A potential new MMO kid on the block for 2009 is Gatheryn, the first title under development by San Francisco based MindFuse Games. They state that genre-wise, Gatheryn is "very steampunk-ish, with a deep story and setting reminiscent of the Victorian period." Although it's an immersive MMO, MindFuse see Gatheryn's key difference as its casual gaming focus rather than … [Read more...] about Gatheryn – MMO / casual world hybrid
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Metaplace: beta impressions
We first mentioned Metaplace over a year ago, and that year has been spent working toward a public beta. In the past week I received a beta invite and I've spent a number of hours using Metaplace. Overall, this is one impressive virtual world platform with enormous potential. It makes offerings like Google Lively seem just a little underdone to say the least. My impressions … [Read more...] about Metaplace: beta impressions
Openlife sees benefit of Linden Lab price rise
The past 48 hours have been fascinating to observe. Since the announcement by Linden Lab of price rises for OpenSpaces sims in Second Life, there have been protests, petitions and the odd paragraph of doom-saying. It's been one of the larger resident backlashes since the gambling and banking bans, and some are voting with their feet already. Bettina Tizzy has reported on a … [Read more...] about Openlife sees benefit of Linden Lab price rise
The most successful virtual world: Nintendo Wii
Here's an astounding statistic: nearly 36 million Nintendo Wii consoles have been sold, and that's a conservative figure. The Wii is streets ahead of the Sony Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360, and is likely to eclipse behemoths like the Playstation 2 - Sony have shifted nearly 120 million of those but the Wii is at a much earlier stage in its lifecycle than the moribund PS2. … [Read more...] about The most successful virtual world: Nintendo Wii
Twinity passes 50K beta users
According to the indefatigable Andrew Peters, mirror world Twinity has reached the landmark of fifty thousand beta users. That's certainly a good critical mass of users, and it comes on top of a big week for Twinity. The Singapore Government has awarded funding via its Media Development Office to Twinity developers Metaversum. The funds are to create a virtual Singapore with … [Read more...] about Twinity passes 50K beta users