2008 PC Gaming Industry Review: MMOs Rule.
'People laugh people cry. Some give up some will try.' It may be a vivid reflection of the PC gaming industry in the year 2008. Activision and Blizzard merged into Activision Blizzard. Sierra closed and EA massively layoff. All these signs pointed to a turning point for the whole video game industry.
San Francisco Chronicle's Christopher T. Fong reviewed the PC Gaming Industry in the past year and came to a conclusion that 'MMOs rule. PC gaming lives.'. He named the year 2008 'Year of MMOs'.
In 2008, two new titles were released for our PvP pleasure: Age of Conan and Warhammer Online. They competed for the honorary title of WoW Killer. Magnificent graphics and powerful PvP system divert players' interest for a while but, happy time didn't last long. We were already fed up with the unending bugs in the game here and there, over and over.
Fortunately, WoW released the Echoes of Doom patch in October and brought players' attention back with new features. A month later, the heavyweight expansion, Wrath of the Lich King released, with the most anticipated character class Death Knight available.
Though many MMO games tried their best and are still going to make waves, but, it seems that WoW took away all the limelight finally. 2008 is passed, and 2009 is coming. Game Industry needs a good start to get through this cold winter.
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