Skyrates

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Skyrates is a persistent world, browser based MMORPG with a focus on sporadic play that is currently in open beta. The development team was initially comprised of students from the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The game allows players to purchase a variety of aircraft and fly them to different 'Skylands', taking part in combat and trading as they do so. There are currently just over 11 000 registered accounts though there are generally between 75 and 200 people online at any one time.

[edit] Awards

On February 20, 2008, during the 2008 Independent Games Festival, Skyrates was named "First Runner-up" in the Gleemax Awards sponsored by Wizards of the Coast^[1]. The award included a cash prize of $3000.