What is wondering me is the following. A long time ago companies like Jagex, Bigpoint and GameForge started with browser games. You can say MMO browser games. They gained a huge number of players with games like Ogame, DarkOrbit and Runescape.

These games are being played in the browser, so no download. Easy to play, nothing fancy as in design, simple sign up and free to play. Of course you can buy ingame items. Make no mistake these companies make easily revenues of 10-15 million euros (not dollars!!) per month.

So what is suddenly the rush for every developer to follow a company like Zynga. Why is Zynga suddenly so popular? As far as I can tell, I believe that Zynga is realy attached to Facebook. What if Facebook ends the contract? Is there a contract between Zynga and Facebook, if so, how long is the contract? When it ends and IF Facebook wants to continue, doens’t Facebook holds the cards? Isn’t Facebook already a shareholder and we dont know about it?

In any case something positive might come from this. It is said that Zynga goes IPO next year. They expect 400-500 million dollars revenues in 2010. An increase of again 200%. Any prospectus that goes allong with this IPO should give us more details. If the IPO goes well, it will be good for the games industry in total.

If not, then the golden oldies will continue with browser games, where they OWN the users email address, make revenues theirselves and get there traffic through affiliate deals. They can survive without Facebook, but can use this community with social media-tools.

Something tells me that this is much healthier, but how can you make a point when the hype is there and no-one is listening.

In the last year more MMORPG games have been coming to the market. You can see a huge amount of games coming from Asia. Question is “what makes a MMORPG popular and when do players pick a game up or not?”.

Over here at MMOhub we have seen and talked with many developers around the globe. We have noticed that every developer outthere needs a huge player database in order to be considered successful and make revenues. More and more the games are being offered for free. Just give your name and email address and start playing. That is the first worry of each MMO developer. Once you are in, it is time to get you as player “up in the game”. The higher the level you reach, the more stuck you get to the game, the more you want to grow as a player. Time for ingame items!

And here lies the truth of each game. Is a MMORPG developer able to convert to revenues. Is the game good enough, are the players realy stuck to the game, are they willing to stay longer in the game and buy those items. And if they buy items, how much revenues will they do per month, per year…lifetime?

In a growing market like MMORPG’s you will find more companies longing for players. Players will have more choices and will find themselves more often approached with marketing messages of so many developers. Where to choose from? What do other players and/or friends think of this game.

After many months working on our database of games, reviews and community build up, we believe that players like to benchmark. That is the whole idea behind MMOhub.org in the first place. Create a spot for you as a player. Do your research, talk in the community and make a choice.

The point I am trying to make is simple; the year of 2009 brought more MMORPG games in the market, but did the number of players and revenues grow equaly so that the new games are not taking revenues away from older games. Of course we would like to see the number of players and revenues grow drasticly and that the new games also attract new players. But is this the case?

Planet Cazmo is a cool place to hang out and make new friends. Its a virtual world set inside an alien solar system who have been inspired by music, hip hop and other earth cultural phenomenon.

Here you can create your own Cazmo (avatar) and customize them with hundreds of different clothing styles, hair styles, eye styles and much more. Always wanted to have green skin? Now you can!

Once you get your Cazmo created there’s a lot to do on Planet Cazmo. You could start just by hanging out in town and making new friends by chatting in real time. Or you can jump right into a quick game of Space Race 5000 to earn some Cazmo Coins. Or go talk to the Mayor to take on his quest!

And if you’re into customization, you can always head over to your Cazmo’s house and start decorating the inside. Choose from a constantly growing inventory of chairs, couches, stereos, tvs, rugs, lamps, and much more!

Features:

* Customize your own 3D character, house interior and house exterior

* Explore a virtual world complete with neighborhoods, town centers, and vehicles

* Play a variety of mini-games to raise Cazmo Points to buy more cool stuff in the game

* Chat with other players, make friends

* Trade items with other players

* Play for free, or buy some Cazmo Cash for Exclusive Items. (Memberships coming soon!)

* Browser based for mass audience

Features

A Strong Story-line - The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks has a fantastic story-line. This means the children inside the world will be immersed and engrossed in the plot at all times. So the users are not simply logging in to just play a game or chat - they’re participating in a story!

Education - Unlike the vast majority of other virtual worlds, Wiglington and Wenks teaches and shows children places in the real-world. Without realizing, they’re learning about famous and historical landmarks and venues. They call this ‘Immersive Learning’.

Cultures - Due to the nature and structure of Wiglington and Wenks, the children participating in a world will be across the world. This means the users will be experiencing different cultures and making friends with other children from a rich variety of backgrounds.

It’s fun! - From the start, Wiglington and Wenks is designed and created to focus on fun. For parents, the points above are of incredible value. For children, they just want to have fun online.

Assisting the “Journey” - It’s not just about places inside Wiglington and Wenks. We will be providing our users with tools and objects to support the journey through these activities. We will be allowing marketers to insert relevant virtual goods into our world - all designed to enhance and support the experience.

The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks has been creating a huge buzz within and outside the massive virtual world community that even months before it’s official release, the number of pre-registered players had already surpassed figures. Today, it finally opens for Beta.

The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual will allow players to travel around the world—through time and space.

Based on a popular children’s story book series by John Bittleston, the virtual world for kids aged 7 to 14 will deliver an experience in which players can travel to more than a hundred locations around the world as they learn about geography, history, culture, countries, inventions and the environment. Along the way, they’ll be able to meet famous historical people, solve puzzles and play tons of enriching games, decorate their own island, wear all kinds of clothes and costumes, acquire cool gadgets and souvenirs and become a legendary virtual traveler.

The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks has an engaging plot coupled with an interesting cast of characters that make the presentation of facts and knowledge appealing to kids. The virtual world is driven by a main quest that will allow players to meet and interact with famous people from the past and get to know their contributions to history. It will also make kids familiar with important artefacts and locations all around the world.

Through several mini-quests, children will experience the inevitable connection they have with the world, whether it be in the past, the present or the future. They will come to learn about current environmental issues like deforestation and climate change, and at a young age, will be enlightened on the valuable part they play in shaping the world’s future and preserving the environment, even in their own little means.

MediaFreaks – an award winning new media and 3d animation studio from Singapore – has specifically and carefully designed the Travels of Wiglington and Wenks virtual world to provide children with factual information for academic enrichment and at the same time, leave enough space for fantasy so they can nurture their imagination and explore further on.

Mediafreaks has collaborated with different virtual world experts to come up with effective ways to assure kids’ safety while exploring the virtual world. Features that include designing their own island and building different houses also aim to foster children’s natural creativity. Although players can only access Wiglington Town during open beta, the features will give players a clear view of what to expect during the full launch come December this year.

Responsible for creating the virtual world and spearheading the project, Chief Executive Producer Aldric Chang says, “We are very encouraged to see children react so positively to The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks. Several fan sites have been set up already and the internet is buzzing with news of Wiglington and Wenks every single day. We are working hard to make The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks the best virtual world ever for kids.”

Commenting on the joint venture, Author John Bittleston said, “I wrote The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks to ensure that learning about and discovering the world was enormous fun for children and I saw the internet as the ideal medium for translating the concept into today’s modern media in an exciting and challenging way. With 187 books potentially still to be written there is no shortage of wonderful treasure and thrilling adventure to look forward to.”

In October, a series of free hidden object games based on The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks was also launched as a curtain raiser to the launch of the virtual world. Carto’s Magic Maps chronicles Wiglington and Wenks’ adventures that would soon lead to the quest in the actual virtual world.

Fans can pre-register at here for the launch of the virtual world and play the hidden object games at here for free.

About Wiglington and Wenks Worldwide

Wiglington and Wenks Worldwide Pte Ltd is the parent company of the joint venture between John Bittleston, Eliza Quek and MediaFreaks. John Bittleston is Chairman and CEO.

About Mediafreaks

Mediafreaks is an award winning Singapore-based tech new media entertainment and 3d animation studio focusing on interactive digital media and animation products and services, with multiple monetizing models in the form of subscriptions, micro transactions, advertising, licensing and sales.

About John Bittleston

John Bittleston, is a British business man whose career spans Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, International Management, Author, Columnist, as well as Business, Career and Personal Mentor to over 4,000 Mentees through Terrific Mentors Pte Ltd.

About Aldric Chang

Aldric Chang is the Founding Managing Director of the Mediafreaks group and is best described as a creative entrepreneur with business interests in animation, cartoons, interactive digital media, internet marketing, web 2.0 and music. He shares tips on how to make money online on his blog

It’s been a while since the appearance of Spellbound Trees. Investigations and research is ongoing but little progress has been made. More and more people cannot suppress the rising panic in their hearts and the situation seems to be getting worse by the second.

According to Cronus Express Vol.2, Mad Bulls and Green Giants have started to get spellbound too. Therefore, another round of investigations into the spellbound creatures in Cronus is under way. Your to help with it will be invaluable in ensuring we get to the bottom of these events.

As usual, the Whim Fruits will be dropped from the Spellbound Trees during 18:00 to 24:00. And this time, the Mad Bulls and the Green Giant may drop the Devilish Crystals! Go collect some Whim Fruits and Devilish Crystals, and then hand them to those researching the problem. It is said that 10 Devilish Crystals can be forged into one Devilish Heart, which is endowed with dynamic dark powers. Kelly wants some Devilish Hearts for further research, so help her get some as well!

Duration: Oct. 30th - Nov. 5th

Rewards: Exp Fruit, Devilish Heart, New Hairstyle, 1 Day God’s Blessing,  A Wisdom Pack, which will give you 1-hour EXP.

Location: Cronus

Key Items:
- Cronus Express, Vol. 2: Right click for the latest news about Cronus.
- Whim Fruit: Collect a certain number and exchange them for EXP, Devilish Heart and new hairstyles.
- Devilish Crystal: Fused with unknown dark substances. 10 Devilish Crystals can be forged into a Devilish Heart by right-clicking them.
- Devilish Heart: Forged from Devilish Crystals, they are endowed with dynamic dark powers unknown to man.

Key NPC:
- Zog (Crnous 298,420)
- Hawker Freud (Cronus 334,354)
- Kelly (Crnous 258,480)

The MMORPG Project is a text-based multiplayer leveling game written in PHP/MySQL. Players receive one (1) character per account and the object of this browser-based game is to build up your character’s skills by gaining experience points and leveling in order to adequately prepare for battle against other players and their characters.

Features

* Chat interface (written in AJAX)

* Private messaging

* In-game events and storyline shifts

* Periodic health/credit awards

* Character base skills/abilities (strength, stamina, agility, intelligence, sens)

* Character battle skills/abilities (based on character base skills/abilities)

* Recruiting system (players receive bonuses for recruiting other players and become organization leader of all their recruits)

* Extensive FAQ for common concerns and responses to suggestions

* Battle reporting system (attacked players notified via private messaging)

* Multiplayer interaction (chat, messaging, battle system)

* Open sessions for all players to send in their comments/suggestions and see them come to life in-game!

So what is Irondomain.com?
Irondomain is strategic and original online textual basketball manager game based on social networking, and it’s free to play. Here you get to create your own club, build the team of your dreams, and compete against hundreds of thousands of real people all over the globe.
Beside basketball manager we offer high quality soccer manager game but only for experienced managers who prove that are the best one with basketball club. The competition is huge and only top managers can play.

On Irondomain.com all managers can earn Credits (Irondomains virtual currency) by playing Prized cups where all managers are awared for playing with us and competing with other players. We are every month giving around 1000$ worth Credits to top managers.

For more information we suggest you to go to Irondomain.com and check it for yourself

Irondomain Team

So what’s happening?

To start with there are Halloween based quests added. Reign Of Blood already has a lot of in game quests and more are getting added all the time, but for Halloween, Halloween themed quests have been added and they give out candy treats instead of straight forward upgrades. More Halloween quests will be added over the next week until the finale of October 31st which will be a huge ‘Trick Or Treat Day’ where you will be able to go around and do all sorts of nice or nasty things to other people.

CANDY! Everyone loves candy! Around the site there are hidden pumpkins with candy inside them, more are added each day. You can eat the candy to increase your character even more.

There is also GREEN (I know, green?) pumpkin hunts. They will be placed around the site at midnight each day where the person to find them first gets more candy!

If you want to enjoy the Halloween fun and use it to get a boost ahead of other players then it’s best to join now!

When you login you will be able to go through the new players guides or just jump right in. Whichever you decide it wont matter, at the top of the page will be the Halloween events link which will take you to the blog with all the details. If you’re ever stuck either chat to us in the help chat or join a coven, because they will be able to produce guides etc to help you through.