...are listed here. But if you want to read the rationale behind the choices of those selected, that is the list according to Beckett Massive Online Gamer, you'll need to get their July/August 2008 issue. As a bonus, you'll also get a list of up-and-coming names that will possibly loom large in the 2008 list, along with other information about current and future MMO titles.
MMO games have proven to be the most successful virtual worlds to date, not only in terms of revenue generated, but in how they've captured the focus and time of millions of users. These games are so popular, they provide the opportunity for social uses and activities outside their intended function. I argue that any attempts to bring non-game virtual worlds more into the mainstream of the Social Web, let alone a comprehensive virtual medium, need understand and account for these social phenomena within their own solutions matrices.
MMO games have proven to be the most successful virtual worlds to date, not only in terms of revenue generated, but in how they've captured the focus and time of millions of users. These games are so popular, they provide the opportunity for social uses and activities outside their intended function. I argue that any attempts to bring non-game virtual worlds more into the mainstream of the Social Web, let alone a comprehensive virtual medium, need understand and account for these social phenomena within their own solutions matrices.
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