The developers of Kwari have announced the launch of the first-person shooter game that awards cash for kills:
"On the surface Kwari, a free to download, superior rapid-action first person shooter with all the sci-fi setting weapons and trappings you'd ever need. However there is a whole lot more going on.
Kwari has been designed with a singular purpose in mind – to give you the opportunity to translate your shooter skills into some serious cash. Everything about the game has been tailored to that effect, so much so that even an average player should be able to get ahead in the game quickly."
Online game offering 'cash for kills' runs out of money and goes into receivership.
Kwari, the 'cash for kills' online FPS which offered players the chance to win money by betting on their performance, has closed just a year after it launched.
The company behind game, designed in the UK but managed by Australian web firm Micro Forte, has reportedly gone into receivership.
The business had expected to make money by asking players to pay for bullets used during gameplay, but clearly the company ran out of ammo itself.
It only took a year? Hmm... I thought it would have gone down sooner. I wonder if people got refunds.
Micro Forte needs to get back to BigWorldTech and making Citizen Zero instead of fooling around with this nonsense.
GamesIndustry.biz reports: Kwari, the skill-based online site that was set to launch at the beginning of this year, has gone into receivership.
The project, which had aimed to provide gamers with a free-to-play first-person shooter game in which contestants would wager on the outcome of matches using microtransactions, failed to spark as a successful business model.
The company had intended to make money by charging for the purchase of in-game ammunition, with players taking any winnings made on the match bets and other jackpots available.
MTV Multiplayer writes: "Ever wanted to translate your gaming skills into dollar bills?
Now's your chance.
In the online multiplayer first-person shooter called "Kwari," players go can head-to-head to win jackpots of cash.
Launched in early January in Europe, "Kwari" is a free downloadable game - but you have to spend money to make money. The ammo will cost you five bucks for 5,000 bullets, and that's the only cut that publisher Kwari Limited gets. The money for the jackpots is pooled together from real money spent on in-game goods - weapons, health upgrades and self-inflicted injuries - and it stays strictly in-game. With Visa, Mastercard and PayPal on board, "Kwari" looks to set its sights beyond Europe."
Interesting concept of basically betting on if your going to win or not. Sort like the online porker craze, but with an FPS game. Is there team play, imagine the possibilities. Imagien if some noob cost the team 10 K or something, man that'd lead to some kind of trouble.
but i'm not that good, i wouldnt risk money on an fps what if i'm having an off day?
although i might be tempted to try it once in a while if it was gears/or resistance...
there is one big problem with this poker games dont get glitches that allow for unfair play but this game is almost 100% guaranteed to have someone trying to get away with glitches/or cheats haxors lol
The graphics aren't the point. This could be the original doom, and people would still play it because of the concept. Online poker doesn't have good graphics either, and look how big that is...
yeah when money is involved who cares about fair play, respect, and honesty. /sarcasm
have yet to see an online game without cheats and hacks this one will be even worst than most.
I haven't whether its in game glitches being exploited or using a lag switch one things for sure ppl are always cheating...
That said I'm certainly not gonna pay to play unless they can prove its cheat free....
paying for ammo.. thats kinda lame.. so the game is free but to shoot anything you need to pay? so is a 800MB walking tour?
also i read the comments on the site from the link and apparently its EU only.. no Canada or USA support so for me its whatever at this point.. but someone said you do get $30 worth of stuff to try.. but i bet that $30 can't be used to earn cash but more as a demo..
i played the beta and the wepons where strage and the thing you have to do for extra money is strange