Google on Wednesday launched the world’s biggest game of Monopoly, allowing players to compete worldwide.
Monopoly City Streets uses the Google Maps platform to let users “buy” any street in the world. Once players create an online profile, they receive a handsome $3 million to purchase, build and trade in neighborhoods close to home or the farthest-flung cities.
Every street in the world is, in theory, available for purchase.
Once a player has taken control of a street, they are able to charge rent and build new virtual properties. Streets can also be traded and sold with other players.
The game makers have introduced chance cards, which allow players to sabotage neighboring rivals by building rubbish dumps, prisons or wind farms on their property to reduce the rent value of their neighbors.
Monopoly City Streets was developed by the Hasbro’s UK agency, Tribal DDB, with a little bit of help from Google. The game will be available in English, Spanish, German, French, and Dutch.
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