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Virtual Economies is a guide to real money trading (RMT) in MMORPGs (virtual worlds). We track trading in game gold, player accounts, and game assets, power leveling, and pricing data. Virtual Economies is a guide to real money trading (RMT) in MMORPGs (virtual worlds). We track trading in game gold, player accounts, and game assets, power [...]
Continue reading...MMO Guildsites Hosts Infrastructure With SoftLayer
15. April 2008
SoftLayer will provide web infrastructure services for MMO Guildsites, a Toronto company providing feature-rich sites for massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) guilds. Founded in 2006, MMO Guildsites has grown to host more than 700 sites for guilds participating in games including World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, and EverQuest. ”We’re excited to be MMO [...]
Continue reading...Live Gamer Raises $24 Million for Virtual Marketplace
17. December 2007
Virtual trading startup Live Gamer has raised $24 million in venture capital funding from Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Pequot Ventures, the company announced today. The company’s model differs from most existing marketplaces in that it is partnering with top MMO publishers (including Funcom GMBH, Sony Online Entertainment, 10TACLE STUDIOS, Acclaim, GoPets LTD, [...]
Continue reading...Reports: IGE Has Been Sold
25. June 2007
Has real money trading (RMT) market leader IGE been sold? This became a hot topic with the news that World of Warcraft database Wowhead had been sold for a reported $1 million to Affinity Media (the ZAM Network), which already owns two other major WoW databases, Thottbot and Allakhazam. In early 2006, much was [...]
Continue reading...Virtual Taxation? Probably Not Yet
24. June 2007
There’s a discussion at Slashdot about the possibility that Congress may consider taxing virtual goods. The post is based on an CNet item by Daniel Terdiman which notes that Congress’ Joint Economic Committee will receive a report on virtual world economies in August. The story offers no news on what the report will say, but [...]
Continue reading...Interviews with RMT Traders
24. June 2007
The MMOBux website has a series of interviews with veterans of real money trading in game gold and other virtual goods. Interview subjects include Michael Sheng of FAVGames, Bob from UOTreasures and Marty from IRNewb, among others. Most are brief, but some interesting anecdotes. My favorite: the guy who sold his art collection buy [...]
Continue reading...Sparter Seeks RMT Dialogue With Slashdot
21. June 2007
Slashdot has been the site in many heated discussions of the merits or real money trading (RMT) in MMORPG games and virtual worlds, including some of the stories we’ve written here on our blog. With the recent “official” launch of Sparter, the peer-to-peer trading exchange backed by venture capitalists Bessemer Capital, the company decided [...]
Continue reading...Second Life Court Ruling Could Limit TOS’ Power
31. May 2007
A Pennsylvania man’s bid to sue Second Life operator Linden Labs over virtual property will move forward, and may break some new legal ground regarding the Terms of Service that govern online worlds, according to Mark Wallace over at 3pointD. The suit concerns a piece of Second Life real estate that was purchased by the [...]
Continue reading...Blizzard Sues Warcraft Gold Spammers
26. May 2007
Blizzard Entertainment announced on its forums that it has taken legal action against a “gold spammer” who advertises via in-game messaging. The announcement indicates that Blizzard isn’t targeting the group specifically for its sale of gold, but rather for its disruptive in-game advertising techniques. Here’s the text of the announcement: “As many of you know, [...]
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Markets for Game Gold and Game Assets
Reader Survey
MMO Guildsites Hosts Infrastructure With SoftLayer
Live Gamer Raises $24 Million for Virtual Marketplace
Reports: IGE Has Been Sold
Virtual Taxation? Probably Not Yet
Interviews with RMT Traders
Sparter Seeks RMT Dialogue With Slashdot
Second Life Court Ruling Could Limit TOS’ Power
Blizzard Sues Warcraft Gold Spammers
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