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[February 08, 2010]

BRIEF: Spokane company revives virtual world of Myst Online

Feb 08, 2010 (The Spokesman-Review - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Spokane game company Cyan Worlds has revived its popular, but financially unsuccessful online world, Myst Online.

On a company blog, Cyan Worlds CEO Rand Miller said the company decided to switch on the vast, rich underground scenario that allows fans to explore and meet other players.

Also known as Uru, the game has twice been an unsuccessful commercial venture. But Miller and Cyan Worlds have retained all publishing rights.

The unexpected revival of the 3-D world has been greeted by its fans as a major social event.

A message also posted at mystonline.com suggests fans can donate through PayPal to help defray the costs of operation.

Uru has been dark since mid-2008. It was launched in its second incarnation as a pay-as-you-play venture by Turner Entertainment and GameTap a year earlier.

It's been dark ever since, until today.

Miller sent a note saying the current reawakening of Uru is not yet meant as a money-making effort.

"We're quietly opening things up on a donation basis," he wrote.

"We don't have the resources to do anything but just run a server at this point, but it'll be nice to hear footsteps in the cavern again." To see more of The Spokesman-Review, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.spokesman.com. Copyright (c) 2010, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.

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