BtRL is pretty much dead.  Diaspora is the game you want to be checking out.  A lot of the core BtRL team left due to creative differences, and they created Diaspora, and managed to snag some more team members to help out.  Diaspora is looking pretty good, and is well on its way to being far better than BtRL.

Two links for Diaspora.

Web Page.

Forums.

Oh snap! Thanks for reminding me Spardason! I forgot all about Diaspora. I don't know how I can live with myself.

They'd better release their Release 1 or whatever soon. I'm dying to fly a Viper.

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(it's a cylon raider. Dur.)

Dragon Age, if the promises of being close to BG are true.

Starcraft II

and I'm getting a little bit intrigued for Champions Online

I am actually looking forward to the Sims 3 expansion packs.  Wow is this a load of fun.  Never played the series and it exceeded my preconceived notions about it.  After hours of killing stuff in RPG's and strategy games nice to take some time and build houses, landscaping, and micromanaging folks lives! Guess I'm getting a bit soft, although Sims 3 plays like a RTS/RPG in some aspects.

Too many good games to play right now (Demigod, Sins of a Solar Empire, my continued addiction to Lord of the Rings Online, which is patching up to Book 8 as I write this).

Don't know when, but Elder Scrolls V as well