Twin Skies changing the MMO playbook

At PAX 08 I had a chance to visit Twin Skies’ booth. What I found out about Twin Skies is the truth in their slogan of being “much more than an MMO”. It appears that Meteor Games is trying to do more than just create the next Everquest or World of Warcraft by revolutionizing the gaming industry with a service that is part MMO, part social networking site plus a site for cool Flash games.

As an MMO, Twin Skies is powered by BigWorld Technology, which gives it some terrific animations, lighting effects, shadows. The demo I saw looks quite good…