On the 3rd anniversary of Ready Press Play, Dan and Luis meet up to discuss their plans for the future of the podcast and catch up on what they were up to during the holiday break.  Overall the episode was a chill laid back show where they eventually get around to talk about game news somewhere in there.

00:00 - Intro

02:30 - New Year Resolutions

15:30 - God of War Ragnarok Impressions

20:08 - Steam Deck Impressions

34:25 - FIFA predicts World Cup winner

37:20 - Christopher Judge's Game Awards speech breaks record

40:39 - Elden Ring wins more GOTY Awards than TLOU 2 - via PushSquare

47:30 - The Last of Us TV show "will be the best, most authentic game adaptation" - via Eurogamer

51:40 - Digital games outsold physical games in 2022 - via MyNintendoNews

55:17 - Sony announces new controller aimed at gamers with disabilities - via ArsTechnica

58:20 - Masahiro Sakurai confirms he is now semi-retired - via MyNintendoNews

1:06:24 - Extra News

• #1 - Bethesda intends to release Starfield during the first half of the year via VGC


• #2 - Google Stadia players who bought Ubisoft games will be granted free PC versions via Polygon


• #3 - High On Life was the biggest Game Pass release of 2022 via Polygon


• #4 - System Shock remake will release this March via Eurogamer


• #5 - Pocket Card Jockey is coming to iOS via VGC


• #6 - Microsoft claps back at Sony's objection to its acquisition of Activision via Eurogamer


• #7 - God of War Ragnarok Will Receive New Game Plus Mode via PushSquare


• #8 - Goat Simulator 3 trailer taken down due to GTA 6 footage via Eurogamer


• #9 - God of War series will be adapted for TV for Amazon Prime Video via PushSquare


• #10 - Revered roguelike Risk of Rain is receiving a remake via Polygon


• #11 - Hitman 3 will be renamed 'World of Assassination' via Eurogamer


• #12 - Sony has sold 30 million PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide via Eurogamer

1:13:37 - Out This Week

1:20:35 - RPP’s List of Best Games of All Time

1:30:18 - The Big Announcement

1:50:35 - Ready Press Play Full Theme by Joel “WAZ” Perez

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