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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The Gift of Gaming podcast is back in 2026 with a look back at some of gaming's headlines from December. Join Darren, Luke and Chris as they look at new possible takeovers, a fallen giant and mandatory overtime. All this news and more, on today's episode!

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Its Christmas! And the final episode of the GoG Pod in 2025. What better way to play out the year then a GoG tradition. Blue, Green, Red, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo; Who came out on top? Who performed the worst? Join Darren, Luke and Craig as they rep their corners and have the conversation, who was the best of The Big 3?!

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Darren, Andrew and Craig are back on the mics! And don't worry, they won't fight this time. This episode is all about the games that define them, from Final Fantasy 7 and Kingdom Hearts (of course) to games like World of Warcraft, the guys delve into what makes them look at games the way they do.

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Darren, Andrew and Chris sat down to watch The Game of the Year Award show 2025 until 4 in the morning. Listen in for a breakdown of all the awards, announcements and whether or not we enjoyed video games biggest annual show in 2025.

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This week's episode is all about news! Darren, Chris and Luke look at Rockstar's Union busting, Square Enix's use of gen AI and Valve's new lineup or hardware.

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News:

RockStar Union Busting

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/iwgb-accuses-rockstar-of-union-busting-following-reported-dismissal-of-over-30-employees

PS5 Cross Buy

https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-5-cross-buy-graphic-spotted-sparking-hope-that-sony-will-finally-introduce-dual-ps5-and-pc-purchases

Square Enix and AI

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/square-enix-wants-to-use-gen-ai-to-automate-70-percent-of-qa-and-debugging-by-late-2027

The New Valve Hardware

https://www.polygon.com/valve-new-hardware-steam-machine-frame-controller/