G2
12-20-2004, 12:13 PM
For those who can read dutch check this out.
http://www.nu.nl/news.jsp?n=457816&c=55
And for the yanks the translation:
AMSTERDAM - A gamer has 26,500 dollars spent for an island that only consists in a game. The Australische player with the nickname Deathifier bought the island on the eBay, as the BBC Monday writes.
The island hears by the game Project Entropia. At the game, thousand men do with. During the game, the gamer can buy virtual good for in the game with real money. The 'goods' then are offered on eBay.
"This a historical moment is. This sale proves that the online play of multiplayer-games to a quite new level goes," according to Marco Behrmann of Mindark, the developer of the online game.
http://www.nu.nl/news.jsp?n=457816&c=55
And for the yanks the translation:
AMSTERDAM - A gamer has 26,500 dollars spent for an island that only consists in a game. The Australische player with the nickname Deathifier bought the island on the eBay, as the BBC Monday writes.
The island hears by the game Project Entropia. At the game, thousand men do with. During the game, the gamer can buy virtual good for in the game with real money. The 'goods' then are offered on eBay.
"This a historical moment is. This sale proves that the online play of multiplayer-games to a quite new level goes," according to Marco Behrmann of Mindark, the developer of the online game.