A competitor for WoW...is there such a thing?

The BBC lists a few current and upcoming games which may provide the competition that WoW needs. According to the article, the MMO genre definitely needs a game that can stand up against the might of Blizzard.

With more than eight million subscribers, World of Warcraft dominates the online gaming market but some strong rivals are gearing up to take it on.

Gaute Godoger, game director at Funcom, said succeeding was important for the health of the online gaming world.

"The industry so needs competition to World of Warcraft," he said. "We need other strong games that can make people understand that there's more to it than WoW."

Read the entire article here.