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 Thanks for listening to another episode of BRB UK. Here's where you can download this episode's MP3 and subscribe via Apple Podcasts, RSS, Spotify, YouTube or anywhere else that podcasts are available. Please find us on Discord, X, Facebook, Threads and BigRedBarrel.com.