Posted Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006, at 11:44 am Eastern by Mark Wallace

Tony Walsh reports that you can now buy Entropia Universe currency, known as PED, via real-world ATMs. According to an Entropia Universe press release, players can acquire an ATM card from the company (Entropia Universe) that will allow them to transfer money from their bank accounts to their Entropia accounts via Versatel ATMs.

Versatel is an international European ATM network, though I’m not sure how widespread it is. Since the Entropia currency, known as the PED, is valued at 10 to the US dollar, this means Versatel is willing to do currency conversions on the fly. One question that comes to mind is, who’s paying the fees? If nothing else, it’s a nice example of one more way virtual-world economies can be integrated into the real world. Entropia Universe has several hundred thousand members.


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