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From Saros to Vampire Crawlers, What Makes a Roguelike We Rogue-Love? - Beyond 944

Beyond

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4.44.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 96 minutes

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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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0:00.0

This episode is presented by Invincible Verses, available April 30th on Xbox series consoles,

0:07.1

PlayStation 5, and PC. Invincible Verses is a brutal 3V3 tag fighting game from Studio

0:14.5

Quarter Up, Skybound Entertainment's first in-house game development studio, where you can play as

0:20.4

your favorite characters

0:21.5

from the Invincible Universe.

0:23.5

This game is designed to let you become a superhero in the bloodiest fight in the universe,

0:29.0

made by a dev team of fighting game veterans and with the direct input from creator Robert

0:34.7

Kirkman.

0:35.8

Invincible Verses is full of the visceral, bloody combat, and authentic depictions of destruction and chaos

0:41.3

that Invincible fans know and love.

0:44.3

Plus, a story by the creators behind the hit TV series.

0:48.3

At launch, the roster includes 18 playable fighters, including Invincible himself, Mark Grayson, Omneman,

0:57.4

Rex, explode, and more.

0:59.5

Pre-order the digital version now, and you'll even get zero-suit Mark plus four-color variants.

1:07.4

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1:30.2

Beyond and hello and welcome once again to IGN's weekly PlayStation show.

1:33.5

I'm your host, Max Scoville, and today we are talking about Saros, the first big PlayStation

1:38.0

exclusive of the year.

1:39.2

Plus, that Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake finally got revealed.

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