Archive for 'News from Other MMOs'
Second Life’s Slide vs. Everyone Else
9 months of losing ground against IMVU, TSO, World of Warcraft by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk SL web site rank falling since January – WoW, TSO & IMVU rankings rising By at least one measure, Second Life’s growth since January has not kept pace with other 3D immersive environments – including World of Warcraft, [...]
Full StoryAnshe Pays US$60,000 to Open Virtual Pawn Shop in Entropia
Land baron Anshe Chung expanded her empire today by winning one of five banking licenses in the wild and wooly virtual world of Entropia Universe, according to a late-breaking report from RCE Universe. Anshe paid PED600,000 (US$60,000, or more than L$16 million) for the right to make collateralized loans in Entropia, meaning any banks that [...]
Full StoryVirtual Worlds 2007, Report #6: Final Score, Babbage Linden 72, Everybody Else, 0
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Planets, Worlds, Universes, Multiverses, Metaverses, and Lost Socks in the Dryer During one of the panels at Virtual Worlds 2007, Michael Wilson, CEO of Makena Technologies, maker of There.com, made a number of astute and penetrating comments. Look up this guy to understand that he’s no newb. “Let me tell [...]
Full StoryGiuliani Campaign Dances Into Second Life (Sort of)
[Editor's Note: The following is an unpaid political announcement received this evening at the Herald offices from virtual political operative and Second Life resident GenJCChristian Homewood. Had I not been going about my usual duties of picking up Pixeleen's cigarette butts planning tomorrow's coverage, I might have missed it. Fortunately, we are able to bring [...]
Full StoryCan U Kaneva?
At the mall in Kaneva, this is about as risque as the public content gets in the WA. By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Worlds, Planets, Universes, Metaverses, and Virtual Estate Galaxies with NPC Land Barons So I finally get an invite to this much-anticipated Kaneva beta virtual world, even though I had only like a [...]
Full StorySony Clone: A Better Second Life?
Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Worlds, Planets, Universes, Metaverses, and Now Those Record People Have Copied Our Game, Geez Sony has just gone and cloned Second Life! OMGODZORZ even the welcome areas look like they were *lifted straight out of Ahern”. I kid you not, kids. Go check it out. I’m still absorbing the shock of [...]
Full StoryProject: Buzz Kill
by Onder Skall The BBC covered yesterday what the Herald covered last week- “Project: Top Secret” has launched in an effort to build a user-created MMO. As a trade-off for being a bit late to the party they were able to provide us with an overview of how many signups they’ve received. At this point [...]
Full StoryAlternatives To Second Life
by Onder Skall, courtesy of Second Life Games Let me start this off by stating that I have no interest in the “world vs. platform” debate. It’s boring and played out, so don’t you dare try to draw me in. What I’m trying to do here is answer the simple question: Where are the best [...]
Full StoryAmerican Idol for MMO Developers
by Onder Skall, courtesy of Second Life Games To all Second Life designers and developers looking for a chance at breaking into the gaming industry – this is it. David Perry (Earthworm Jim, Enter the Matrix) has teamed up with Acclaim for a one-of-a-kind project. They are building a new MMO with a full development [...]
Full StoryPOP!!!
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Virtual Estate The real virtual estate bubble which has prevailed in Second Life since island price hikes in November 2006 started to pop today as Linden Land whacked out some 40 new sims opening at $1000 bids, starting the list with one named “Badly Moor,” which seemed to set the [...]
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