Though tomorrow may be a (non-black) Friday, the discounts are starting to pile up anyway! If I was you, I'd nab that free copy of Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, and then make a beeline for Resi Village as well as Ace Combat 7. Furthermore, I'd be tekken a serious look at that number 7 Ultimate Edition. I'd also be trine 2 acquire a Complete Story for 75% off. That's it for the awful wordplay. Let's get to the bargains list…

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On this week's episode of Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Matt Kim and Mark Medina to take a look at the future of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 exclusive games that could be in the works. With Sony recently re-confirming it has more than 25+ PlayStation 5 exclusives in the works alongside the PS5's one-year anniversary, we decided to take a few guesses at what those 25 games are. And, well, the results were results, but your PlayStation fandom mileage may vary, as the trio offers their real and exaggerated guesses, and includes some community choices in the mix.

We run down the list of games that are confirmed so far (and for the sake of this discussion, we're including cross-gen exclusives being made by PlayStation Studios), like God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, Marvel's Wolverine, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Then, we start to drill down into our PlayStation exclusive hopes, from the possibilities of a Bloodborne remake or remaster, or even a sequel, to what Astro Bot devs Team Asobi could be working on, whether we'll ever see the return of PlayStation's Infamous and Sly Cooper franchises, if Uncharted has a future, and so much more. From guesses of new PS5 IPs from PlayStation Studios teams, to existing series that need a revival or reboot, to Jonathon's unwavering hope for a PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale 2, we come up with a list that, if unrealistic, we'd at least be looking forward to.

We also discuss the PS5 shortages expected through the holidays, why it's so frustrating more people can't get their hands on the system, and more, plus a roundup of what we're playing, including the GTA Trilogy remasters and both the many glitches and bugs we've seen going around and Mark's surprisingly bug-free time with GTA III. Oh, and Jonathon experiences an earthquake during the show.

Timecodes:
00:00:10 – Intro & Housekeeping
00:02:03 – What are PlayStation’s 25+ Games in Development?
00:48:52 – It’s Going to be Harder to Find PS5’s
00:52:48 – What We’re Playing & Outro

Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior Features Editor, PlayStation Lead, and host of Podcast Beyond! He's the proud dog father of a BOY named Loki. Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.

Xbox lead Phil Spencer wants to see a larger focus on game preservation in the video game industry. Speaking to Axios, Spencer said he hopes the industry turns to emulation as a preservation solution.

“My hope (and I think I have to present it that way as of now) is as an industry we'd work on legal emulation that allowed modern hardware to run any (within reason) older executable allowing someone to play any game,” Spencer wrote.

Right now, the three major platforms have very different approaches to making old games accessible. PlayStation 5 has backwards compatibility with PS4 games, as well as some games from older systems accessible through the PS Now streaming service. Nintendo Switch players can access NES, SNES, N64, and Sega Genesis games through the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service, but there is currently no way to purchase them permanently on Switch.

Xbox, on the other hand, has made a huge push for backwards compatibility over the last few years. Just this week, Xbox added over 70 games to its backwards compatibility program on modern Xbox consoles. Between Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, Xbox is currently the only ecosystem to support multiple generations of physical backwards compatibility. Spencer says consistent access to games should be the goal for the entire industry.

“I think in the end, if we said, ‘Hey, anybody should be able to buy any game, or own any game and continue to play,' that seems like a great North Star for us as an industry,” Spencer wrote.

Spencer has spoken out about a number of topics this week, including NFTs in gaming and the sustainability of Xbox Game Pass.

It's been a huge week for Xbox. After celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original Xbox, Microsoft released Halo Infinite's multiplayer over three weeks early. This comes hot off the success of Forza Horizon 5, which is Xbox Game Studios' biggest launch ever.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

The American remake of the South Korean zombie movie Train to Busan will reportedly be called Last Train to New York, which reveals some ideas on how the American producers plan on localizing the hit zombie film.

Tucked away in a story about an upcoming reboot of the 1992 Steven Seagal action vehicle Under Siege, Deadline revealed that Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto will direct the Train to Busan remake called Last Train to New York.

While there were no other details about the remake, the new name at least gives us a destination. And knowing it’s a remake, we’re able to paint an outline of the plot ourselves.

In the original Train to Busan, the film starred a father and daughter pair traveling to Busan from Seoul by train. Unfortunately, a zombie outbreak traps the two and their fellow passengers on a one-way train ride to hell as they’re forced to fend off zombies within the confines of a high-speed rail.

Depending on how closely the American remake follows this plot, Last Train to New York will seemingly change the destination to New York City. Since it takes about three hours to get from Seoul to Busan by train a similar route in the United States means our heroes could be traveling from Washington D.C. or Boston, which takes four hours.

Or who knows, the producers could pick anywhere else and pretend the United States has a high-speed rail system.

Tjanjanto is a talented action and horror director behind films like The Night Comes for Us and May the Devil Take You, making him a good pick for a Train to Busan remake. However, the original is also great in its own right and IGN ranked it 11 in our top 31 Modern Horror Movies.

Check out IGN’s review of the Train to Busan sequel, Peninsula, a lesser follow-up to the tight and more terrifying predecessor.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

In a move overflowing with irony, Netflix is bringing its old rival Blockbuster back from the dead in a new workplace comedy. Deadline reports Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of Blockbuster from Universal, a single-camera comedy starring Randall Park, set in the last remaining Blockbuster video store.

The series is coming from Vanessa Ramos, who previously developed workplace comedies Superstore and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Happy Endings creator David Caspe and Superstore's Jackie Clarke are also on board as writers and executive producers. The producers have acquired the rights to Blockbuster and will use the store's iconic logo and uniforms.

We don't know the rest of the cast aside from Park, who is known for his roles in the MCU, Fresh Off the Boat, and Netflix's romantic comedy Always Be My Maybe. The show will focus on a group of coworkers, "with a lot of heart."

Universal TV's head of comedy, Jim Donnelly, noted the irony of Netflix creating a show about Blockbuster, saying he's, "thrilled to be continuing our partnership with Netflix, where we never have to worry about late fees."

Netflix and other streaming services directly contributed to the death of video rental stores like Blockbuster. After the rise of Netflix, Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010. In 2013, Blockbuster announced it would close all remaining stores.

However, stores operating as licensed franchises were able to keep the Blockbuster name. As of now, the Bend, Oregon Blockbuster store is the only remaining location in existence. Last year, the Bend location started renting out overnight stays through Airbnb.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.