Shadowbane City Building

IGN PC has written an article entitled "City Building in an MMORPG", in which they describe exactly how players will go about constructing buildings and entire cities in the upcoming Shadowbane. A teaser:

    Houses and Dwellings - Shadowbane offers six basic forms of player character housing (many of which have multiple cosmetic variants), which vary in size, cost, and durability. Like other City Assets, characters must purchase a deed to build a house, and every type of housing has a maintenance cost that must be paid to keep it fully functional. Houses will serve as secure sanctums for Shadowbane characters, home bases for their quests and safe havens where they can keep the spoils of their adventures.