Live Gamer to provide RMT for Sony Online Entertainment

Posted May 14th 2008 7:00PM by Akela Talamasca
Filed under: Biz, MMO, The Agency

For those unfamiliar with the term, RMT, or Real Money Trading, is the practice of converting real-world dollars into in-game cash, predominantly in virtual worlds such as Second Life. It's a controversial phenomenon, accused by some of ruining virtual economies and supporting illegal sweat shop-like activity in foreign countries. However, there are a few legitimate, publisher-supported RMT trading houses, among them Live Gamer.

Already providing RMT services for players of Sony Online Entertainment's MMO EverQuest 2, Live Gamer has announced the expansion of its services to SOE's upcoming MMOs The Agency and Free Realms. This is welcome news, as it confirms the likelihood of the two titles' free-to-play nature, as opposed to a subscription-based model. For a little more in-depth look at this announcement, check out our sister site, Massively.

Tags: EQ2, everquest-2, free-realms, live-gamer, real-money-trading, rmt, second-life, soe, sony-online-entertainment, the-agency

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