was hosted by Max Scoville, Brian Altano, and was produced by Nick Maillet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • PlayStation Loses Even More Money on Multiplayer - Beyond 946

    PlayStation Loses Even More Money on Multiplayer - Beyond 946
    May 13 2026
    This week, we're talking about some extremely expensive big-ticket items in the world of game development. From Sony's recent financial earnings reporting a $765 million impairment loss (at least partially due to the underperformance of Destiny 2 and this year's Marathon launch) to SEGA's cancellation of its mysterious "Super Game" announced back in 2021, to reports of Grand Theft Auto 6's budget being over a billion dollars. Not all games can be GTA 6, though, and we're skeptical about Sony's continued pursuit of AAA live-service projects, rather than dusting off a few tried-and-true games from the vaults to earn a few bucks off our nostalgia. After all, there's a long list of PS3 games we'd be eager to revisit on PS5 while we're waiting for whatever the next big first-party projects are. Speaking of expensive things, we also unpack some other things that cost over a billion dollars, like the Burj Khalifa, Yankee Stadium, another Star Wars Trilogy, some Avatar movies, or an actual trip to space. 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Games are Expensive 05:02 - Sony's recent financial earnings reporting a $765 million impairment loss 24:04 - JOIN THE DISCORD! 24:42 - Games are Very Expensive 25:54 - SEGA's cancellation of its mysterious "Super Game" 35:27 - PlayStation should invest into reviving classic games 38:03 - GTA 6’s Development Reportedly Cost $1.5 Billion, Here’s What Else That Can Buy This weeks show is hosted by Max Scoville, Brian Altano, Jada Griffin, and is produced by Nick Maillet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Mortal Kombat 2, Resident Evil & The New Era of Gaming Movies - Beyond 945

    Mortal Kombat 2, Resident Evil & The New Era of Gaming Movies - Beyond 945
    May 7 2026
    This week, we’re talking about video game movies again! Specifically, Mortal Kombat 2, which we loved. Resident Evil’s trailer dropped last week, and the internet seems divided on it, but we’re willing to give it a fair shake given director Zach Cregger’s past work, and clear love of the franchise. We dig into what makes a good video game movie, reflecting on the past hits and misses, and looking ahead to a big one: A24’s Elden Ring movie, directed by Alex Garland. In other news, Vampire Crawlers has big sticky hooks and we can’t get enough of it, and Spell Brigade is better with a buddy. 00:00:00 - Intro & Mortal Kombat II Movie Discussion 00:18:51 - Resident Evil Movie Trailer Breakdown 00:46:20 - Vampire Crawlers, Spell Brigade, & Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • From Saros to Vampire Crawlers, What Makes a Roguelike We Rogue-Love? - Beyond 944

    From Saros to Vampire Crawlers, What Makes a Roguelike We Rogue-Love? - Beyond 944
    Apr 29 2026
    Assassin's Creed Black Flag: Resynced is officially real. Can you believe it?! Ubisoft has unveiled the AC Black Flag remake after weeks of leaks, and we're breaking down the full gameplay showcase: what's been remade, what's gone, and what big questions we still need answered before we get our hands on the open-world pirate game. We're also deep in PlayStation leak territory: the Spider-Man face model seems to be teasing Insomniac's next Spider-Man game (or a Venom spinoff?), and Sony Santa Monica's next God of War project is reportedly starring Deborah Ann Woll as Faye, pulling in deities from Chinese, Japanese, and potentially Mayan mythology. Will Marvel’s The Owl appear in either game? We hope not! Then there's Saros. Housemarque's PS5-exclusive cinematic roguelite shooter has gotten its share of reviews, and IGN's 7/10 puts it on the lower end of the critical consensus. We've all played it. The gunplay, the movement, the progression through Carcosa's biomes, all great. But its build variety leaves something to be desired compared to what we love about roguelites. That's got us dissecting what makes games like Vampire Survivors, Balatro, Dead Cells, and Spelunky work so well, and what Saros leaves on the table. Beyond! 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Assassin's Creed Black Flag: Resynced is officially real 20:44 - Whole Lotta PlayStation Leaks 28:48 - The BEST Spider-Man Villain 32:24 - Saros - A Solid Shooter That Roguelite Fans Will Likely Rogue-love 01:03:39 - Vampire Survivors, Balatro, and More! This weeks show is hosted by Max Scoville, Jada Griffin, and Brian Altano and is produced by Nick Maillet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Is 2026 The Year Hollywood Finally Figures Out Video Game Movies? - Beyond 943

    Is 2026 The Year Hollywood Finally Figures Out Video Game Movies? - Beyond 943
    Apr 22 2026
    Well, maybe! So far, we’ve had Return to Silent Hill, Iron Lung and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which were varying degrees of successful depending who you ask, but still to come we’ve got the Johnny Cage-forward Mortal Kombat II, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, the totally bonkers Street Fighter movie. And, hey, if this isn’t this year, it’s not like video game movie adaptations are slowing down: 2027 has The Legend of Zelda, Helldivers and Sonic The Hedgehog and A Minecraft Movie sequels. 2028, meanwhile, will finally see Call of Duty make its way to the big screen, but more interesting to us is A24’s Elden Ring film. Alex Garland has given us some of our favorite genre media of recent years, between Ex Machinia, Annihilation, Men, Devs, Civil War, and of course, 28 Days Later and 28 Years Later. How will he handle a cinematic tour of The Lands Between? Hard to say, but Nick Offerman, Kit Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Ben Whishaw and Jonathan Pryce will be there, so we’re certainly intrigued. Beyond! This weeks show is hosted by Max Scoville and Brian Altano and is produced by Nick Maillet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins