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!