Were the old role play games ever that popular? I get an image of a group of people sitting in a darkened room, rolling their 20-sided dice and play-acting their characters as they venture through an imaginary world together.
I know it went on, and still does in fact, but was it something that millions of people took part in on a daily basis? How, then, have MMORPGs become what they are today, and what will they become in the future?
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."
HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."
Can't wait for the VR games that you can plug yourself into and really forget the world for a few hours. Bring it on!
They'll become bigger, more accessible and thus more profitable. All the MMO world needs is a worthy successor to WoW.
People will forget to eat if they get that immersed into a VR.
I think it's interesting that this comparatively small minority of Pen & Paper RPG players actually design the mass-player RPGs of the PC :)