Dreamblade was officially discontinued as of November 30th. Having worked on the game I'm sadly not surprised. It had a decent release, but came out with a quick expansion that tanked the game. Game companies have to realize that the first expansion is still under a lot of scrutiny. Potential Player/Customers use it as a measure of how the support is going to be for the game. Even though later expansions improved, the customer/player confidence was already long gone.
LotRO is still going strong. Though the traditional MMORPG trademark of PvP is very weak in this game, other elements like housing, questing, and storyline are pinnacles of the Fantasy MMO genre.
Another MMO I like, Horizons has made yet another come back. The game now has its 4th owner but is once again enjoying strong support. I'm hoping this game and the development company can make a comeback and prove you don't always have to be new and high-tech but can build on solid gameplay and add story content, graphic updates, and new gameplay and show how a success is made.
My Wife and I still paint VOR figures and wish that game would come back. My wife painted the Razorbacks pictures and I've add a new group of blue shard that I've really enjoyed painting. Now if we only had people to play the game with!
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