GameTap Reviving Uru Live
3pointD is interested in services like Turner Broadcasting’s GameTap, which makes PC games available to users via broadband, because of their potential to connect large numbers of users, in similar fashion to services like Xfire. Now comes the accouncement, ahead of E3, that GameTap will revive Ubisoft’s Cyan World’s dormant multiplayer Myst world, Uru Live, which was cancelled in February 2004 but which will again be up and running and supported with new content, according to the press release. The Myst communities that have sprung up around games like Uru Live have been among the most devoted of any. It’s interesting to see GameTap move in this direction, as it indicates their model may be a good catalyst for development as well as distribution, and for community-building as well as simply getting your play on.
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Just so you know, regarding your blog about GameTap reviving Uru, Uru is Cyan Worlds’s “dormant multiplayer Myst world,” not “UbiSoft’s.” I found you on a search for Uru Live. I suspect other loud fans might also complain to you if you don’t fix it fast. Especially considering most all the fans blame Ubisoft for the whole failure the first time.
I blog corrected :)