PlayStation's podcast reaches episode 550 - the actual news is buried in the release dates
Sony's weekly chat show talked pod racing and vampires, but the small print confirms exactly when several PS5 games are landing this month.
The headline grabber isn’t really news
PlayStation’s in-house podcast has hit its 550th episode, which sounds like a milestone until you remember it’s a weekly show that’s simply been running for a very long time. This week’s instalment is mostly chat: hosts O’Dell Harmon Jr. and Kristen Zitani talk through games they’ve finished, field some listener emails, and sit down with Fuse Games co-founder Matt Webster and creative director Kieran Crimmins to discuss the recent launch of Star Wars: Galactic Racer. None of that is a “development” in the sense of something changing for players - it’s a chat show doing what chat shows do.
What’s actually confirmed, not just discussed
Buried in the show notes, though, are some concrete release dates that are worth noting if you’re planning PS5 purchases this month. According to the post, the following are pencilled in:
- Valor Mortis – PS5, 13 October
- Planet Zoo 2 – PS5, 13 October
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 – PS5, 14 October
- The Witch’s Bakery – PS5, 14 October
- Ratatan – PS5, 14 October
- Bluey’s Happy Snaps – PS5, 15 October
- Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse – PS5, 15 October
PlayStation’s own editorial note is worth repeating here: these dates come from publisher press releases and ESRB listings, and are “subject to change without notice.” In other words, treat them as the current plan rather than a guarantee. Slippage of a week or two for mid-tier releases isn’t unusual.
The podcast also flagged two further bits of scheduling: a deep dive into the returning DMZ extraction mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, due alongside the game’s full launch on 23 October, and confirmation that Warhammer Survivors - a tower-defence-style spin featuring characters like Morvenn Vahl - arrives on 10 November.
So who is actually affected
If you’re not tracking any of the games listed above, this episode changes nothing for you - it’s a weekly entertainment podcast, not a platform update or a security notice. For PS5 owners with any of these titles on a wishlist, the practical takeaway is simply a confirmed (if provisional) release window to plan around. There’s no new hardware feature, no price change, and no store policy shift buried in here - just scheduling information relayed through a podcast rather than a formal press release.
What to do about it
Nothing urgent. If you’re after Planet Zoo 2 or Boltgun 2, mark 13-14 October in your calendar but don’t pre-order on the strength of a podcast mention alone - check the publisher’s own storefront page nearer the time, since PlayStation itself admits these dates can move. The DMZ mode detail is more concrete, since it’s tied to Modern Warfare 4’s wider 23 October launch, which has presumably had more formal marketing behind it.
The bottom line: episode 550 is a nice round number for a long-running show, but the actual news value here is a handful of release dates for niche-to-mid-size PS5 titles, caveated by Sony’s own admission that they can shift. Worth a glance if one of those games is on your radar; not worth treating as a big PlayStation announcement.