MMOs.com Podcast - Episode 193: Blizzard Leak, Dumb Ads, Astellia, & More HD

Episode 193 of the MMOs.com weekly podcast! TimeStamps in Description! Download the Audio Only version at: https://soundcloud.com/mmomusic/episode-193 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30VfwWmDQxWWKhr9x0L8rh Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mmos-com/id1031799729?mt=2 TimeStamps: 0:00 Banter / Catch up 1:20 Ridiculous mobile game ads 7:12 Fire Emblem Heroes complete chinese rip off, Fire Hero Origin 10:13 Chinese fortnite, builtopia lol 12:30 a few more meme mobile ads. These ads work though. Mafia city is HUGE. #8 highest grossing mobile game in the world last month. 14:13 Blizzard Entertainment unverified leak on 4chan outlining problems in company and subscription numbers slumping. 15:38 Leaker claims WoW has less than 1 million subscribers. Subreddit data suggests this could be true. No way to know for sure though. We look at Google Trends data too. 22:41 Balancing games on high end vs overall 32:20 Elo inflation in League of Legends 37:00 SWTOR makes the game a bit more f2p. Monetizing the hot bars was stupid. 40:30 Astellia launches into closed beta. We discuss the game. 46:25 Cute outfits! 52:43 Remo rants about the state of modern MMOs and linear quest driven gameplay. 1:01:16 the birth of a new genre - auto battle games like dota auto chess / Team Fight Tactics / Dota Underlords 1:08:42 Kakao Games Black Desert data breach Support the MMOs.com Podcast! Use our Amazon Affiliate Link: https://www.amazon.com/?&tag=mmosdotcom-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=ur1&adid=0Y9MXY0HMXB9SVMQ2D7J& https://twitter.com/MMOsdotcom https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom https://www.facebook.com/mmosofficial