The Google Monopoly Game, Online Version of The Board Game

Posted on 09 September, 2009 | No Comments

Increasingly these days you hear the words “Google” and “monopoly” in the same sentence.

There is no shortage of fears that the search giant is getting too powerful in the search and online advertising space.

But today, the two words are being joined for an entirely different reason: The board game Monopoly is about to launch an online version with Google Maps.

All the details aren’t clear yet, as the game won’t launch until September 9.

But it would appear that Hasbro, makers of the Monopoly game, is attempting to turn the franchise into a massively multi-player online game.

So it’s not just Google Maps, but also SketchUp that Hasbro is utilizing for this game.

Monopoly City Streets will be a MMO, and you can play with people around the world.

You can own any street in the world, you can build houses, castles, and skyscrapers on your streets, and anybody who comes on your street will have to pay rent.

The Google Monopoly game will also feature Monopoly Chance Cards that will allow you to build Hazards on your enemy’s streets. If you cannot be world’s richest person in real life, then you might be able to become world’s richest great landowner.

Although all the details about the game are not official, it is rumored that all players will start with $3 million to buy streets from all over the world.

According to the Guardian, if you’re beaten to a property, “you can make the owner an offer.

If they don’t reply in seven days, this offer is automatically accepted, no matter how contemptible it may be.”

Each property also immediately receives rent, so in theory you’d just keep on buying property as the money becomes available.

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