Always Online Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of www.MMOBomb.com about Multiplayer Online Games, MMO Games and MMORPG. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinions, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Despite a rumor that Microsoft was prepping a bid to buy Valve, we just can't see that happening for many reason, not the least of which is why Valve would want to actually sell to anyone! After that we'll dive into Tarisland, Destiny 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and Throne and Liberty upcoming release news and more. All that and more on this week's Always Online!
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Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:33 Rumors (Microsoft and Valve, Deadlock, Guild Wars 2, and More)
35:10 Upcoming Games (Destiny 2, Throne and Liberty, RAWMAN, and Tarisland)
49:00 Picking Only 1 Multiplayer Game For Eternity
55:58 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Wayfinder is radically changing direction, The Division Heartland is no more, FFXIV's Live Letter showcases jobs changes and new jobs, and New World made its players pretty angry this week. We also welcome back Jason Winter to talk about some of the good and bad things about working for a gaming site! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:03 The Pros and Cons of Working for a Gaming Site
32:37 Interesting Gaming News (Wayfinder's New Direction, New World Player Anger, and The Division Heartland's Death)
01:01:01 FFXIV Live Letter Mini-Recap
01:06:58 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Honestly, does it feel like the gaming world is just burning down to anyone else? Microsoft closes studios, Helldivers and Sony make a mess, making award winning games like HiFi Rush won't save your job, and the layoffs continue. We'll also chat Wagadu Chronicles, XDefiant, Redfall, Destiny , and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:10 Helldivers 2, Microsoft and Zenimax Closing Studios, and HiFi Rush
34:12 Games Coming and Going (Wagadu Chronicles, XDefiant, Second Wave, and More)
42:00 Neat! (Destiny 2 Free Expansions and Multiversus Adding the Joker)
48:38 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Time once again to look at upcoming MMOs like Blue Protocol, ArcheAge 2, Throne and Liberty, Path of Exile 2, and more! Let's see what still excites us and what may have fallen off of our radar. After that, we'll check out announcements like the cancellation of BlizzCon, the closure of ArcheAge in the West, and more, and wrap it up with a dash of WTF?! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:17 Upcoming MMOs and Our Current Interest Levels
24:35 Games Coming and Going (ArcheAge, Genfanad, The First Descendant, and more!)
45:27 WTF? (Embracer to 3 companies, Steam's refund policy update, and more!)
56:55 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Are there MMOs or multiplayer games that every time you see them you think, "I should really play that" but you never actually do it? Troy wants to talk about those and why we never play them. After that, we'll dive into the return of Legends of Aria, Warcraft's The War Within alpha, Fractured Online's attempt to attract more players, and more MMORPG news, including the return of Lawbreakers! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
01:50 MMORPG and Multiplayer Games We Never Have Time For...but Wish We Did!
17:49 Upcoming Games (Warcraft The War Within, EvilVEvil, Marvel Rivals, Fractured Online, and more!)
40:15 Weird Updates (Legends of Aria, Mad World, Tipping Game Devs, and More!)
59:50 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Turning your favorite video games into movies, shows, and other forms of media doesn't always work out. Let's take a peek at the best video game movies and the worst among them now that the Fallout shows has released! Then we'll dive into Blizzard new, including an unannounced game, and cap it off with talk about Gigantic's relaunch, Wayfinder's halting of sales, and some sad new for the Friday the 13th return! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:05 The Best and Worst Video Game Movie Adaptations Ever
45:02 Blizzard News (New Unannounced Game, NetEase Partnership restored, and Overwatch Season 10)
52:10 Some Updates (Friday the 13th, Gigantic, Battlefield 2024, Evercore Heroes, and more!)
01:09:35 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Making MMORPG Games is expensive and time consuming, we get it, but there's just some IPs out there that seem to SCREAM "Make Me an MMO!". Which ones have surprised you the most and never made it to the MMO realm? Then we've got new on upcoming games like Fantastic Pixel Castle's "Ghost", Age of Water, The First Descendant, and more eyerolling video game news! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:39 What IP really needs to be an MMO but isn't yet?
20:04 Upcoming Games ("Ghost", The First Descendant, Age of Water, XDefiant, and Some New World chat)
38:27 Roll Your Eyes Time (Loot box principles not followed, Apex Legends' Woes, and more!)
44:08 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
It's probably not the way ArenaNet would have LIKED the world to know about a potential Guild Wars 3, but we'll talk about who said it was a thing, how they tried to reframe their comments later, and what ArenaNet had to say about the subject. After that we'll look at Marvel Rivals, Hexadome, and more upcoming games, including the FFXIV Dawntrail expansion. We'll wrap up with League of Legends MMORPG news and some ArcheAge 2 info! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:57 Gearbox Sold and Guild Wars 3?
33:25 Upcoming Games (Marvel Rivals, Hexadome, V Rising/Castlevania, FFXIV)
49:20 Quick News Hits (League of Legends MMO, ArcheAge 2, and Pax Dei)
55:50 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We were going to talk about some of the features in MMOs that we hate (and we do list some), but on today's show we change it up on the hosts and give them a chance to talk about MMORPGs and multiplayer games they miss and more. We'll look at some games coming up like Seekers of Skyveil, Goons, Brighter Shores, Ascendant Infinity, and other games! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:52 Worst Parts About MMOs and Just Talking Games We Love
46:34 Upcoming Games (Seekers of Skyveil, Goons, Brighter Shores, SMITE 2, & More!)
01:01:20 Quick News Hits (FFXIV, Rift, Project Awakening, and More!)
01:03:38 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Let's talk about MMORPGs of the past and what they did RIGHT that modern MMOs don't do, and what has evolved in a good way since the early days of the genre. Then we'll check out Dune Awakening, Midnight Ghost Hunt, New World's delayed update, and some new sure to make you scratch your head! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:28 What's changed for the better and worse in MMORPGs?
34:50 Upcoming Games (Dune Awakening, Midnight Ghost Hunter, New World Update delay)
47:00 WTF News (Wakerunners is Dead, Epic and Apple at it again, and WB Games)
58:23 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Live service games have been all the rage for developers for years... but with the recent financial downfall of larger titles (ahem... Suicide Squad), are the REALLY all that viable anymore? And who is doing them right anyway? After that, we'll dive into Helljumpers, Project L.3.3.T., Eternal Tombs, The First Descendant, and so much more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
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Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:55 Are "Live Service" games even viable anymore? What games do it right?
27:25 Upcoming Games (Project L.3.3.T., The First Descendant, Eternal Tombs, Helljumpers & More)
47:14 WTF News (Multiversus, Rainbow Six Siege Sequel, & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
54:11 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The world has changed and the term "MMO" along with it. What the hell does that even mean anymore...has it lost all meaning...is the "genre" dying? We'll dive through all of that then cover neat news about Gigantic, SWTOR, Star Wars Battlefront, Nightingale, and so much more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:51 What does it mean to be an "MMO"? Are they dying?
33:51 Neat News (Gigantic, Star Wars Battlefront, SWTOR, and more)
53:43 Key Stats (Sony's $10B loss, Epic Game Store 2023 Stats, and Nightingale)
01:03:02 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
MMORPGs have a ton of options. Shooters, role playing, dungeons, story... there's a ton of ways a game can go. That said, what does an MMORPG HAVE to include before you're even interested? After that we'll chat Islands of Insight, Skull and Bones, EverQuest 2, and financials from around the MMO world! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:57 What Does an MMO HAVE to have for you?
28:41 Upcoming MMOs/Multiplayer (Islands of Insight, Guild Wars 2, Skull and Bones, and more!)
44:38 Eyeroll Worthy News (Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, and Ubisoft)
55:48 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We've got a ton of news this week about games like Pantheon Rise of the Fallen, The First Descendant, Tarisland, Nightingale, Ravendawn Online, and more. However, before we get to the news, let's talk about some of the MMORPGs that we feel should 100% be brought back from the dead (or rescued from life support)! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
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Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:16 What MMOs Should Come Back from the Dead?
30:23 Upcoming MMOs/Multiplayer (First Descendant, Tarisland, Pantheon, and More)
51:49 Ravendawn First Look Thoughts
55:48 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The layoffs at Blizzard are catastrophic and who knows what the future holds for those titles. We think Wayfinder is in a lot of trouble and The Day Before just won't go away! We'll peek at Blade & Soul NEO Classic, Skull and Bones, and other upcoming games, then we'll reveal which MMO companies we hate the most! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:51 WTF MMO News (Blizz Layoffs, The Day Before, and Wayfinder's Issues)
38:20 Upcoming MMOs/Multiplayer (Blade & Soul NEO Classic, Faction Z, and Skull and Bones)
49:15 The MMO Company You Hate The Most
58:02 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
A lot of MMORPGs are celebrating big anniversaries this year. World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, DDO, The Elder Scrolls Online, EverQuest, EverQuest II... all of them have birthdays that'll make you feel old! We'll also run down some new, upcoming games like Soulmask, Wakerunners, Ascendant Infinity, and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:19 New Games Coming (Wakerunners, Ascendant Infinity, Palworld, Soulmask, and more)
18:35 MMORPG Anniversaries That'll Make You Feel Old (WoW, TESO, LOTRO, EverQuest 1 and 2, and more)
36:17 Mini News Hits (Epic v Apple, AI in Foamstars, and more)
51:40 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Time to dive into some predictions in the MMO world for 2024. Will Warcraft's War Within deliver? Will Tarisland flop? Will we hear anything about the League of Legends MMO or about EverQuest's future? Before that, we dive into the new SMITE 2 news, and Troy couldn't be happier. But wait, there's more! Elder Scrolls Online preps for the 2024 reveal, Palworld comes next week, and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:30 SMITE 2's Reveal
11:31 2024 MMO Predictions (Warcraft, Tarisland, EverQuest, and More!)
31:36 Rapid Fire News (Palworld, Vindictus, Elder Scrolls Online, and more!)
44:55 FFXIV Tokyo FanFest
49:45 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
A new year is here and we ended the year (and started this year) with some really interesting news teasing a possible Horizon-based MMORPG, the likely return of the Blizzard/NetEase partnership in China, the departure of Bobby Kotick, a fine to Nexon for lying, and a debate on if The Quinfall will actually happen! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
06:01 Interesting News Ending/Starting The Year (Horizon MMORPG, Bobby Kotick, Blizzard in China, & More!)
38:34 Money, Money, Money (China Loot box regulation, Nexon's Fine)
49:24 Our Most Anticipated MMOs of 2024 (Throne and Liberty, Blue Protocol, and a discussion about Quinfall)
01:06:55 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
WOW! The MMORPG and multiplayer gaming podcast made it to 500 episodes! We'll relive the splendor that was the old F2P Cast by showing nothing but outdated video game footage while we catch up with everyone and chat about the biggest news in gaming in 2023 like Microsoft buying Activision, The Day Before, and more! Let's kick it old school and catch up with hosts from the past! Happy holidays and we'll see you when the show resumes on Friday January 5th! All that and more on this week's Always Online!Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.comDiscussion Timestamps:00:00 Show Intro11:55 Catching Up With Past Hosts33:41 The Biggest Gaming News of 202301:03:43 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The WeekIf you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The Game Awards are a wrap and we take a quick look at some of the things we liked and didn't like. Before that, though, it's time to see if a Sony takeover of Bungie would be a bad thing, get riled up over The Day Before's fiasco, and examine Troy's change of heart of Throne and Liberty! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
08:34 Bungie Seems To Be Imploding and Twitch Leaving South Korea
38:00 Guild Wars 2 Selling Hero Points
01:07:54 Rapid Fire News
01:13:59 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Looks like Guild Wars 2 players aren't all that thrilled that ArenaNet decided to sell Hero Points in the MMORPG's cash shop, but is it actually a bad thing? Fractured Online and Pantheon provide more info, AIKA Online is coming back and it is apparently the "best MMORPG ever"! All that and more on this week's Always Online!Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.comDiscussion Timestamps:00:00 Show Intro04:36 Pantheon NDA, Fractured Online Sales, And AIKA Online Returns26:28 Guild Wars 2 Selling Hero Points42:06 Rapid Fire News52:08 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The WeekIf you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Wild week in MMOs and multiplayer games! Pantheon decides to drop 247 extraction and focus on the MMORPG again, World of Warcraft is getting its own version of FFXIV's Duty Support, and Ubisoft is dropping Trackmania's esports after the current world championship! If you think that's all though...you'd be wrong as we also dive into NCSoft at GStar 2023 complete with Throne and Liberty and more. Happy Thanksgiving! All that and more on this week's Always Online!Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.comDiscussion Timestamps:00:00 Show Intro02:16 Weird News Week (Pantheon Drops 247, Ubisoft Drops Esports, WoW Duty Support & More!)44:10 NCSoft At GStar (Throne and Liberty, LLL, and More!)52:10 Noobfridge's New World Update01:00:26 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The WeekAlways Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
What a very weird week in MMO and multiplayer gaming. The Overwatch League (OWL) is done and the future looks bizarre, Digital Extremes lays off over 30 and cuts ties with Wayfinder, Tarisland drops a Warrior trailer, DreamWorld isn't dead yet, Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street and Fantastic Pixel Castle talk up their "Ghost" MMO, and we dive into whether or not BlizzCon delivered for Blizzard the way it needed to on all fronts... including World of Warcraft! All that and more on this week's Always Online!Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.comDiscussion Timestamps:00:00 Show Intro02:08 Weird News Week (OWL Closing, Digital Extremes and Wayfinder, Tarisland, and More!)35:50 Initial Reveal Stream for Ghostcrawler's "Ghost" MMO50:40 Did BlizzCon deliver like it needed to?01:01:20 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The WeekAlways Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Imagine that, The Day Before is back on Steam, but the "launch" has been delayed and will now be an early access that costs you $39 to get into with no launch window announced. Cryptic Studios and Bungie's Destiny 2 teams are being laid off in some of the worst ways possible, Ghostcrawler is heading yet another team working on an MMO that is at best years away, and Throne and Liberty is making monetization changes! All that and more on this week's Always Online!Discussion Timestamps:00:00 Show Intro01:53 Bungie and Cryptic Studio Layoffs29:49 Some Updates (XDefiant Delayed, The Day Before Delayed, Throne and Liberty Gacha Removal, & More)45:04 Ghostcrawler's New MMO53:13 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The WeekIf you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The Pantheon leaks were pretty much dead on and this week the team at Visionary Realms detailed their plans for 247 and the MMORPG going forward. Is there any hope for this project at this point? We'll review the team's public Q&A and more. After that, it's time to look forward to 2024 and reveal some of our most anticipated MMOs next year and cap it all off with a few updates... including a game's, what?, 7th delay?! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard is finally complete, so what do you want to see out of the companies now? Will this be a good thing for gamers as a whole? We'll talk about that and dive into Trackmania giving away "too much" for free, and talk about the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen leaks and if gaming sites should even cover leaks! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
01:45 Microsoft Merges With Activision Blizzard, What's the Good and Bad?
20:40 Weird Stuff (Epic Games and Pantheon's MMO Leaks)
54:30 Updates (Throne & Liberty, Stampede Racing, Trackmania, and More)
01:00:56 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Rise of the Angry Earth is here and it brings mounts. You know, those things that have been in MMORPG for decades now. Yep! Finally in New World. But is the expansion worth a damn and is it worth you shelling out the money to come back? We'll give you our week 1 takes, look at EverQuest and EverQuest II getting milestone expansions, laugh at Trove selling you text in loot boxes, and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:27 Week 1 Review of New World's Rise of the Angry Earth Expansion
31:32 MMO Eyebrow Raising Stories (FFXIV, EverQuest and EverQuest II, and More!)
41:37 Oh Come On... (Trove, Ubisoft, and More)
47:48 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Epic Games lays off 16% of its workforce, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen drastically changes its art style out of nowhere, Chris Metzen dives back into World of Warcraft, the FTC is going to seek an appeal after all, and so much more! It's a busy week on the podcast today so let's dive right into it! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:22 Gaming Burning Down (FTC and Microsoft, Metzen and Warcraft, Epic's Layoffs, & More!)
33:10 MMO Updates And Thoughts (Warhaven and Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen)
55:00 Whatcha Looking Forward To?
56:45 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Big speculation and discussion all week as emails from Microsoft's Xbox team discussed buying Nintendo, but would such a purchase (if it ever happened) be good for gamers and gaming in general? We'll also jump right on the EverQuest 3 hype train... but be cautious this time around given the MMORPG's past, talk about The Division 3's quiet announcement, and more MMO news! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:00 New Announcements (The Division 3, EverQuest 3, And Soulframe)
24:30 Would Microsoft Buying Nintendo Be Good For Gaming/Gamers?
57:57 Warhaven and KFC in FFXIV
01:02:19 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Leadership changes abound as Epic Games and Dauntless's Phoenix Labs see step-downs and retirements. There's also quite a few changes coming in certain games, but are they all good? The next Sims will be free-to-play, xDefiant can't pin down a release date, Wayfinder slashing inventory, Square Enix and their market share, and Runescape keeps stepping in it on the Hero Pass! Finally, did Throne and Liberty's combat update post entice you? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:40 Epic Games and Dauntless Leadership Departures
15:31 MMOs Changing Things (Wayfinder, Gearbox, xDefiant, RuneScape, Throne and Liberty and more)
50:05 Square Enix's Money Issues
52:57 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Ever tried to jump into an older MMORPG game that's been around the block and felt overwhelmed to the point that you go back to your old standby game? FFXIV new players are feeling that and Square Enix needs to figure out a why around that. Are Story Skips the right answer, though? We'll then dive into some upcoming games and talk about some games that maybe aren't long for this world! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:00 FFXIV Story Skip And Being Overwhelmed In Older MMORPGs
28:37 New Test, Interested? (Deceit 2, Ashfall, Warhaven, And More)
42:22 Games Going Down (Redfall, Space Punks, Skull and Bones, and More)
54:16 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Throne and Liberty is making a few changes, for now, and The Day Before could be changing its name, but before we dive into news bits we'll take a look at a few upcoming new games on our radar like New World's expansion "Rise of the Angry Earth", SoulFrame, The Front's beta, and we'll dive into an interview with Abyss Online to see what the hell this MMORPG even is! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:03 New Games (New Word expansion, SoulFrame, The Front, and Abyss Online)
01:06:16 Rapid Fire News Bits (The Day Before, Elder Scrolls Online, Throne and Liberty, & more)
01:13:43 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Gamescom 2023 brought a LOT of multiplayer news to the table and we'll dive into thoughts on Nightingale, The First Descendant, Second Wave, Dragonhold, and more! Then we'll chat bad new like Wayfinder's continued issues, Evercore Heroes going into maintenance mode over a closed beta and layoffs at Bioware! Lastly, we'll look at Microsoft's new deal proposed to the CMA which sees cloud gaming of their titles head to Ubisoft??? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:24 Gamescom 2023 (Nightingale, First Descendant, Second Wave, Tarisland, & more!)
27:07 Uh Oh! (Evercore Heroes, Bioware layoffs, Wayfinder, & more)
49:10 Microsoft's new CMA Proposal with Ubisoft
51:07 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We want Wayfinder to succeed, but sometimes it's really hard to look past multiple stumbles, and not being able to even access a paid early access period is just one REALLY big stumble. We'll dive into our final Palia thoughts, our hopes for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre game, and finally hit up some games that would LOVE to have a do-over this week... like Destiny 2's State of the Game! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:10 Launches And Releases Review (Palia, Wayfinder, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and More!)
36:00 Roll it Back News! (Destiny 2, Embracer Group, and More)
44:20 Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure Hype
47:50 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The end of the year is closing in and multiplayer games that were coming in 2023 may have moved to 2024, but some have actually made it, so we'll dive into the new releases and talk about what games coming up we're pumped for and which we may not be all that interested in! We'll laugh at a dev stealing gold and selling it, Dark and Darker Launching, and review Square Enix's financial mess of a report. Oh and a DFO dev was selling gold... imagine that! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:29 Upcoming Multiplayer Games of 2023/2024 We're Looking Forward To
26:17 Interesting... (Killer Instinct, Dungeon Fighter Online Dev Stealing, and More)
38:58 WTF? (Square Enix Finances and Dark and Darker)
47:55 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The weekend was absolutely DOMINATED by two games and their respective festivals. FFXIV revealed DawnTrail at FanFest 2023 and Grinding Gear Games went hog wild at ExileCon talking about Path of Exile 2! We'll dive into both, talk about some devs having an arrest warrant sought for them, and Palia now that the NDA is gone! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:09 Week of Fests! (FFXIV FanFest and ExileCon)
25:35 What? (Arrest sought for Dark and Darker Dev, Jected Goes Offline Mode, and More)
38:00 Palia NDA drop and Nearing Launch
47:16 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Let's talk about why we love MMORPGs... and a few things we'd wish they just wouldn't do anymore. After that, we'll dive into news from Genshin Impact, Ashfall, Project L, Stampede Racing Royale, and so much more on this multiplayer jam-packed episode! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
06:20 What Draws You To MMORPGs? What Should They Change?
28:15 What? (Ubisoft Accounts, Genshin Impact Bomb Threat, and More)
42:20 New Games (Stampede Racing Royale, HAWKED, Ashfall, Project L, and More)
54:05 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The FTC basically got it handed to them by Microsoft as challenges go nowhere and it's likely the Activision Blizzard purchase will close soon. That's great news and so are ABK's financials, but could Overwatch 2 and the Overwatch League be in a bit of a bind as the game preps for a Steam release? We'll dive into some new games coming, including Stampede... a 60-person kart racing battle royale! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:22 New Games News (Stampede Racing, Wayfinder WA, One Punch Man World, Stampede)
24:40 WTF Game News (Ethyrial Goes F2P, Bungie and Zenimax both in courts, and more)
43:07 Activision Financials, Overwatch 2 and the Overwatch League issues, and Layoffs
54:23 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
NARAKA: Bladepoint is going free-to-play but is that the right move and is the 2nd anniversary the right time for the melee battle royale to do so? PIONER drops addition details about the action shooter MMORPG, and Netherlands is still trying to make loot boxes illegal. Then we move to WTF news about Overwatch 2 slow PvE content delivery plan, Ubisoft's next dumb NFT based game, and we'll cap it all off talking about why WildStar failed! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:25 New Games News (NARAKA Goes F2P, PIONER, and Netherlands and Loot Boxes
26:38 WTF Game News (Overwatch 2 Story content, Ubisoft and another NFT game, and more)
41:50 Why Did WildStar Fail?
50:52 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
It appears that even when things are supposed to be redacted they might just still be visible later as Sony, Microsoft, and the FTC are learning. We review a few of our favorite pieces of information coming from the FTC's suit to stop the Activision Blizzard purchase. Then we run down a veritable laundry list of games with big news this week, including Guild Wars 2' new Secrets of the Obscure expansion, The Cycle: Frontier closing, The Realm Online's weird ride, Project Loki, Wayfinder changes, and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:50 Games Coming and Going (GW2 expac, The Cycle, Project Loki, The Realm Online, Wayfinder, & More!)
49:27 Activision, Microsoft, Sony, and the FTC Suit
59:34 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Steam Next Fest continues to roll and we take a look at some of the multiplayer games that had demos drop including Warhaven, Coreborn, Evercore Heroes, Project Apidom, Spark Defense, and others. After that, we'll chat about Activision believing unionization is a basic right... "BUT"... then finish off with our favorite MMORPG launch memories ever! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:30 Multiplayer Games At Steam Next Fest (Evercore, Project Apidom, Big Fat Battle, Warhaven, and more)
30:31 Activision Shenanigans
40:00 MMORPG Launch/Expansion Memories
56:48 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMO and Multiplayer Online Games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The last week plus was certainly not E3 at all... instead it was just showcase after showcase showing off a TON of titles. On the multiplayer online gaming front we'll look at Dune Awakening, Palworld, Path of Exile 2, Headbangers, and so many more (with a peek at Starfield even though it isn't multiplayer!). We'll wrap up with a look at Embracer Group's future, a Waven sneak peek, and an Undawn First Look! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:16 Multiplayer Online Games At Games Showcases This Week
29:20 WTF? (Overwatch 2 and Embracer Group)
38:57 First Looks and Previews (Undawn and Waven)
50:44 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Star Wars: The Old Republic is apparently changing hands so BioWare can focus on single player games... but does its new developer basically signal the end of the MMORPG's "real" development? We'll dive into The Elder Scrolls Online's Necrom expansion release, Embers Adrift news, the return of Life is Feudal with an absurd subscription, and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:04 The Elder Scrolls Online's Necrom Launch and Is SWTOR Officially Dead now?
30:36 What Are These Games Doing? (Life is Feudal, Embers Adrift, and more)
51:44 Rapid Fire News (Activision in UK, Blizzard Fires Writer, and more)
01:02:32 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
You only get one chance to make a first impression and Throne and Liberty didn't exactly make the best of impressions on social media during the beta test. Wayfinder just kind of floated through its test, and Redfall devs actually hoped the game would be cancelled when Microsoft took over according to a new report. We'll also dive int the multiplayer showings at Sony's Showcase and talk abut Blue Protocol and Ashfall being delayed and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:11 Lackluster First Impressions (Throne and Liberty, Redfall, and Wayfinder)
25:16 Sony's Showcase (Destiny 2, Marathon, and Foamstars)
33:35 Delays And New Stuff (Blue Protocol, Ashfall, Warhammer Speed Freeks, and More)
44:25 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
There's a TON of news this week as Amazon Games announces that MMOs are back on the menu, boys! A new deal with Embracer group means work is beginning on a new Lord of the Rings (LOTR) based MMO and the New World team heads up the project as the VP throws a little smack at LOTRO. Overwatch 2 decided NOT to do the entire reason they gave for Overwatch 2 being a thing by ending the PvE plans they originally had, and Bloodhunt goes into maintenance mode! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:37 Big MMO News (Amazon Games' LOTR MMO and Overwatch 2 PvE)
31:05 Coming Soon (WoW Classic Hardcore, Tarisland, and More)
40:04 Farewell or See You Later (Bloodhunt Maintenance Mode, Nightingale Delayed, and More)
45:49 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and Multiplayer Online Games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Time for some MMO games! By that we mean it's time for our hosts to square off in MMO Wheel of Fortune. Who will win in a 9 puzzle race? After that we'll chat about Roblox financials, the GamersFirst platform, the Black Desert Online expansion, Dark and Darker's delay, Throne of Liberty's delay, and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:31 MMO Wheel of Fortune
47:24 Rapid Fire News (Throne and Liberty, MtG: Arena, Roblox, Dark and Darker, and More)
01:04:51 Black Desert Online's New Expansion
01:08:17 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The MMORPG world got a little bit of a shock this week with the release of a gameplay trailer for the upcoming MMO Chrono Odyssey, but will it be any good? Jected-Rivals and Waven get a look from the hosts as they then move on to review Ethyrials: Echoes of Yore, Redfall, and Omega Strikers! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
01:58 Chrono Odyssey, Waven, And Jected-Rivals
24:40 Reviews for Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, Omega Strikers, and Redfall
45:56 Random Multiplayer News
49:05 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
MMO Games are launching soon, but are their release dates what they were originally going to be? Throne and Liberty looks to have an unofficial release window, Redfall comes next week, Omega Strikers launched this week, and Tarisland will now be global. Along with new titles comes some new studios and mergers and a few random bits of news including Dark and Darker petitioning Steam and the UK saying "No" to Microsoft's Activision purchase! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:03 New/Upcoming Releases (Redfall, Tarisland, Omega Strikers, and Throne and Liberty)
29:05 New Studios/Studio Purchases (Sony and Day9)
37:32 Random Multiplayer News (UK and Microsoft, Dark and Darker, and more)
54:50 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) And Question Of The Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and Multiplayer Online Games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
This week kicked off The Elder Scrolls Online's Community event and we got a TON of information about the MMORPG's upcoming Necrom chapter. There's a lot of games coming, coming to new platforms, and updates on the horizon, including Warframe's The Duviri Paradox, and more. Finally, we'll dive into the world of the stupid in Monster Energy Drinks' dumb lawsuits, more NFT games, and some games closing/not doing all that well! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:50 The Elder Scrolls Online's Necrom Community Panel Reveal
22:15 Upcoming MMO Games (V Rising expansion, Warframe Duviri Paradox, Switch ports, and more)
41:32 Troubles in MMO Worlds (Rogue Company on Switch, Monster Energy, Redfall's dumb Console FPS cap, and more)
54:20 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Analysts are adjusting forecasts as if the Throne and Liberty delay is a fact even in the absence of a comment from NCSoft, Silica reveals a blend of RTS and FPS that could be interesting, Redfall's character reveals are underwhelming, CS:GO sold WAY more than it should have in cases, and we play "Real or Fake Steam Reviews"! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:39 Real or Fake Steam Review Game
22:50 "Hmmm" Gaming News (Redfall, Silica, Roblox hides ads, and CS:GO Cases Sales)
42:10 Troubles in MMO Worlds (NCSoft litigation, Amazon Layoffs, Throne and Liberty delay, and more)
55:20 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
E3 gets a fresh slap in the face as the "it's definitely happening" event decides it isn't going to happen at all. Blue Protocol shows off new gameplay as the network test kicks off, Multiversus has decided it doesn't like having customers apparently, and Dark & Darker's issues are probably worse than you realize! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
00:00 Show Intro
04:19 What the Hell? (Multiversus, E3 Cancelled, Dark and Darker, and more)
40:24 New Games are Coming (Blue Protocol, Anvil Empires, and Mad World)
51:18 Activision Blizzard Updates
56:17 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMO Games and Multiplayer Online Games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Fresh new show and we're ready to welcome a brand new host, talk about the Exoprimal beta, give our early thoughts on Deceive Inc., look at a number of games coming soon... and Is it Good News or Bad News? We'll let you decide with us on topics like FFXI, Counter Strike 2, Redfall, and more! We'll finish up with other general MMO news! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:05 Good News or Bad News? (FFXI, Redfall, and more!)
27:06 Exoprimal and Deceive Inc Early Thoughts
39:10 Coming and Going (Lance Reddick, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Counter Strike 2, and more!)
47:30 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMO, MMORPG and Multiplayer Online Games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The Wayfinder team let press talk about their experiences in the recent beta so we'll deep dive into our thoughts on the "MMO", debate about that term even applying, talk about what we liked and didn't like, and generally see what Airship Syndicate and Digital Extremes has cooking. Capcom also dropped Exoprimal's open beta date and release date, but will the game be worth the $60 price tag? We'll finish up with other general MMORPG news! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:22 Wayfinder Press Event Deep Dive
44:27 Exoprimal News
50:13 Facepalming MMORPG News
01:00:32 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
This week not only saw the reveal of a new MMO company as AVALON sets out to change gaming technology for the better, but also the reveal of Pax Dei (an upcoming sandbox MMORPG), early access for Stardust Exile and Dead Cide Club, and EA laying off over 200 QA workers over a Zoom call. We'll finish up with the Embers Adrift price change and other topics that we'll decide if they are "good news" or bad news". All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:55 New MMOs and New MMO Companies (Pax Dei, Avalon, Dead Cide Club, and Stardust Exile)
37:56 WTF EA?
42:24 Good News Or Bad News? (Embers Adrift price change, Sony vs. Microsoft, and more)
57:32 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Sony's State of Play revealed quite a bit on the multiplayer front including another beta for Wayfinder (and an early access window!), Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League goes the live service route, and a few other tidbits! Redfall hosts a Q&A, Throne and Liberty will be published by Amazon Games and underrated MMO Games! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:11 Upcoming and State of Play (Redfall, Throne and Liberty, Suicide Squad, Wayfinder, and more)
37:41 Our Underrated MMO & MMORPGs
42:50 News That Makes Me Laugh (Avengers Apology, DOTA 2 bans, and more)
53:11 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Ubisoft says there's an "improved version" of Skull and Bones we haven't seen yet, FFXIV financials reveal interesting expansion news, Blizzard cuts bonuses amid solid financials, The Day Before has even MORE drama, underrated MMOs, and that's just scratching the surface of everything we're talking about today! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:37 Financials (FFXIV, Blizzard, NCSoft, NEXON, And Ubisoft)
26:15 Head Slapping News (The Day Before and More)
39:27 Coming and Going (Magic: The Gathering Arena and More)
46:37 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMORPG and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
FFXIV's Ultimate World First race is marred once again by accusations and video proof of cheating using mods and addons. Will anything change on the World First or addon policing from in the MMORPG though? This week also saw the release of the long awaited gameplay trailer for The Day Before, but was it worth the wait? We'll finish up with news of a few games closing and some other odds and ends! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:02 FFXIV's Ultimate Problems
30:41 The Day Before's Weird Gameplay Reveal
49:12 Bad Gaming News (2 Closures, Layoffs, and more)
01:02:56 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
A LOT went on this week with the Elder Scrolls Online and Redfall revealing 2023 plans at the Developer_Direct stream, but did they deliver what fans and players needed to see? Riot was also hacked and some source code is being held for ransom, Blizzard wants to know if you'd pay a Hearthstone subscription, and what the hell is going on with The Day Before now? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:12 Developer_Direct (Redfall and The Elder Scrolls Online)
33:00 Rapid Fire News (Hearthstone Sub Survey, Riot Source Code Hack, and more!)
47:25 Oh FFS... (The Day Before and Blizzard Employee Ranking System)
56:26 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMO, MMORPG and Multiplayer Online Games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Lately it seems like the gaming industry is full of nothing but fighting as Ubisoft and its employees fight, Microsoft and Blizzard fight regulatory bodies, companies fight fans, fans fight companies, and NetEase fights Blizzard. Let's cover it all followed by some weirder news and the potential return of a Dragon's Dogma MMORPG?! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:57 Games Industry Fighting
33:40 Weird News (Destiny 2 Missing Titan and Rocket League Bots)
40:00 The Return of the Dragon's Dogma MMORPG?
43:00 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Yes, we'll certainly cover the drama behind Ubisoft, Skull and Bones, and their financials, but before we get to that, let's look closely at Microsoft and Bethesda getting ready to take the stage and lay down what we really want to see out of The Elder Scrolls Online and Redfall this year. We'll also stop by Duelyst for some really cool gaming news from Counterplay Games! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:16 Microsoft/Bethesda Developer_Direct (Elder Scrolls and Redfall)
24:30 "Oh no?" News (Smedley, Skull and Bones, Ubisoft, and more)
42:18 Some Cool Multiplayer Gaming News (Duelyst's Source Code and More)
46:43 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of www.MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Happy New Year! As 2023 kicks off we'll look back at the predictions we made for 2022 to see how many of them came true in multiplayer gaming. Then we move on to looking forward at our most anticipated MMORPG and MMO titles releasing in 2023 and cap it all off with news from games and companies that couldn't help but start the new year by stumbling! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:13 Reviewing Our 2022 Predictions and Setting 2023 Ones
22:07 Most Anticipated 2023 MMORPG and MMO Titles
32:47 Some Companies and Games Start 2023 with an "OOF!"
50:20 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The year comes to a close and we review the winners at the Game Awards, talk about our favorite announcements from the show (including a TON of Blue Protocol news), we review all the drama surrounding Microsoft's purchase of Activision, and finally we hit up Elyon closing, Gwent closing, and Chris Metzen's return to World of Warcraft! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:04 Game Awards and Blue Protocol
31:20 Microsoft, Sony, And Activision Blizzard
42:25 Coming and Going (Elyon, Gwent, Metzen, and more!)
01:00:05 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Looter shooters have been seeing a bit of a resurgence lately and there's even more of them on the horizon, but what makes a good looter shooter? Do you like open world ones versus instanced ones? The loot cycle? Progression? What's the secret sauce? We're also seeing a new Starship Troopers game and some big dogs in gaming have a LOT of in-fighting going on! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:23 The Resurgence of Looter Shooters (Darktide, Synced, Marauders, and more!)
32:49 Starship Troopers Extermination
39:00 Sony, Google, Epic, Microsoft, and Activision In-Fighting
50:56 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
There's actually quite a few MMORPGs on the horizon... and not all of them are looking terrible. We'll talk about Blue Protocol, ArcheAge 2, a potential Horizon-based MMORPG, and a few more before looking at Dual Universe and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Finally, we'll chat about Blizzard, Riot, and China! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:40 Upcoming MMORPGs (Blue Protocol, ArcheAge 2, and More)
46:14 Blizzard in China, Riot Back to China, and More
43:30 Kakao Games' Difficult Third Quarter
54:44 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
MMORPG teams invest in a lot of resources to get a game up and running, let alone popular. But should they really invest in endgame difficult content when it's a low percentage of players who participate? Path of Exile is adding "Ruthless" mode in this same spirit, Activision may end up getting sued by a hotel of their inclusion in Call of Duty under a different name, and Kakao Games had one rough quarter...will upcoming titles turn the tide? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:42 Path of Exile's Ruthless Mode And MMORPGs Investing In Difficulty
30:50 Oddball Gaming News (Hotel May Sue Activision and more)
43:30 Kakao Games' Difficult Third Quarter
51:54 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We've got a special guest this week who just cannot WAIT to talk about Overwatch 2 and some of the things he meant to mention in our First Look video. Just how bad is the game? We'll also look at how awesome Redfall COULD be, what Blizzard is accused of now, details on Xbox wanting its own Genshin Impact title, and play a round of "Real or Fake Steam Reviews!" All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
01:36 Real or Fake Steam Reviews
17:53 Gaming Tidbits (Redfall, Blizzard, and more)
37:45 Overwatch 2 Mini-Review
54:59 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
There are a ton of games that JUST came our (Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed) or coming soon like Warhammer 40K: Darktide and The First Descendant...and let's not leave out World of Warcraft Dragonflight! We'll look at all of them, talk about if MMORPG events even matter, and run through dumb news from PlayStation and Blizzard and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:55 Games Coming (First Descendant, WH: Darktide, WoW Dragonflight, and some Ghostbusters)
35:19 Do MMORPG Events Even Matter To You?
43:55 Dumb Gaming News (PlayStation Showcase, Blizzard, And Fault Closing)
54:42 Another New MMORPG In Development
52:21 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Every time Blizzard does something good they have to run out and do at least 5 other things to make sure you know they are still terrible...and that doesn't even mention how bad the Overwatch 2 launch disaster has been so far. We'll go through that, MY.GAMES being sold, a new MMORPG in development, and we wonder if you've ever left an MMO you love. All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:23 Leaving an MMORPG You Love
19:29 Blizzard's Mess And Overwatch 2's Launch
43:05 Unexpected News And Fun News (MY.GAMES and Ultima Online)
54:42 Another New MMORPG In Development
59:15 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
A lot of news this week just makes you sit back and laugh... like Skull and Bones being delayed for the 5th time, like Stadia closing after saying they weren't, and Overwatch 2 looking to do branding collaborations. Other news was interesting for some upcoming games like Throne and Liberty and Earth From Another Sun (although blockchain could kill that one). We'll go through all of it then play a round of "Real or Fake Steam Reviews"! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
06:31 "HAHA" News (Skull and Bones, Stadia, Overwatch, and more)
42:20 Upcoming Titles (Throne and Liberty and Earth From Another Sun)
54:03 Real or Fake Steam Reviews
01:06:40 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Yeah the Ashfall MMORPG sounds like a slam dunk conceptually on paper, but MAN did that reveal look ROUGH...and the game has been met with a bit of controversy over its already generic title. We'll stop by Blizzard and see who is leaving both Overwatch and Hearthstone, look at Destiny 2 creators at Bungie getting countersued, and laugh at Battlefield being gleeful at the Call of Duty concerns on console! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
09:22 Ashfall's Reveal Looks ROUGH
31:20 Interesting Industry News (Blizzard Departures, Bungie Lawsuits, and More)
50:50 Battlefield Likes CoD Troubles
52:58 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
There's a LOT to catch up on this week with everyone's streams and TGS 2022! We start with looking at a number of titles that are coming and going including Eville, Marvel SNAP, ArcheAge 2, and more. We'll then shift gears to look at Exoprimal and a few other TGS 2022 games and wrap up with dumb GameStop news. Hell, we'll even throw in an update on Overwatch 2's battle pass and Ubisoft Forward! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
01:54 Games Coming And Going (ArcheAge 2, Eville, Fractured Online, Marvel SNAP, and more)
40:45 Overwatch 2 Battle Pass Confirmation and Thoughts
50:35 A look at TGS 2022 So Far (PalWorld, Exoprimal, and NARAKA: Bladepoint)
56:38 Dumb News From GameStop
01:06:44 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Elyon gave players a new class... just to announce they are shutting down, Blizzard has the Overwatch 2 battle pass and the fact it locks heroes in it leaked (but don't worry you can grind for them...), Randy Pitchford is selling his used shirts, and well... there's a LOT of "OOF" news this week! We cap it all off with our thoughts from our DreamWorld interview with CEO Garrison Bellack! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:44 "OOF" Gaming News (Elyon, Overwatch 2, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, Randy Pitchford, and more)
40:55 New Games To Look At (Monstrum II , Galahad 3093, and Infinity Wars)
51:07 DreamWorld Interview Recap and Thoughts
01:01:20 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
DreamWorld, that KickStater MMORPG that had...let's just say a ton of allegations made against it...prepares for early access and we review their plans and their past. We'll look at good gaming news from Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed and New World (according to Troy), and dumb gaming news from Diablo Immortal, Bless Unleashed, and more! Finally we'll play another round of "Real or Fake Gaming Headlines"! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:09 Good And Dumb Gaming News (Bless Unleashed, New World, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, Diablo Immortal, Fortnite, Elder Scrolls Online, and a few other small bits)
34:45 Real or Fake Gaming News Headlines
46:28 DreamWorld's Early Access Plans
57:51 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We've played through most of the FFXIV patch 6.2 content so now it's time to give you our (spoiler free) review! How was the MSQ? The dungeon? The Trial? Island Sanctuary? We review it all! After that we travel through what multiplayer games were on offer at Gamescom and pin our early favorites and then finally marvel at just how badly Blizzard is screwing with Hearthstone players...over money, of course. All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:55 FFXIV's Patch 6.2 Review
32:30 Multiplayer Games at Gamescom
49:33 WTH Is Blizzard Doing to Hearthstone?
59:13 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Embracer Group is at it again buying up a few game companies and taking the Lord of the Rings IP with it. Could that mean a different future of LOTRO or a different MMORPG? That's not all though as Quakecon reveals new details for multiple titles and we're doing a deep dive into Redfall to see if the upcoming open world vampire title piques our interest. Finally we talk the future of multiplayer games and look at a few new releases coming to the MMO world in the coming weeks! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:43 Unplanned Topic (Embracer Buys LOTR And Others)
11:06 Quakecon's Redfall Panel And New Details
25:12 The Future of Online Gamine According to YoshiP
34:01 New MMORPG Releases (GW2 on Steam, Fractured Online, Dual Universe, Dragonflight, and more!)
55:19 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
There are even more delayed games moving into 2023 as Arc Raiders and Nightingale push into next year, but we've got a few new releases to talk about including Tower of Fantasy and Rumbleverse. Before we get to those, though, we take a look at our current thoughts on Ashes of Creation, laugh at Sony and Xbox fighting, roll our eyes at some other stories, and let you know about new columns on MMOBomb.com! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:20 Unplanned Topic (Ashes of Creation Thoughts)
16:29 Sony & Xbox Fighting, Esports Crappy News, And Losing Lawsuits by not playing CoD
42:21 Delays and Releases (Arc Raiders, Nightingale, Tower of Fantasy, and Rumbleverse)
01:00:17 New MMOBomb Columns and Features
01:04:40 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
This week Sony started crying to regulators that if Call of Duty became Xbox exclusive it would sway console sales, Xbox said Blizzard didn't make any "must have" titles, Ghostcrawler explained why the League of Legends MMO was revealed so early, and Hi-Rez wants some of that brawler game action with their upcoming title DKO (based in the SMITE world)! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:52 Riot's League of Legends MMO and Blizzard News
44:48 DKO from Hi-Rez
49:14 Sony Thinks Call of Duty would Sway Console Sales
58:12 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
If Minecraft says no to NFTs, an NFT company just decided to make their own Minecraft! On top of that there's a ton of industry news this week as Riot's harassment settlement is finalized, Bungie reduces communication due to threats, Evil Dead: The Game gets a First Look review, Exoprimal looks like stupid fun, and some GREAT Pantheon MMORPG feedback is read from viewers! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:58 Industry News (Riot, Bungie, Ubisoft, NFT Worlds, and More)
34:05 Upcoming Games (Exoprimal, Tower of Fantasy, Skull and Bones, and More)
42:27 Evil Dead First Look Thoughts
45:50 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinions, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
TennoCon was a hell of a show this year. Warframe fans got new on the Duviri Paradox and the next update and Digital Extremes announced a whole new MMORPG in Soulframe. We'll look at that and dive into our thoughts on Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and if it'll deliver...or even actually release. To cap it off we've got some fine NFT news as Minecraft says "no" to them and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:45 Warframe and Soulframe
26:58 Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen MMO
39:30 Miscellaneous News Including Minecraft
52:00 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Doing the show a day early instead of cancelling and today we'll look at both Tower of Fantasy and Blue Protocol and decide which we are more interested in, look at Shadow Arena closing and Heroes of the Storm headed to maintenance mode, see how Aion decided to balance PvP a decade late...and quiz the team with some gaming headlines...but not all of them are real. All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:36 Games Coming And Going (Tower of Fantasy, Blue Protocol, Heroes of the Storm and more!)
36:41 Aion Balances PvP...A Decade Late...And in a Weird Way
42:38 Evil Dead: The Game And Real or Fake Gaming News Headlines
56:20 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The FFXIV Live Letter dropped a ton of information about patch 6.2 including Island Sanctuary details, new dungeon modes, story, raids, and so much more so we'll review it all...then we'll talk about a certain FFXIV billboard making the rounds. On top of that, Ubisoft finally revealed Skull and Bones and we'll give our early takes on this $70 title coming in November before wrapping up with dumb news about Riot Games making a price increase and other dumb things! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:46 FFXIV Live Letter Review...and Billboards...
45:50 Skull and Bones Early Thoughts
55:25 Dumb News (Riot Raising Prices, Ubisoft shutting down servers, and more)
01:02:11 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Seriously... is Blizzard just too far gone at this point? They make some more self-inflicted wounds this week and some of them could result in Diablo Immortal not being released in China. XBox Games leaders also say there's no crunch at Bethesda following Kotaku's Fallout 76 reporting, and Lost Ark backtracks on a cash shop item they had planned coming to the western version of the game due to player feedback! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
06:37 WTF Blizzard?
34:14 Call Us Skeptical (Bethesda Crunch and more)
43:02 Good Idea/Bad Idea? (Epic Games Review policies, Lost Ark Item Removal, and more)
54:45 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The reveals just kept coming from all angles this week so we'll peek at a few of the ones we're really interested in like the upcoming MMORPG Starkeepers, Capcom's Exoprimal, Resident Evil: ReVerse, Overwatch 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and MANY more. We'll then move over to 343 Studios making a dumb mistake and Activision clearing itself before wrapping up with a neat Game Pass x Riot Games promotion! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:59 Games Coming and Going (Exoprimal, Starkeepers, ReVerse, and MANY More!)
36:31 Industry News (AKA Self Inflicted Wounds)
58:48 Cool Game Pass Additions
01:00:17 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Summer Game Fest is already underway so we'll stop by the keynote opening ceremony and look at all the multiplayer games that were announced. While we're there we'll talk about some of our favorites and rate the entire show! When we're done there, there's a lot of gaming news this week that all starts with "Apparently..." and we work our way through the entire list! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:23 Summer Game Fest Multiplayer Games Reactions (Outriders, Darktide, Stormgate, and More)
33:11 News That Starts with "Apparently"
57:48 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
In a few days we'll be diving into patch 6.15 in FFXIV so we'll take a peek at what to expect, talk about Sony's State of Play, chat about games that are coming soon and games that aren't coming at all, and finally give our final thoughts on Roller Champions and our first thoughts on LEAP! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:05 Games Coming and Going
25:23 FFXIV News and Patch 6.15
35:39 Roller Champions and LEAP First Look Preview Thoughts
42:00 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
This week didn't feature any mega blockbusting multiplayer gaming news...but it sure did feature a lot of little news bits worth chatting about. Sadly, a lot of those news bit were very dumb things like adding NFTs to a dying game, cancelling a Marvel project, and other stupid things. We also look at collecting games and Wilfredo's new video series! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:31 Multiplayer Gaming News of the Stupid (Riders of Icarus, Daybreak's Marvel MMO, & More)
33:25 Gotta Catch Em All (PalWorld and TemTem)
39:33 Wilfredo's New Series (Star Trek Online)
49:22 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
There are a LOT of multiplayer games coming out now (and on the horizon) and we're taking a look a bunch of them including MultiVersus, Marvel SNAP, Roller Champions, Fall Guys going F2P, and others. Then we'll look at weird news including a Hearthstone lawsuit and finish up with a V Rising initial review! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:42 Upcoming Games (MultiVersus, Marvel SNAP, Roller Champions, and More)
34:36 Odd News (Fortnite Creation, Suing Hearthstone, and More)
48:56 V Rising First Look Review
55:36 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
A long smoldering fire erupted into a blaze this week as FFXIV's "don't ask, don't tell" attitude towards addons came to a head in the recent world first race. EA, Konami, and Nexon released financials, PSO2 celebrates a birthday, Rocket League adds voice chat back in, and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:30 FFXIV's Addon Woes
33:10 Financial Surprises (Apex Legends, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Nexon)
40:03 Rapid Fire News (Rocket League Voice Chat, PSO2's Birthday, and More!)
52:43 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
There's lots of courtroom drama going on in the world of gaming and we'll review that, take a look at the future of Marvel's Avengers and Legends of Aria, glance at mobile games and get YOUR feedback on the good ones, review Space Punks...and a LOT more on a jam packed show! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:53 Are These Games Dead Now Or Can They Be Saved? (Marvel's Avengers, Legends of Aria, and more)
32:18 See You In Court!
44:04 Mobile Stuff And Space Punks First Look Review
58:30 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We now know a bit about what Blizzard has in store for World of Warcraft's Dragonflight expansion, but can it deliver to people feeling burnt by previous decisions? After that we'll chat about the rumor that Zenimax is working on a Mandalorian MMORPG and shake our head at FFXIV's housing situation. All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:07 World of Warcraft Dragonflight Thoughts
33:24 Is Zenimax Working on a Star Wars MMORPG?
47:51 FFXIV Housing Nightmare
52:37 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Is the Governor of California on the side of Activision? Is Richard Garriott's new studio going to be worth a damn? Is boosting in MMOs a good thing or a bad thing? What's Midnight Ghost Hunt like? As we welcome a new host, we answer all of these questions and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
12:44 Rapid Fire News
40:22 How Do You Feel About Boosting in MMOs?
49:18 First Look Review of Midnight Ghost Hunt
54:37 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Time to welcome our first of two new staff to the show as we look at a few upcoming (or recently released) titles like Ubisoft's Pathfinder and Black Desert's new expansion, chat about Blizzard leaking its own expansion name and eFootball's continued failures, and applaud Wargaming for moving their operations! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:34 Interested in These Upcoming or Recent Releases? (Black Desert Eternal Winter, Pathfinder, and more)
24:27 Rolling Our Eyes (Blizzard, eFootball, and more)
35:35 Wargaming's Big Move
39:25 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Today's show marks Jason Winter's departure as a regular host as he leaves MMOBomb (don't worry, he'll still guest host) so we take the opportunity to lay out our favorite and least favorite companies and moments in our own content creation histories. We'll also pass judgement on Rift, Vanguard, and Amazon Games Studio and review Sony's answer to Game Pass! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:41 Sony's "Answer" to Game Pass
23:40 Are These Things Dead? (Rift, Call of Duty Vanguard, Amazon Games as a Development House)
38:07 Reviewing Our Favorite and Least Favorite Moments in Gaming Coverage
56:06 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Has there ever been an intellectual property more suited to an asymmetric style of gameplay than Ghostbusters? We'll take a look at that, Marauders, and Fortnite's no build mode to see if we're eager to get our hands on any of them. We'll also see exactly why Storybook Brawl is getting review bombed (surprise it has to do with NFTs), and we'll review the massive dev blog posted by the Guild Wars 2 team! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:28 Upcoming Releases (Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, Marauders, and Fortnite No Build)
22:01 More NFTs Coming (Krafton/PUBG and Storybook Brawl)
31:37 Guild Wars 2's Future Plans
37:23 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
NCSoft surprised quite a few of us this week with the reveal of Throne and Liberty and Project E. How these projects have morphed and what they have planned COULD be interesting...but will NCSoft monetization shenanigans mar their release this year? We've also got quite a few betas getting ready to kick off including V Rising, Blood Hunt, and Tower of Fantasy...and we'll finish with some stupid news in multiplayer gaming! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
11:57 NCSoft's New Titles (Throne and Liberty and Project E)
29:58 Upcoming Betas (V Rising, Bloodhunt, and Tower of Fantasy)
29:53 Stupid News
50:58 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We can't go back in time in real life, but we can in the world of MMORPGs! On today's show we'll take a walk back in time and look at our favorite MMORPG titles of all time. We'll chat about what we liked, how they feel today, and examine if we could play them in their original forms if they came out today! After that, we'll catch up with Noobfridge and SWTOR before examining a number of upcoming multiplayer titles including Capcom's Exoprimal! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:07 Our Favorite MMORPGs of All Time and Could We Still Play Them?
47:10 SWTOR Legacy of the Sith Review Recap
50:46 Upcoming Titles Including Exoprimal
01:00:55 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Busy week this week with new multiplayer releases! We'll give our initial impressions of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, Swords of Legends Online's expansion and F2P launch, Babylon's Fall, and more! Then we'll turn our eyes towards some upcoming titles to see if anyone is eagerly awaiting them and roll our eyes a little at Square Enix and ArcheAge! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:25 Mini-Reviews of This Week's Releases (Fw2: End of Dragons, Babylon's Fall, and Swords of Legends Online)
37:42 Any Interest In These Upcoming Titles?
44:04 Seriously Square Enix and ArcheAge??!!
46:33 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Guess what? Bobby Kotick will make even MORE money in bonuses if he can "turn around the culture" at Activision Blizzard...and that's hot on the heels of news that Microsoft went in FAST to try and buy the company! We'll also look at The Witch Queen launch, the WoW 9.2 launch, and a slew of other MMORPG news from around the world! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:32 Microsoft, Activision Blizzard, Bethesda and More
25:31 Shroud of the Avatar, Fallen Earth, Global Agenda, and More
33:23 World of Warcraft 9.2 and Destiny 2's The Witch Queen
35:44 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We've partnered up with ArenaNet to score an AWESOME giveaway for our listeners as End of Dragons approaches in Guild Wars 2! While on the topic, we'll look at the recently announced endgame changes and the possible future of fractals and NCSoft's lackluster 4th quarter. After that, we REALLY get into a crazy story as we catch you up on how one person caused TitanReach to blow their chance at making their dream game! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:24 Guild Wars 2 Endgame Changes and a SWEET Giveaway
27:28 The Fiasco of TitanReach
40:49 Quick Hit News (Swords of Legends Online FFXIV, and Bloodhunt)
52:30 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about MMO games and multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The day has finally come and Lost Ark is set to be unleashed on the west...well, once their delay is over. We'll talk about our early impressions of the game and we've also got news that might make you happy, sad, or make your eyes roll clean out of your head. Add to that a look at some upcoming games where we'll include our thoughts on whether they are worth looking forward to or not and you've got a JAM PACKED episode! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:41 Good News, Bad News, And Eye-rolling News
20:10 Are You Interesting In These Games? (SOLO, Destiny 2, Guild Wars 2, and Evil Dead )
36:37 Lost Ark Early Impressions
52:30 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
More acquisitions hit the gaming industry as Sony picks up Bungie in a play for more live service game success! We'll also dive into WoW implementing cross-faction instances, the upcoming Guild Wars 2 End of Dragon expansion announcing its release date, and Magickmann wonders aloud if Embers Adrift can find success in this market! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:46 Sony Buys Bungie And Destiny 2 Details
19:36 Miscellaneous News (WoW Cross Faction, Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons Release, and More)
35:15 Thoughts on Embers Adrift
43:14 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
We were off last week so we run through the Microsoft purchase of Activision Blizzard and what that could mean for the future of World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and other titles. We'll also take a peek at the newly revealed Blizzard game, chat about some rumors regarding a Call of Duty Sequel, and finish it all up with some reviews of games we did First Looks for... including Troy's Mortal Online 2 First Look! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
08:01 Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard and A New Blizzard Title Revealed
27:26 Miscellaneous News (Palworld, CoD Sequel and BF2042 F2P Rumors, and More)
36:21 First Look Reviews (Mortal Online 2, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, and Rainbow 6 Extraction)
58:34 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Some changes are a'comin to a few games and some companies, but are all the changes good? On top of that, we'll take a look at Mortal Online II and LEAP as they move through to launch and testing respectively. The fun doesn't end there though as we'll laugh at LOTRO walking back some shop changes and Aion's really dumb server merge practices. All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
06:04 Good Changes/Bad Changes? (Riot Games, PUBG, and more)r
30:15 This is Dumb (Aion and Others)
40:57 Upcoming Games (Mortal Online II and LEAP)
48:48 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Welcome to 2022, gaming fans! Time to catch you up on all the news you missed while doing holiday stuff with friends and family. We've got job changes at Guild Wars 2 and Bungie, Riot moving people around and settling with the DFEH for $100 million, Roblox''s CEO being slimy, and our predictions for gaming in 2022! It is a good thing or a bad thing? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:26 Good And Bad Gaming News To Start The Year
19:03 The Legal System Keeps Turning
36:32 2021 Prediction Review and Making 2022 Multiplayer Gaming Predictions
54:33 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Time to wrap up 2021 with our final show of the year! Today we'll do a Rapid Fire news round where we hit Nexon accepting crypto, Blizzard getting a small win, Peter Molyneux's latest, Ark Survival Evolved being sued, and more...but then things turn dark. With gamigo's announcement that they will publish the Fractured MMO, all hell breaks loose. It is a good thing or a bad thing? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:53 Rapid Fire News (Nexon Crypto, NFT Games, Blizzard, Ark Survival Evolved, And More!)
31:05 Fractured's Decision to go with gamigo
52:45 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Sometimes the news just writes itself...like the case of Ark Survival Evolved going after Myth of Empires for copyright violations and New World having server issues on server merge day. On top of that, we'll talk about NFTs in gaming, The Game Awards, and review Century: Age of Ashes, the flight PvP game where you are on the back of a dragon! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:22 Can't Make This Stuff Up (Myth of Empires, New World, and NFTs)
23:15 Game Awards
33:29 Century: Age of Ashes First Look Review
40:44 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The day has come and FFXIV Endwalker is finally in early access! Although we've only been able to play for a few hours, we give you our thoughts on the early goings while we want YOUR thoughts on the expansion (or why you don't play!) for next week's show! We'll also chat about money issues for a number of companies...including falling stock prices and dumb sale decisions. All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
06:37 VERY Initial FFXIV Endwalker Impressions
16:53 Money, Money, Money (Blizz, Bungie, Daybreak, and More)
42:50 Battlefield's Shake Up
47:15 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
Halo just went ahead and yeeted itself out into the wild with a battle pass that makes progression PAINFULLY slow (they're "working on it"), Bobby Kotick finds himself in VERY hot water as the Blizzard news heats up, and what is the future of New World if Amazon Games can't get things together quickly? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
05:59 Blizzard And Bobby Kotick
23:12 New World's Rocky Future
46:32 Halo's YOLO Multiplayer Launch
56:32 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The last Live Letter is done and we were all surprised at the announcement of a delay to the release of FFXIV's Endwalker expansion, we got some more details about the MMORPG's new PvP Crystal Conflict mode, and some system details. Then we talk about PlanetSide 2's new continent and LOTRO's new expansion before wrapping up with some good changes for Ubisoft and Blizzard...but are they enough? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:01 FFXIV Delay, PvP, And Taking Time Off For Game Releases
22:05 PlanetSide 2 and LOTRO
31:13 A Good Start for Ubisoft and Blizzard, and Apple's Court Injunction Denied
43:19 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The multiplayer gaming podcast is back and the financials are in for Blizzard, EA, and Square Enix. We'll look at who won and lost on that front (and watch SE slap Marvel's Avengers) before we roll through and take a look at an upcoming MMORPG that gamigo is teasing...only to have them show up LIVE and troll us some more. We'll finish up with Lost Ark loot box talk and your weekly bombs! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:01 Financials And EA Thinks You're Dumb
35:52 Gamigo's Upcoming Mystery MMORPG
41:07 Lost Ark and Lootboxes
49:24 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The multiplayer gaming podcast is back and we're bringing you all the latest updates regarding Blizzard's future, FFXIV's RMT and TOS updates aimed at the Party Finder, we take a look at some V Rising gameplay, examine new details regarding Lost Ark's payment model, and wonder what a Warner Bros. brawler game would look like! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
04:17 Blizzard Updates
21:31 FFXIV RMT Update And A Warner Bros. Brawler?
32:27 Lost Ark Payment Model and V Rising Gameplay
38:52 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb) / Question of the Week
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The multiplayer gaming podcast is back and this week starts off with our early reviews of the newly launched F2P MMORPG Elyon. We then head down the dark path of Destiny 2's terrible decision to lock dungeons behind upgraded editions of the Witch Queen expansion and finish off with quick-hit news from FFXIV, Blizzard, and Steam! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:40 Our Elyon Early Impressions
31:01 Bungie Screws Up With Destiny 2 Payment Models
42:45 Quick Hit News (FFXIV, Blizzard, and Steam)
52:10 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The multiplayer gaming podcast is back and this week we lead of with Twitch being hacked and payout totals revealed, Ubisoft's plan to release yet another free-to-play battle royale, Valve refunding Dota International tickets, Sora coming to Smash, and a look at the Mad King's event in Guild Wars 2! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:02 Twitch, Ubisoft, Dota, and More (And some New World)
26:38 Sora in Smash and Nickelodeon's Brawling title releases
31:37 Mad King Event Main Event Fight!
36:35 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
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The multiplayer gaming podcast is back and on this week's Always Online episode we run down the Job Actions trailer and Live Letter details for FFXIV, talk about Blizzard's compounding legal issues and Fortnite not coming back to iOS anytime soon, and finally the Pokemon TCG! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
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Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:45 New World Week 1 Review
45:07 Blizzard's BS EEOC Settlement
48:43 Bungie's Diversity Plans
51:15 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinions, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The multiplayer gaming podcast is back and on this week's Always Online episode we run down the Job Actions trailer and Live Letter details for FFXIV, talk about Blizzard's compounding legal issues and Fortnite not coming back to iOS anytime soon, and finally the Pokemon TCG! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
03:23 FFXIV Live Letter / Job Actions Reactions
25:47 Legal Troubles For Blizzard and Apple Tells Epic to Shove Off
39:38 Digital Pokemon TCG
44:55 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinions, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure, and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
On this week's show, Blizzard seems focused on the wrong things right now, there's news from Epic, Splitgate, and Funcom that makes you say, "Wow", and finally we cover some MMOS out of nowhere! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
02:14 Blizzard Seems Focused on the Wrong Things Right Now
18:59 News that Makes You Say "Wow" (Splitgate, Funcom, and Epic Games)
34:45 MMOS Out Of Nowhere (Into the Echo, Bitcraft, V Rising, and More)
47:33 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of www.MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
On this week's show, Epic wins over Apple in court...so what exactly does that mean long-term? After that we'll talk about Elyon being delayed and going F2P, review some good ideas/bad ideas, and the cap it off with a Bloodhunt review and your weekly bombs! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
Discussion Timestamps:
00:00 Show Intro
01:56 Epic Wins Over Apple and Elyon Going F2P
18:47 Good Idea/Bad Idea (including PSO2 toxicity bans)
35:44 First Look Review for Bloodhunt
40:29 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover. Always Online (formerly the Free-To-Play Cast) is the official podcast (and videocast) of www.MMOBomb.com about multiplayer online games. Always Online takes on the week's biggest news with plenty of opinion, weekly bombs, community feedback, guests, laughs thrown in for good measure and much more. Have fun and expect a new episode next week!
The evolution of the Free to Play Cast is here! On this week's show, the shackles of F2P only are gone and we take full advantage diving into our review of Aliens: Fireteam Elite, talking about our renewed interest in DokeV, and dumb things CEOs have done. F2P isn't all gone though as we also find time to chat about Lost Ark's delay and more! All that and more on this week's Always Online!
If you have submissions for the show's Weekly Bombs, have questions for the panel (nothing is off limits!), or just ideas for what you want covered you can now send them to magicman@mmobomb.com. You can also be a guest in the show, just send us why you want to host, and what topic or game you would like to cover.
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