Metaplace To Close

Metaplace, the brainchild of former Sony Online Entertainment creative
exec Raph Koster, will cease service
effective January 1, 2010. In a message to users, Koster wrote,
"Unfortunately,
over the last few months it has become apparent that Metaplace as a
consumer
user-generated content service is not gaining enough traction to be a
viable
product, requiring a strategic shift for our company." Metaplace with
throw
itself one last party, in-world, on New Year's Day; the company will
then transition to another format,
something Koster has yet to detail. The company will cease billing of
users immediately
and refund fees paid for virtual items and subscriptions paid in
December. Metaplace, an open platform for creating virtual worlds,
spawned over 70,000 individual worlds. All that comes to an end in just
over a week.

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