Ncsoft's Richard Garriot, currently working on the highly anticipated Tabula Rasa, has today given an interview concerning the development of MMO worlds and the potential of next-gen consoles to act as a platform for the genre.
Let nostalgia take you back to the lands you once roamed until they were cruelly taken offline and away from us. MMOGames list the top 10 MMOs that died and left us with a hole in our hearts.
I agree when it comes to The Sims Online. That game was really fun and nothing has even come close to it. I still crave a new Sims with online multiplayer. Blows my mind they haven't done anything like that since The Sims Online or even The Sims Bustin' Out on PS2.
GamesRadar - You probably think online worlds shut down because no one's playing. Actually that's rarely true. Often, when servers finally wink out, there's a thriving community patiently waiting for the end and making sad faces at the sky. Most recently it was PlayStation Home, a game that no-one apparently played but which still managed to have millions of inhabitants waiting out their own personal apocalypse on the last day.
MMO-Play gathered a list of the most disappointing MMO's in the history of gaming.
I have been playing MMO's for along time now and this was one game I was not really even considering playing but after reading the interview I had to go check out more about the game. This is somehting I will have to definately check out now. Nice to see some major changes to the genre and the old level grind.
I see a genre that can relay take over. I still hype for Huxley.