They actually addressed rural areas in the live stream a couple days ago. I don't remember if they said what they were gonna do but they did mention it.
I tried like a decade ago as a kid on the ds and couldn't for the life of me figure it out, about the time rise was announced a buddy got me into world and it was a great journey!
It's really whatever is new or whatever game I'm interested in for the month. The only staples I cine back to would be battlefield and FFXIV. Although the latest iteration of BF wasn't that good