Kwari to offer cash for frags

London games publisher Kwari today (August 30, 2007) announced eponymous Kwari, an online first-person shooter with an entirely new online play agenda. While competitive online games based on cash bets are nothing new (just look at all the poker sites), the concept has never been applied to a first person shooter… until now.

Kwari is an Unreal-style online game that is free to download but not to play: Players will use real life moolah to buy ammunition and lose a bit of money every time they are hit. On the plus side, kills equal cash for skilled players.

Also interesting is the Jackpot feature. All self-inflicted injuries, including falls and suicides, subtract money from the player at fault and go into a global pool which spans across…