MMORLY? This brand-new MMORPG has a very loose storyline, as the emphasis in this game is on whatever you want to make out of it.

We don’t tend to use the word “breathtaking” that often with MMOs, but it certainly applies here. The game is out now in Korea, and due in North America in the near future from Trion Worlds. That’s what Jake Song and XL Games have done with ArcheAge. Song was one of the creators of the NCSoft hit Lineage, although he left that company in 2003 to found XL Games which began development on ArcheAge back in 2006. So how do you stand out in this realm? One way is by making a completely gorgeous game.

Blizzard has been facing dwindling numbers as World of Warcraft has begun to show its age, and new titles like Guild Wars 2 and the upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online are all fighting for a chunk of that MMO pie. These games require massive amounts of time, energy, and money to develop their worlds, and once that is done, you face the daunting task of telling people about your title and getting some traction in a sea of other MMOs and video games. Right now, it’s a hard time to envy the life of an MMO developer.

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