Of the many panels at this year's Game Developers Conference, none really stood out as so personally interesting to players as the retention panel where developers discussed some of their ideas to keep us playing their games.
One of the really strong MMO panels at GDC this year was the MMO Rention Panel with Gordon Walton and Scott Hartsman. Gordon and Scott are two of the top MMO designers in the world today and both have a wealth of knowledge on our industry, player perspectives, and overall game play with any online game. If you do not know who they are, Gordon Walton is currently working on Star Wars: The Old Republic and Scott Hartsman is working at Trion. True veterans of the industry it was no wonder they tackled the topic of keeping players in an MMO. They addressed things that worked, things that did not work and kept the crowd entertained with some of the triumphs and epic fails.
Read the GDC 2010 MMO Retention Panel
