Gamers Week Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... --> Nvidia announced DLSS 5 at GTC 2026, a new iteration of the company's gaming AI suite that it is describing as "the GPT moment for graphics." --> A judge ruled Monday that video-game publisher Krafton Inc. must reinstate Ted Gill less than a year after ChatGPT suggested the company fire the former CEO to avoid paying out performance bonuses to Unknown Worlds, makers of Subnautica 2. --> A YouTuber has said they will "return" ownership of a webs...

Send a text In this episode... --> Microsoft has confirmed that the next Xbox is in development. Dubbed Project Helix, the device is described as a “next generation console” that can “play your Xbox and PC games.” --> Monday’s movie-focused Nintendo Direct delivered the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie while revealing new members of its cast – including Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino) as Yoshi. --> Ever since Sony announced the original God of War trilogy was ge...

Send a text In this episode... --> Just over a month after it launched, the axe has fallen on troubled PvP shooter Highguard. Developer Wildlight Entertainment announced today that the game's next update will be its last, and it will be taken offline on March 12. --> Sony is reportedly abandoning its strategy of bringing its first-party PlayStation games to PC, with the company now set to return to console-only releases for all but a select number of online titles. --> Pokémon celebr...

Send a text In this episode... --> A shocking shakeup at Xbox: Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond are out. Asha Sharma (President of Microsoft’s CoreAI) is in, despite having no gaming experience. Game Pass is MIA in talks about Xbox's future, and Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley is predicting that the brand will be "sunsetted." Is this the beginning of the end for Xbox? --> Bluepoint (the studio behind the widely praised Demon's Souls remake and the Uncharted: The Nat...

Send a text In this episode... --> Video games need to be cheaper to buy. At least, that’s the opinion coming from attendees at the DICE convention in Las Vegas this week, where thousands of video-game makers have been asking each other the same question: What can we learn from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? --> Video game stocks have been getting repeatedly KO’d in recent weeks following the launch of Google’s new generative-AI tool, Project Genie, but experts are saying the program in r...