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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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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! Also visit us at https://www.mmobomb.com 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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.com Discussion Timestamps: 00:00 Show Intro 11:55 Catching Up With Past Hosts 33:41 The Biggest Gaming News of 2023 01:03:43 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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.com Discussion Timestamps: 00:00 Show Intro 04:36 Pantheon NDA, Fractured Online Sales, And AIKA Online Returns 26:28 Guild Wars 2 Selling Hero Points 42:06 Rapid Fire News 52:08 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 [email protected]. 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.com Discussion Timestamps: 00:00 Show Intro 02:16 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 Update 01:00:26 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!

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.com Discussion Timestamps: 00:00 Show Intro 02:08 Weird News Week (OWL Closing, Digital Extremes and Wayfinder, Tarisland, and More!) 35:50 Initial Reveal Stream for Ghostcrawler's "Ghost" MMO 50:40 Did BlizzCon deliver like it needed to? 01:01:20 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!