Darren's back after his holiday with all the gaming news from March! Check out the news items covered below:

The Krafton Lawsuit Update

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bombshell-judgment-demands-krafton-immediately-reinstate-ousted-ceo-and-return-his-authority-over-subnautica-2

The Nvidia DLSS 5 Problem

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/theyre-completely-wrong-nvidia-ceo-responds-to-widespread-criticism-of-dlss-5/

Fortnite Layoffs

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/25/fortnite-staff-layoffs-redundancies-epic-games

Xbox Games Pass Could Get Cheaper

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-xbox-ceo-could-make-game-pass-less-expensive-report-says/1100-6538978/

The Sony Console Price Increases

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-announces-price-rises-for-ps5-ps5-pro-and-playstation-portal-blames-continued-pressures-in-the-global-economic-landscape

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Darren is joined by Colm and Andy for an off the cuff discussion on video games. The guys are all back playing Gen 1 of Pokémon, they look back on memories of Minecraft and discuss how today's review system may not be fit for purpose.

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Darren is joined by Craig to talk about the remakes they want to play the most.

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Darren is joined by Chris and Daniel for the first ever time to look back on all the gaming news from February. From Xbox woes and new DLC for very old games, its all covered here on the Gift of Gaming podcast!

Xbox Shakeup

https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-retiring-sarah-bond-out-matt-booty-promoted-as-microsoft-ai-exec-asha-sharma-named-new-xbox-boss-exclusive

Xbox Console

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c875we893ggo

Diablo 2 DLC

https://www.polygon.com/diablo-2-reign-of-the-warlock-review/

Bluepoint Closed

https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-shuts-down-demons-souls-shadow-of-the-colossus-remake-studio-bluepoint-games

Highguard Shutdown

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/highguard-is-permanently-shutting-down-barely-a-month-after-debut

Monster Hunter Wilds Expansion

https://www.polygon.com/monster-hunter-wilds-expansion-title-update-4/

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Darren sits down with Kev and Andy and with a combined playtime of over 600 hours, these guys are ready to give all of their thoughts just ahead of the games next "Expedition". So sit back relax and enjoy the show.

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On this week's episode its the news! Darren Luke and Chris check out whats happening with Ubisoft's reset, Valve's lawsuit, the possibility of a Switch 2 price increase and much more!

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The News:

ASUS price increase:

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/asus-is-now-implementing-strategic-price-adjustments-and-retailers-are-already-hiking-prices-for-laptops-from-other-brands/

Nintendo price increases:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-switch-2-faces-a-price-increase-in-2026-research-firm-predicts/

Gamestop closures:

https://www.polygon.com/gamestop-retail-store-closures-2026/

Fable NPCs:

https://www.ign.com/articles/itll-be-a-bit-of-work-but-you-could-marry-them-all-fable-has-1000-handcrafted-npcs-for-you-to-play-around-with

Ubisoft reset:

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/ubisoft-hits-major-reset-button-cancels-6-games-including-prince-of-persia-remake-delays-7-more-reportedly-including-assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-and-confirms-4-new-ip/

Vavle lawsuit:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/usd900-million-lawsuit-accusing-steam-of-overcharging-gamers-in-the-uk-and-abusing-a-dominant-market-position-will-proceed-after-valve-loses-appeal-against-it/

This week its just Darren and Craig and they've spent time playing some different games. Darren's on FF Tactics and Far: Changing Tides while Craig finally got to play the Horizon Forbidden West DLC and even put some serious time into Fantasy Life. Hear their thoughts right here, on the Gift of Gaming podcast!

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Darren is joined by Andy and Chris on this week's episode of the pod! Today the discussion is all about the games we'll play in 2026. The GoG pod team sees this year as a good year for our backlogs so its a nice blend of new and old! What do you plan on sinking your teeth into in 2026? Let us know at thegiftofgamingpodcast@gmail.com

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