While money appeared to be available for developers creating massively multiplayer games (MMG), 11 companies aiming at more traditional worlds raised about $47.7 million.
The biggest investment went to Nurien Software--$15 million--for its social network/casual games/virtual world combo; FooMojo, $9.9 million, for its virtual pets that have already found a home on Facebook; and EveryScape, $7 million, a mirror world with advertising. Metaplace also got $6.7 million.--Laurie Sullivan