Troy Blackburn takes us into the world of Last Man Standing, the free-to-play shooter from Free Reign Entertainment.
Free to Play Cast: MMOs, Controllers, and Consoles: Who is the Last Man Standing? Ep 216
On this week's show we learn that Zach loves Last Man Standing, controllers and some MMOs may just go together, and Guild Wars 2 and ESL are parting ways. All that and more on this week's Free to Play Cast!
Discussion Timestamps:
02:38 Last Man Standing/MMOs on Consoles
29:59 Our MMO Gripes
38:00 GW2 Leaves ESL
39:45 Weekly Bombs (DA-Bomb / A-Bomb)
50:06 Questions and Answers of the Week
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