One of the most significant challenges in designing a game is deciding whether to cater to the hardcore gamers or the casual ones. Trying to accommodate both typically weakens the entire experience, so developers will typically choose one camp or the other...not so with Nival's ambitious new MMO Prime World, which attempts to bridge that gap. At E3, I had a chance to give the game a spin with some other members of the media, as well as some of the dev team, and think they could be on the right track.

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