Realtime Worlds shows new social game

By Oli Welsh Published 29 July, 2010

"What if Nintendo built Google Earth?"

APB developer Realtime Worlds has given the first glimpse of Project: MyWorld, a social game set in a 3D recreation of the real world that players help build themselves.

"What would it look like if Nintendo built Google Earth?" reads the blurb on the game's site.

"Project: MyWorld turns the real world into a fun 3D social gaming experience. Project: MyWorld is a virtual recreation of the real world combined with 3D gaming and social media. It is the next generation of social gaming."

Going by the video, Project: My World is based on a map of the real world, and features recreations of cities like London, including famous buildings like Buckingham Palace.

Players can construct and customise their own buildings, buy and sell properties, share and interact with friends using Twitter and Facebook integration, and play games. The video shows cars racing, a plane flying over London and a boat fishing on a lake. There's also a mention of a fighting game.

Realtime plans to let everyone play Project: MyWorld "early next year" and is openly appealing for game publishers and social gaming or media companies to get in touch. No format is mentioned. Sign up for announcements if you're interested in joining the closed beta.

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Comments (26) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • ISmoke #1 2 years ago

    So what, they've forgotten about those who bought APB?

    Even though I've only tried it for 24 minutes according to steam

  • Burnt-Kona Verified Senior Artist, Full Fat Productions #2 2 years ago

    I don't think they have gone from APB to knocking this together, this has been a RTW project for nearly a decade from what I know.

  • Amblin #3 2 years ago

    Cities xl anyone? We all know how great that turned out...

    Good luck with that, you never know Facebookers will probably love it.

  • Harmonica #4 2 years ago

    "share and interact with friends using Twitter and Facebook integration"

    *strangles self*

    Seriously though, how long until every building is the shape of a dong, just like any open world building based mmo?
    Edited by 2 at 29/07/10 @ 09:41

  • geeza2020 #5 2 years ago

    for social gaming read: cancer on gaming.

  • brseg #6 2 years ago

    Graphics look nice (Wii style) until zoomed in, then it looks a bit ropey. I can see this being interesting when hooked up to social networking feeds, BUT it all looks pretty similar to Google Earth / SketchUp. Google prob already have much more advanced stuff behind closed doors.

  • edhe #7 2 years ago

    But.. what do you *do*?

  • actionfitz #8 2 years ago

    build your own buildings eh?
    interested to see how that works.

    complimentary copy of 3D Studio Max / Maya with each purchase?!!
    (wee jokes hehe).

    interesting. will watch this space :)

  • BuddyChrist #9 2 years ago

    sounds like Carlsberg to me.

    "if nintendo did *anything*, it'd be the most childish excuse of a *anything* imaginable"

    Bring back the nintendo underdogs that didn't focus on patronising children and old folk.

  • Spekingur #10 2 years ago

    Yes, sure. RTW only has one development team :p

    I want to see how this turns out.

  • BobsUncle #11 2 years ago

    So, is RTW hate the new 'in thing'? It seems since APB came out and it wasn't the game everyone thought it was going to be, people just can't get enough bashing in.

    Don't worry, when the review injunction on Starcraft 2 is lifted and all the reviews surface at the exact same time you can probably get back to Activision hating.

  • Laxy #12 2 years ago

    @BobsUncle There is no review injunction on Starcraft 2, check metacritic, lots of reviews already. They just didn't bother sending review copies early. EG could have rushed a review out yesterday, but Tom would rather the reviewer actually spent some time with the game before writing anything.

  • Stifler #13 2 years ago

    I have been sticking with APB, the devs post a lot on the forums and they are working hard to improve the game (from what I can take from their posts at least), it is an mmo (ish) game after all so will see what its like in a couple of months.

    As for this, it looks interesting, I'm not a massive fan of Facebook but judging by all the cr@p updates I constantly get about my simpleton mates playing farmville I'm sure there is a huge market for this type of thing. Perhaps not for me however.

  • RobTheBuilder #14 2 years ago

    Holy shit that looks amazing. Forget about the game for now, but what you can do with that tech is huuuuuge.

  • Eraysor #15 2 years ago

    Looks like they know APB is screwed already!

  • dirk_aircool #16 2 years ago

    will there be nukes ?

  • madjim #17 2 years ago

    As a gamer I don't get it. Why should I be interested in social playing in the real world? I mean, to my mind, games were always about putting you in the shoes of characters who live impossible situations, who fight in the jungles with aliens, who find themselves in a hospital with demon nurses, who assassinate Templars in Venice. Why should I play in a real city socializing about real stuff? I can do that without playing a game. Maybe I am too old and don't get it...

  • Burnt-Kona Verified Senior Artist, Full Fat Productions #18 2 years ago

    madjim, I don't think your age is what is in the way of getting this, it's your opening statemnt "As a gamer"

    As a gamer, I don't get Farmville. How many people play it? ...

    Back when Rage Scotland (made Mobile Forces) split off to become RTW, I remember hearing some hairbrained talk about a racing game that utilised sat imagery to make it possible to drive anywhere in the UK. I guess the tech has finally caught up with RTW ambitions from a decade ago.

  • hiddenranbir #19 2 years ago

    Waste of a mmo, I think...RTW have lost the plot... :\

    Edited by 1 at 29/07/10 @ 14:44

  • ianegg #20 2 years ago

    Has potential. Doesn't seem to understand tunnels at the moment though...

  • Xeopuppy #21 2 years ago

    I wonder if you could do a virtual Top Gear challenge with your friends one driving & one flying from London to Switzerland to see who wins... or any location like maybe the Nurburgring and then drive round it... race your friiends...

  • BlinxHDD #22 2 years ago

    Watch LBP2 trailer, then watch trailer for this.

  • Quixz #23 2 years ago

    This looks like something you log on to once a week just to see what going on.

  • BobsUncle #24 2 years ago

    @Laxy

    There are only 6 reviews on metacritic so far, and with the exception of Joystiq, they are basically all 'nobody' websites. No IGN, no Gamespot, no Eurogamer, no Kotaku, no Edge.

    I seriously doubt they all taking their time to get the review right. Do you know how many page hits a Starcraft 2 review will get?

    I'd bet my balls that Acti/Blizz have put a stop on the big boys until it's been out long enough to sell a shit load. Why would they do this? I've no idea, but it's no secret that some publishers put the stopper on early reviews. Maybe they're actually worried that SC2 will be seen as a 10 year old game with nice graphics?

  • tenofspades #25 2 years ago

    interesting. Wonder if it'ld be like active worlds.

  • Vin #26 2 years ago

    Jesus wept, ENOUGH with all this social integration bullshit.