'Kwari' - Play-for-Cash FPS Announced

UK based company with the very odd name of Kwari announced the latest scheme to turn playing games into earning real money. The game itself is a sci-fi shooter title that is designed to be free to download. However in order to play you have to pay not a monthly fee but money to pay for your weapons's ammo. The game is currently taking sign-ups for beta testing; the final version is expected to be released later this year.

Gamers playing Kwari for cash set up an account, are matched on the basis of skill, and enter a game at a pre agreed stake level ranging from one cent to one dollar a hit. During the four-round matches (3x 16-player maps, 1x 64-player last man standing map called 'The Killing Floor') every time a player hits another, money is decremented from the target's stake and added to the shooter's. In a way, the player's money stake mirrors their in-game health, except it's exchanged from one player to another.

There are also jackpot prizes which require keys to unlock. These jackpots are fed by self-inflicted damage sustained by the players in all games being played globally. For example, if a player jumps from the top of an arena or takes damage from a hazard, their stake is decremented and this feeds into the jackpots, which are then released hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly - the latter are expected to pay out millions of dollars. Most importantly; all money paid in to the game by players is won out of the game by players.