Sleepy Gamers

There is a shocking lack of MMORPG titles on the big three consoles, leaving many gamers wondering why. The main issues companies have with massive online titles are its cost, risk and practicality.

The mmorpg genre has been dominated mainly by World of Warcraft for years now. So much that many competitors generally will not even try and set the bar anymore, they will simply try and recreate the game in a different style, seeing how well it works. However, many developers and video game designers have it wrong, this is not the right way to go about it. There are many gamers aching to voice their opinions on the state of mmorpg’s, and here is what I would like to see more of in an mmorpg.

Taking possible inspiration from many of the popular first person shooters on the market, ArenaNet will be introducing the “down state” feature in Guild Wars 2, changing the players conception of death within an MMO. Your character will continue fighting after he or she dies.

Realtime Worlds’ founder, Dave Jones, speaks out about the subscription plan for APB as well as how practical it can be.

The mmorpg video game genre is becoming over saturated with highly generalized games, that share the same features as every other game out there but with a twist in style or delivery. However, with the trends of the current releases on the market, it is clear what the future of the mmorpg genre will be.

Square Enix has now begun the application process for the latest installment into the popular franchise, Final Fantasy XIV, appearing both on the PC and PlayStation 3 as a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.