Lifetime Free Realms Membership

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Free Realms from Sony Online Entertainment. As you can imagine, I was pretty thrilled when I found out that they were going to be offering a lifetime membership to the game for only $29.99.

Membership gives you access to member only items, marketplace discounts, access to all job classes, and upgraded home, monthly membership packages, and more! It's a great deal, so don't miss it if you're a Free Realms fan.


Unfortunately, I haven't had much time lately to spend in world. At least now when I return, I'll still be a member and will have accumulated all of the monthly membership goodies. And for only $30. Woot!

More info here:
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2010/07/soe-offers-lifetime-memberships-for-free-realms.html

Twilight Kicks Off in Habbo

Habbo Hotel has officially started their Twilight promotion. I stopped in and bought the first of their themed goods... just a flower vase, nothing impressive. Oh well. There's supposed to be more on the way tomorrow, November 9th.

Full details here: http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/11/habbo-takes-twilight-launch-live.html

And of course, if you want to check out Habbo, here's the link: http://www.habbo.com/.

Habbo and Twilight Promo

Wow, I can just picture all of the teens on Habbo going NUTS over this announcement.

Habbo Hotel has announced that they're doing a promotion with the Twilight sequel, New Moon. Habbos will have the chance to participate in New Moon poll, purchase New Moon furni, etc. Considering how crazy all of the Habbos already are over Twilight, this seems like a pretty genius move.

Full info: http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2009/09/habbo-summit-team-up-for-twilight-promo.html#more

Virtual Worlds Registered Accounts

There's a really interesting graph showing information about different virtual worlds posted on Virtual Worlds News. In addition to the number of registered accounts each world has, the graph also shows the target audience, growth since launch, and their launch status (active, closing, open beta, closed beta, etc).

No huge suprise, the worlds with the most registered account include Habbo (by a longshot), Neopets, Stardoll, and Club Penguin. My personal favorite, Free Realms, is on the graph with a strong 3 million users, which I think has recently been increased to 4 million. Some of the big winners in 2009 include Club Penguin, which gained 6 million users and Nicktropolis gaining over 3 million.

http://www.virtualworldtimes.com/.a/6a00d8341cac2153ef0115720a8ff2970b-pi

Sure are a lot of virtual worlds out there. I hadn't even heard of some of those prior to reading this, although I played/have played quite a few of them at some point.

UPDATE: Just found the article about Free Realms passing 4 million. I knew I saw it somewhere a while back, but couldnt find it. Thanks to VWN for posting a link directly to it! LOL
http://www.freerealms.com/article/detail.action?cid=1053341,EM960&articleId=134