Dump World of Warcraft, escape Eve Online, warp out of Star Wars Galaxies and come play in the 'verse! Wired has reported that Multiverse, the folks who offer free multi-user gaming platforms, are expected to announce tomorrow that they've signed a deal to create a Firefly-themed online game.

"Television series can be really good properties to turn into MMOs, because when you make a TV series, not only do you need great characters, but you need to create a full, rich, compelling place," Multiverse co-founder Corey Bridges says. "If you're doing science fiction, you have to really think it out and create an incredibly rich environment that is compelling in its own right, and worth exploring and going back to week after week. That's what Joss Whedon did with Firefly."

Multiverse (still in beta) offers a common MMORPG platform with open source software that allows designers to make their own games, you can see a demo at their site. Don't expect the Firefly game until 2008 at best, but this is fantastic news and I'm already itching to play it. Hell, I'm itching to design it. Wonder how fast I can learn this stuff…

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