Going free-to-play appears to have given Sony Online Entertainment's Everquest II a new lease on life. The company is trying something new for the MMORPG genre with SOEmote, which allows players with webcams to transmit their facial expressions onto their characters. The update will also include voice filters, allowing players to sound more like they imagine their characters would sound.

It's always nice to see MMORPG developments that focus on the social and role-playing aspects of the games, so take a look at this video that demonstrates the technology: