SEE Purchases Planet Calypso for $6 Million

SEE Virtual Worlds, the company behind the upcoming Michael Jackson and Universal Monsters MMOs, has purchased Planet Calypso from MindArk for $6 million. In the same transaction, SEE Virtual Worlds acquired the assets of First Planet Company, a subsidiary of MindArk.

Planet Calypso is the first planet in the Entropia Universe. The game's been running since 2003 and has almost 1 million registered accounts. Planet Calypso has a real cash economy; in November 2010, an in-game virtual resort sold for a staggering $635,000. To learn more about the game, check out Senior Staff Writer Chris "Pwff" Tom's recent tour of Planet Calypso.

SEE Virtual Worlds announced late last year that it is developing two new planets to add to the Entropia Universe: Planet Michael, which is based on the life of the late King of Pop, and a world that focuses on famous Universal Monsters such as Frankenstein and Dracula. Players can move their Entropia avatars from planet to planet and explore all of the various MMOs in the universe.

For more details on the acquisition, check out Massively's interview with SEE Virtual Worlds President Corey Redmond.

Universal Monsters MMO Coming in Late 2011

It looks like classic Universal Monsters like Frankenstein and Dracula will be battling Van Helsing in an MMO that's scheduled to launch in late 2011. Publisher See Virtual Worlds announced today that Universal Monsters will be its second themed planet in the Entropia Universe, which is comprised of various MMOs on different worlds.

The press release doesn't provide many details on the Universal Monsters game, but it does state that players will be able to travel to locations such as Dracula's Castle and the Lagoon to complete missions and battle the timeless horror characters. For more details, check out the full release after the jump.