Social media 'could be incorporated into new online game'

Monopoly City Streets has been unveiled using Google Maps as its playing board, all of which would be well suited to social media interaction, says an industry commentator

The use of social media in the new Monopoly City Streets game would be well suited, according to an industry commentator.

Tim Gibbon, co-founder and editor of the Social Media Portal, suggested Google's proposed communication platform, Google Wave, as an ideal partner to an online game as people are able to interact in real time.

He commented that Google Wave was announced earlier this year and during a demonstration its potential for online gaming was hinted at.

"The game chess was shown as an example of real-time play, but just imagine if the functionality included a way to incorporate a game such as Monopoly City Streets," he said. Mr Gibbon noted that Google Maps was the perfect technology with which to re-launch Monopoly, because it will allow pin-point accuracy for gaming.

Monopoly City Streets is set to be released as an online game where players are invited to use Google Maps as the playing board and a greater variety of buildings will be available than in the classic version.

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