Challenges to the dominance of World of Warcraft over online games and gamers look set to emerge in 2008.
So say industry watchers looking back on a year in which the field as a whole matured and signs emerged which show how the industry sector is developing.
During the year Blizzard's flagship title consolidated its hold on gamers as its subscriber base kept growing.
But debuts by Age of Conan, Warhammer Online and many others may mean that hold begins to weaken.
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