Torn (2003 video game)

Torn
The iOS app icon for Torn
Developer(s)Torn LTD
Publisher(s)Torn LTD
Platform(s)Online (HTML), iOS, Android
Release2004
Genre(s)MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Torn is a text-based, crime-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game.[1][2][3] The game was developed by the British developer Joe Chedburn in 2004, and is one of the largest text-based online video games.[4][5][6] The game involves a virtual world based around crime and business.[1][7] It has an in-game currency, which can be obtained in many ways, like mugging, drug trafficking, bank investments, dividends paid out from stocks, missions, and selling game items via the item market with other players among many other ways.

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  2. ^ Kee, Edwin (13 November 2012). "Torn, world's largest text based browser game, expands". Ubergizmo.
  3. ^ "How to Earn $1 Million by Making a Free Game". Venturebeat. 9 October 2009.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Rebecca (9 October 2009). "Well, That's Torn It". The Independent.
  5. ^ Bolton, David (6 April 2017). "The State of Indie Game Development in 2017". Dice.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017.
  6. ^ Carreiro, Remy (11 July 2016). "Torn: A Modern Game With An Awesome Throwback Feel". Forever Geek.
  7. ^ "Jovem inglês fica milionário aos 21 anos graças a jogo online". Arkade. 7 October 2019.