BRB UK 573: It’s-a Pimp Mario

Happy (almost) New Year

We’re week two into Dan, Tim and Coleman’s time away from recording and we thought to try something different. In lieu of a Worst Games of the Year or the need for a backlog show, we’re going through all the big events in gaming that happened throughout 2023.

Time Stamps

• 00:00:00 Start
• 00:00:10 Intro
• 00:01:18 The Gaming Year that was 2023
• 00:02:53 Google Stadia shuts down
• 00:06:28 Super Nintendo World opens in Hollywood
• 00:09:01 GDC returns to being an in-person event
• 00:09:27 Nintendo closed the Nintendo 3DS/Wii U eShop
• 00:10:30 E3 is cancelled
• 00:14:06 Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro
• 00:16:14 Summer Game Fest
• 00:17:06 Embracer Group’s mass lay-offs
• 00:21:11 QuakeCon returns to being an in-person event
• 00:21:48 Charles Martinet steps down as Mario’s voice
• 00:23:58 Gamescom
• 00:25:08 Unity’s retroactive licensing fee
• 00:26:35 Tokyo Game Show
• 00:26:45 Jim Ryan to step down as SIE CEO in 2024
• 00:27:21 Wii U & 3DS online services to halt in 2024
• 00:29:47 Microsoft finally purchases Activision Blizzard (King)
• 00:30:50 BlizzCon
• 00:31:52 Epic Games v. Google comes to a close
• 00:33:33 Outro

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