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F2P Cast: Nine Show Hosts From Present And Past, All Time F2P Favorites, And Lineage W Ep 400
On this week's show, we make it to episode 400 of the Free to Play Cast and we bring in NINE hosts to celebrate!...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoF2P Cast: Blade & Soul UE4, Astellia Dies, Krafton's IPO Flop, And Google Tried Buying Epic? Ep 399
On this week's show, the financials are in for many companies and Q2 looks a bit like it did last year...with some surprising swaps, but losing $40 million on bitcoin hurts, Krafton's IPO isn't the success they had hoped for, ...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoF2P Cast: Nexon's Project Magnum And Other Games, Brack Leaves Blizzard, And We Crown A Champ Ep 398
On this week's show, our Bless Unleashed interview is back and while you may not like some of the answers they are at least direct answers.
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoF2P Cast: GW2 End Of Dragons, Bless Unleashed Founder's Packs, And A Free FIFA Or PUBG? Ep 397
On this week's show, it's time to get some more info, dates, and pricing on the upcoming Guild Wars 2 expansion End of Dragons, we add two more F2P rumors to the fire pit, laugh at Bless Unleashed having PC Founder's Packs, an...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoF2P Cast: Project Magnum & XDefiant Revealed, Yu-Gi-Oh! PC Version Teased And Lineage II Solo Ep 396
On this week's show, Ubisoft unveils xDefiant (the dumbest name ever), Konami shows off the new free eFootball and teases a Yu-Gi-Oh!...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoF2P Cast: Ninja in Raid Game, SWTOR Combat Styles, PoE Battle Royale, And WTF Is Space Punks? Ep 395
On this week's show, Path of Exile is revamping some systems, swooping in with new content soon, and battle royale is back.
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoF2P Cast: Fortnite is "Blasphemous", Choose Your Lost Ark Class, And Could PES 2022 Be F2P? Ep 394
On this week's show, a giant slime clogs the doors of miHoYo, hackers target Apex Legends, Fortnite is deemed blasphemous in Indonesia, and PES 2022 could go free but what would that look like?...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoF2P Cast: Open Betas Are A Joke, Bloodhunt Impressions, And Adding Ads To F2P And B2P Games Ep 393
On this week's show, the rants are all over the place as Open Beta means nothing when Magic: Legends gets shut down for not earning enough revenue in open beta, Bloodhunt kicks off a technical alpha and we check out the game t...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoFree to Play Cast: Best F2P Game Tourney, Aion Classic, And Valorant Pros Fixed Matches Ep 392
On this week's show, we check in with our Best F2P in Quarantine tournament and see where your votes are taking things headed into round 2, review NCSoft's lawsuit against Webzen for mobile game IP infringement, talk about Val...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoFree to Play Cast: Halo Infinite's Free Multiplayer, E3 Reviewed, And TMNT In Brawlhalla! Ep 391
On this week's show, E3 2021 is a wrap and we're breaking down all of the announcements made on the free-to-play front (and awarding our personal "Best in Show" awards to companies), Halo Infinite may just be doing the best th...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoFree to Play Cast: Lost Ark Hype, PSO2: New Genesis Launch Review, And Vampire Battle Royales Ep 390
On this week's show, Amazon confirms Lost Ark is coming this year in the west and we're pretty excited as technical alpha starts, PSO2: New Genesis is out and we've had some hands on time to gather our initial thoughts, Blood ...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoFree to Play Cast: Neverwinter Bards, PSO2 New Genesis Launch Prep, And Bomberman Woes Ep 389
On this week's show, we're giving away Neverwinter swag on stream while we chat about the new bard class coming next week, we prep for PSO2: New Genesis launch and Q gets ready for Genshin Impact 1.6, and we review a few First...
By Michael Byrne - 1 year agoFree to Play Cast F2P Gaming Jeopardy, New Genesis Benchmark, And Next Week's Stream Giveaway Ep 388
On this week's show, it's a battle of the titans as Jason Winter and Zach Sharpes square off in an new and improved version of MMOBomb Jeopardy!...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Free Guild Wars 2 Season, Dauntless, Magic: Legends, And Is OG PSO2 Dying? Ep 387
On this week's show, we chat about GW2 giving away free seasons ahead of the expansion announcement, look at Causa and review it, laugh at Jason getting his ass kicked by Dauntless's new behemoth, dive into chat about the PSO2...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Troy Plays Bless Unleashed, Path of Exile & Destiny Screw Up Monetization Ep 386
On this week's show, Tory played Bless Unleashed but has he changed his mind on the franchise, Path of Exile decided that cursors would be a great monetizing tool, Destiny 2 wildly screws up transmogs, and Phantasy Star Online...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: ArcheAge 2, F2P Division Title, Scavengers, And Epic Vs Apple Court Chaos Ep 385
On this week's show, the Epic vs Apple court case has spiraled out of control as it kicked oof and accidentally disclosed a lot of private information and details, ArcheAge 2 is coming in 2024, Ubisoft is working on a F2P Divi...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: MMO Jeopardy, Scavengers Early Access, Gw2 XPac, And Riot Games Takedowns Ep 384
On this week's show, it's a slower news week so we chat about Riot Games taking down a fan game, Scavengers going into early access, and then the REAL fun begins as Magickmann tosses Troy and Wilfredo into a battle in MMO Jeop...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: LOTRO's 14th Birthday, Amazon Kills LOTR MMO, And PSO2: NG Coming In June! Ep 383
On this week's show, there are quite a few games coming soon (including PSO2: New Genesis) but the Amazon LOTR MMO isn't one of them anymore, LOTRO gets a 14th birthday and a Bilbo Baggins event, and the Dota documentary comes...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Epic's Long Game With EGS, XBox F2P Getting Easier, And TF2 Bots Are Nuts Ep 382
On this week's show, we look at the long term financial gamble that Epic Games is jumping into with the Epi Games Store, talk about XBox Gold which will soon be a thing of the past for F2P games, and then wonder what Valve wil...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Path of Exile 2 Stream, Lootbox Studies, And Super Mecha Bad Monetization Ep 381
On this week's show, Path of Exile 2 is on the move but won't be here until next year while the original gets a new league, Super Mecha Champions is a "could be good" game ruined by lazy development and horrid monetization, an...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Spending $3.5M On Lineage M, Magic: Legends Changes Start, And Hearthstone Ep 380
On this week's show, Hearthstone launches a new expansion and it draws some of us back in, Magic: Legends starts making changes...starting with the Assassin class, Lineage M makes a big spender quite angry, and Core gets a $10...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Magic: Legends Initial Reviews, MMO Birthdays, And Infinite Fleet Thoughts Ep 379
On this week's show, Magic: Legends is now in open beta and all three of our hosts have early thoughts as they start to review the game, multiple MMOs are having birthdays right now, and we cast a look at Infinite Fleet and wo...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Our LEAST Favorite F2P Games Ever, Magic: Legends Preview, And PSO2: NG Ep 378
On this week's show, we do an in-depth preview of Magic: Legends and Centiry: Age of Ashes, talk about the latest PSO2 New Genesis Prologue 2 stream, look at Alienware leaving its Riot partnership, and chat about our least fav...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: Our Favorite F2P Games Of All Time, MiHoYo Implants, And Roblox Billions Ep 377
On this week's show, wait...Roblox is worth how much?...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoFree to Play Cast: F2P Fall Guys, Roblox Gets Creative, Artifact Dies, And Blade & Soul UE4 Ep 376
On this week's show, Roblox would like to add older players to their roster but Core is coming in trying to take them, Blade & Soul Unreal Engine 4 version is still a thing and coming soon to Korea, and could Fall Guys go Free...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoF2P Cast: Gamigo Kills Defiance and Other Titles, Genshin Impact And Chicken Wings, And A LoL MMORPG Ep 375
On this week's show, it's a busy week as gamigo swings the ax and cancels at least 4 currently running titles, including Defiance and Defiance 2050.
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoF2P Cast: Genshin Impact Stuff, Warner Bros. Making A Game, More Games Closing, And When To Quit A Game Ep 374
On this week's show, we open a Genshin Impact Box, take a look at when it might be time to quit your favorite game, talk about Hi-Rez working on a game or two...and maybe a new company, and then shake our heads at Epic Games s...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoF2P Cast: Chroma F2P CCG, Apex Legends Doing Well, JAGEX Ownership, And Games Closing Ep 373
On this week's show, Chroma is front and center in our First Look review, JAGEX ownership still seems to spark debate, LOTRO messes up again, Battleborn officially closes, and EA is making a killing on Apex Legends!...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoF2P Cast: Magic: Legends Preview Thoughts, PSO2 New Genesis Gameplay, And XBox Gold Leaves F2P Soon! Ep 372
On this week's show, we'll take you in-depth with our thoughts on Magic: Legends as the countdown starts now for March beta, we are amazed at Scavengers Studios and their leadership issues, we wonder who owns JAGEX now, and we...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoF2P Cast: Tencent Looking At Huge Purchase, Path Of Exile's Most Successful Xpac, And Free Rhythm Games Ep 371
On this week's show, Tencent is on the move again and could be looking to make a big purchase, Krafton (TERA) is going public, Sequence Storm brings more rhythm games to F2P, Path of Exile expansion is huge, and Paladins espor...
By Michael Byrne - 2 years ago