MMORPG News - Napster Founder Sets Sights On MMO Community

We can expect to see new things from Shawn Fanning, founder of the now defunct Napster phenomenon. According to BusinessWeek Online, the daring, young entrepreneur has plans to firmly plant his proverbial foot in the door of the MMO gaming community by launching Rapture, similar to MySpace, in the near future as a means for community members to communicate more easily. It is reported that this will be done by directly pulling data from WoW and publishing stats on a customized page.

The first MMO to experience the omnipresence of Rapture will be World of Warcraft. It is reported that this concept came about as a result of Fanning’s own communication woes with fellow WoW players. Supposedly, with the aid of Rapture, gamers will be able to IM others while in WoW, organize play times, and even track their guild’s progress. Rapture’s revenue is expected to emanate from - what else? - ads and the extraction of community members “real life“ interests.