all right guys welcome back to the channel welcome if you’re new thank you for taking time out of your day to check the video out we have more PlayStation news rumors and leaks to go over and cover today and we’re starting here with a pretty significant one that just came out but we do have to be cautious and skeptical of the source but it has to do with Sony apparently looking to acquire Warner Bros so this is being reported by WCCF Tech it says earlier this month Warner Bros discovery announced that it would split itself into two entities by mid 2026 the first one WBD Global Networks will remain focused on the company’s traditional cable programming with sports news and entertainment the second entity WBD Streaming and Studios will spin off with HBO the TV series and movie production as well as the gaming division of Warner Bros discovery many analysts have identified the possible motive behind the split in a potential sale for the latter way more successful side of the company now just a few days after the announcement the wrestling scoop website Scoops reckons Sony is already considering purchasing WBD streaming and studios needless to say this would make perfect sense for Sony from a strategic standpoint it would considerably bolster its movie TV series and gaming production and give it access to some of the biggest intellectual properties in entertainment such as the DC Universe Harry Potter and Game of Thrones now it’s all a bit premature at this stage since the split will have to happen first as such even if an acquisition deal is eventually reached it may not be announced until 2027 regarding the legitimacy of the source SC Scoops has seen a long track record when it comes to wrestling leaks but it’s still worth taking the rumor with a big grain of salt moving to analyze the gaming side we know Warner Bros discovery has suffered heavy losses in that division despite the massive success of Hogwarts Legacy several other games have failed just yesterday we learned of a restructuring within Warner Bros games around its four key IPs Harry Potter Game of Thrones DC and Mortal Kombat it’s hard to say whether Sony’s acquisition would improve this division’s situation in any meaningful way gamers probably shouldn’t be too concerned about those games becoming PlayStation exclusive though they’re simply too big to make sense as exclusives so as I said we want to take this with a big grain of salt you know when it comes to leaks like this right or scoops like this acquisitions it’s impossible to know if there’s any legitimacy to it but what I will say and why I think it’s worth entertaining the possibility of this is that Sony was trying to acquire Paramount and this is I think significant because when you look at WB as the article states here if Sony were to actually acquire them it’s certainly not a gaming first acquisition right It’s not necessarily for their gaming studios or the games that they could produce with that IP of course that’s a significant part of it right like that’s something that I think maybe incentivizes Sony even more to consider trying to pursue this but it’s really for everything else the movies the TV side of it uh we know that this is something that Sony is really trying to get more heavily invested into and so if WB is actually up for sale you could kind of see why Sony would maybe want to get on board with that now when it comes to the gaming side of things it would be interesting to see Sony acquire some of these studios such as Avalanche Software you know they’re working on a Hogwarts Legacy sequel uh Netherrealm Mortal Kombat Injustice Rock Steady i mean they’re working on a new Batman game of course which will be single player so maybe they’ll be able to kind of return to greatness i don’t know we’ll have to see but TTGame they make the Lego titles wb Games Montreal and uh WB Games Boston so those are all the studios underneath WB and if Sony were to you know acquire WB they would get those studios and it would be interesting you know the article says here that these games wouldn’t be exclusive if Sony acquired them but I’m not so sure i mean I could see Sony certainly taking something like Hogwarts Legacy 2 and you know releasing it first on PS5 and then bringing it to PC later uh but you know if Sony were to go through with an acquisition like this it wouldn’t be surprising if they wanted to you know keep these studios multiplatform but either way this is something that has you know just popped up and is making the rounds and as the article states and this is the final thing I’ll say is even if something like this does go through it’s not going to happen for a few years uh WB is in the process of kind of like splitting the company and that’s going to take time and so if an acquisition does occur that’s going to take even more time but yeah there you go let me know your thoughts about this rumor moving on to the next set of topics we are talking about Death Stranding starting with the trophy lists obviously we’re not going to go over all the trophies but in case you’re wondering how difficult it’s going to be to get the platinum it seems like it’s not going to be too hard being reported by PlayStation Lifestyle it says Death Stranding 2 on the Beach is just around the corner in just over a week PS5 players will be able to play the next game by the legendary video game creator Hideo Kojima while it isn’t quite out yet it seems the trophy list is and the platinum trophy doesn’t seem too hard to obtain according to Power Picks Death Stranding 2 will have a total of 55 trophies the breakdown is one platinum two gold six silver and 46 bronze trophies many of the trophies look story related or doing some action for the first time if anything the platinum looks like it’ll just be timeconuming but a pretty easy one overall so again we’re not covering the trophies here no spoilers but from what I’ve heard from people who did look at the list it looks like it’s quite similar to the trophy list in Death Stranding 1 continuing to talk about Death Stranding uh we have being reported here by Push Square the original Death Stranding is a very storyheavy game and since it has been five and a half years since it released it’s possible that you’re fuzzy on some of the details going into the sequel next week as such Cojima Productions has stepped in to provide an official story recap video the studio has summed the first game’s narrative up inside 6 minutes and 19 seconds of video which is impressive in itself prepare for Sam’s epic journey in Death Stranding to on the beach with this essential story recap of Death Stranding the YouTube description states “The video covers Sam’s journey from the opening few hours where Sam is given the BB he begins to form a bond with to his later encounters with Higs and several large BTS the whole point of Death Stranding was to connect the USA to the Chyal network and in the sequel Sam attempts to do the same for Mexico and Australia so wanted to point this out because yeah I think a lot of people uh who did play Death Stranding you know I’m one of those people when it launched don’t really remember the story or at least many details of the story so um not everybody’s going to want to go back and replay Death Stranding in preparation for the sequel so I thought it was definitely worth pointing out that they put out you know a 6 and 1/2 minute video here that recaps everything uh I’m going to be checking it out and I just wanted to let you guys know moving on to the final topic regarding uh Death Stranding 2 we have a report here from WCCCFT that says at some point during development Adide Kojima made some changes to Death Stranding 2 on the beach because the game was doing too well during play tests and wasn’t polarizing enough according to the game’s co-composer speaking in a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone uh French composer Woodkid talked about working with Hideokojima on the game and how challenging it was to write music that changes in real time while playing and how difficult it was to put together the eclectic mix of musical genres uh for the game soundtrack when asked at the end of the interview about something essential the composer learned when working on the game Wood Kid mentioned how one day Hideokima confirmed his intention of making changes to the game because it was being too wellreceived in play tests these changes which reportedly include some script changes and the way some important events play out were meant to make the game more polarizing trigger more emotions and ensure people would love the game uh after initially disliking it as this is how something gets loved for real Kojima Masan reportedly said uh so this is just funny to me because it’s like I mean if any other video game developer said anything like this I think they would get like a title wave of of uh push back but I think Cojima is like really one of the only people if not the only person that can get away with saying this because he’s Cojima and some people may see that as not fair but we saw what he did with MGS2 and uh he did make it clear that you know he he wishes Death Stranding 2 was just ultimately more controversial and more polarizing but um you can’t help but wonder like what exactly like when we finish playing the game and we see the major story beats and events that play out like what exactly did he change What what was going to be different Right But I thought that that was worth covering we’re going to move on to the final topic of the video here though which is something that’s honestly not surprising but still important this is being reported by Push Square says Bungie has confirmed it’s issuing an indefinite delay to its upcoming PS5 PC extraction shooter marathon a new release date has yet to be revealed but more news will be shared towards the end of 2025 in a post on the official Bungie website the developer said “Through every comment and real-time conversation on social media and Discord your voice has been strong and clear we’ve taken this to heart and we know we need more time to craft Marathon into the game that truly reflects your passion after much discussion within our dev team we’ve made the decision to delay the September 23rd release with the extra development time Bungie states it will empower the team to create the intense highstakes experience that a title like Marathon is built around this means deepening the relationship between the developers and the game’s most important voices our players it’s focusing on upping the survival game doubling down on the marathon universe and adding more social experiences this will result in better AI encounters in the PVPVE project more environmental storytelling and a better experience for solo and duo players you’ll hear from us again later this fall when we can share more progress that we’ve made alongside the game’s new release date thank you again for your patience and much more importantly your passion your continued feedback will help us make Marathon the incredible gaming experience we all know it can be so yeah this is again not surprising at all i think it’s you know unfortunate that they just seemingly are not going to acknowledge anymore i mean I guess it makes sense from like a more business PR standpoint but they’re not going to acknowledge that the major push back they got recently was uh for plagiarizing an artist uh but you know this I guess makes sense i don’t know that I or many other people have that much hope in the future of Marathon i think delaying it is the right choice i mean just putting it out there to kind of die as we saw Sony do with you know Concord um was the wrong choice and the wrong decision so you know that I don’t know how much time they’re going to need here to get this game where it needs to be or where they believe it needs to be but considering how much push back there’s been towards this game it I feel like it it needs like a soft reboot or something and I don’t know if that’s what this is going to be but you know good luck to Bungie i’ll be interested to see what changes they make but I I don’t know that I really have that much hope at the end of the day anyway guys that’s going to do it for the video i hope you enjoyed it i hope you found it informative if you did be sure to leave it a like subscribe to the channel if you’re new hit the bell notification icon and feel free to share the video out on top of all that but until next time take care