Always Online Podcast: Throne And Liberty Update, Gearbox, xDefiant & Runescape Changes, & Dauntless CEO Steps Down Ep 489

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 F2P, 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!

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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

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