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As a recent communique to its beta testers states, Vastpark, the other virtual world development platform other than Metaplace, will enter open beta in April. As such, it's calling on its testers to provide a stress test. Now, unlike Metaplace, Vastpark requires that its creators download proprietary software to make everything work, but it plans on releasing an SDK for full user customization. Currently the software is PC-only, but a Mac version is planned.

Their website shows an impressive array of screenshots and video -- when I lamented the state of what Raph Koster was showing at GDC this year, this is the sort of thing I was envisioning. Vastpark is the next logical step in the evolution of virtual worlds that Second Life pioneered. Time will tell whether it garners the same community and devotion.

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Apple's big introduction of the iPhone SDK was big news yesterday for developers, and it (along with the up and coming Google Android) will likely have lots of far reaching implications on the world of gaming, and (considering how connected mobile devices are becoming) the world of mobile MMOs.

But are you interested in such a thing? Do you really want to be playing MMOs wherever you go? Lots of people think they spend too much time playing MMOs already, and bringing massively multiplayer games into cell phones and mobile devices might just spread them a little too far into your life than you feel comfortable with.

Most WoW players wouldn't mind checking their ingame mail even when they're not near a computer, but from what we've heard from some developers, mobile MMOs might end up being a lot more than that. Are you interested in an MMO you can play anywhere, or would you rather relegate your MMO time to the computer, and be able to step away from it when you can?

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As you may already know if (like me) you are an iPhone owner, Apple spent the better part of this morning laying out just what will be in the iPhone SDK, which is basically a set of tools program developers can use to create applications for the shiny little touchscreen cell phone. Wait, did we say applications? I certainly meant games -- Apple (which is not, as of late, known for their gaming prowess) had EA and other game companies appear on stage to show off what kind of games can be based on the platform. I also spend some of my time blogging on TUAW, which is Weblogs, Inc's Apple blog, and I went on record there a while ago saying that the iPhone is the best handheld gaming device ever. Given what we saw today (along with the fact that programmers will have access to the gadget's multitouch, accelerometer, and even microphone and camera features), I believe that more than ever -- all we need is some games to play on it.

So what does this all mean for massively multiplayer games? Lots.

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MassivelyMMOs and the iPhone SDK originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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