PMOG, the passively multiplayer game, hits beta
by Mike Schramm 
Jan 31st 2008 at 4:29PM
Filed under: Betas, Culture, Game mechanics, New titles, PvP, Making money, Quests
It's just recently started up a closed beta, and apparently there's still more testing to go through before the concept is opened up for everyone to jump in on. There are other concerns, too-- privacy, and how they'll make their money (will they require users to visit certain sites or see ads to play?), but hopefully those questions will be answered soon, as they plan to have a demo at GDC (Massively will be there and keep our eyes open for it). The Passively Multiplayer concept itself is definitely an interesting one, though-- it only takes a small, even inconsequential reward system to turn something that's usually boring into something that people get excited about.
[Via Wonderland]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Durinthal said on 7:22PM 1-31-2008
Eh.. that's not all that passive. Progress Quest is passive.
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Dodsfall said on 5:46PM 2-20-2008
The Firefox add-on required for game play tracks and sends your web-browsing info to PMOG. I wonder if this info is sold to advertisers?
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Mike Schramm said on 5:53PM 2-20-2008
It's a possibility. I'm going to try the plugin out for a bit here, and then maybe I'll try to nab an interview with the PMOG folks and see what the deal is.