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!