Darren, Chris and Luke are back on the news and in this months episode they're breaking down the Pokémon showcase, WB games closing some studios and even an update on hardware from AMD. All this and more, on this week's episode of the Gift of Gaming podcast.

The very first gift of gaming quiz is here! Darren hosts 5 rounds of gaming's best questions with Andrew and Daniel as the very first contestants! Who knows more? Who's willing to steal points to take the win home? Who's aware of what happens in Kingdom Hearts? Listen to find out!

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Darren, Craig and Luke discuss Playstation, Nintendo and Xbox's performance during 2024. With Darren representing the blue corner or Playstation, Craig representing the red corner of Nintendo (and last year's winner) and Luke representing the green corner of Xbox, who comes out on top of this triangle of gamings big 3?!

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Darren, Andy and KP sit down for a friendly chat. With no topic on hand, they get into everything from this week's State of Play, GTA6 and what it might look like in such a PC orientated world to the new Wolverine game and even a heap of God of War. Its all here on this week's episode of the GoG Pod.

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Darren talks GTA6, EA Games and Sony movies alongside his news dream team; Luke and Chris

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Darren, KP and Craig are back to discuss The Game Award nominees and winners from 2019 all the way to 2024.

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Darren gets on the mic with KP and Craig this week to take a look over the last 10 years of The Game Awards and see would they have chosen any differently now or then. This episode covers 2014 - 2018, tune in next week for all the award show talk from 2019 - 2024!

We had a blast at the QHI video game quiz in Dublin last week and Colin, the host, has kindly provided a discount code for any of our listeners in Ireland interested in the next quiz on May 6th at the Grand Social. Check out eventbrite.ie and search for THE QHI VIDEO GAMES QUIZ and add code GIFTOFGAMING for your discount!

Check out patreon.com/thegiftofgaming for more of our content! This week is a "Rate My Cast" where Darren discloses who he would chose for a Red Dead Redemption 2 movie/TV show

The Gift of Gaming podcast is back for 2025 with all the latest news from December. Darren, Chris and Luke take a look at publishers fear of GTA6's release date, the possibility Xbox will no longer have exclusives and the news that Ubisoft is potentially looking for a buyer. All this and more on this week's episode of the Gift of Gaming podcast!

News Items:

• Ubisoft Shareholders in Talks Over Possible Buyout Terms, Sources SayReuters https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ubisoft-shareholders-talks-over-possible-buyout-terms-sources-say-2024-12-06/
• Nintendo Switch Has Now Outsold the PS2 in the US https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-switch-sales-surpass-playstation-2-united-states/
• Xbox May Be Done with Permanent Console Exclusives https://gamerant.com/xbox-permanent-console-exclusives-multiplatform-ps5-rumor/#:~:text=Xbox%20is%20shifting%20away%20from,for%20%22multiplatform%20simultaneous%20development.%22
• Publishers Reportedly Refuse to Commit to 2025 Until GTA 6 Release Date Gets Revealed https://www.ign.com/articles/publishers-reportedly-refuse-to-commit-to-2025-until-gta-6-release-date-gets-revealed
• Wallace & Gromit studio Aardman is working on a Pokémon Project https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/11/24318706/pokemon-aardman-project

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