New games, new monetization plans, and more this past week!
By Marlowe Ethos -
Always Online Podcast: Warcraft Adds Duty Support But Why Are Pantheon & Ubisoft Dropping Things? Ep 497
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!
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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
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