The Nintendo Direct celebrating 40 years of Mario came out at the weekend and Darren and Craig are here to break it down! There are some worrying trends sprouting up in Nintendo's business model it seems and Craig is ready to be fully critical of it!

There's more Pokémon news! And its not very exciting.... check out Darren and Craig's opinions on the Pokémon section of the Nintendo Direct over at patreon.com/thegiftofgaming

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We're late but we're back! Darren wanted to get some time in with Hollow Knight: Silksong and Chris was just about to finish Expedition 33 so we decided to hold off so we could get the conversation flowing! Listen in on Darren, Chris and Craig discuss the games they're currently playing, first thoughts on Hollow Knight: Silksong and even Chris' overdue review on Expedition 33.

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Darren is joined once again by Luke and Chris to muse on this months news! Unknown World's lawsuit saga continues, there might be a possible Jak and Daxter reboot and we've gotten a release date for Hollow Knight's Silksong after such a long wait! All this and more is available on this week's episode of the pod!

There's even more news to be had, from a Smash Bros. update and info on the Nintendo Switch 1. Check it out over on patreon.com/thegiftofgaming and help support the pod!

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Our news links:

Unknown Worlds lawsuit: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unknown-worlds-claims-ousted-founders-pilfered-business-records-intellectual-property-and-more-in-new-lawsuit

Jak and Daxter reboot thoughts: https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/playstation/uncharted-5-leak-541041-20250813

EVO's business update: https://evo.gg/news/2025-business-update

Hollow Knight's update: https://www.polygon.com/hollow-knight-silksong-release-date-indie-games/

Elden Ring is not performing on the Switch 2: https://www.thegamer.com/elden-ring-tarnished-edition-nintendo-switch-2-major-performance-issues/