World of Warcraft will be out soon and I can't wait to try it. Or should I be playing the hauntingly strange Ryzom? On the other hand, I always liked Anarchy Online, and they've got a "come back to AO" promotion going:

For just 4,95 USD / EUR you can log into your old account and play with
your existing* characters for 30 days. You're welcome to reactivate at
any time during the campaign period (valid one time only at 4,95).

Jut in time for the new expansion, too. All this makes me think of something. There are more and more MMORG competing for an audience that just isn't growing that much. Sure, each game has its own dedicated following, but will that be enough to keep them alive? I suspect there's a growing body of MMORG players who are drifting from game to game, trying out a new game here, going back to try out the new expansion there. I wonder if we won't see consolidation of MMORG titles in the future. Think about it for a second, if you could pay a modest set rate for a subscription to five of your favorite online games, would it be worth it? Companies might be willing to give players more games for the same money if it meant they could hold onto the subscribers in perpetuity. Playing Ryzom today of 'Age of Incredibly Improbable Realms' tomorrow would essentially be an extension of one subscription. It wouldn't be that difficult from the multiple characters most players have in the same game world today.