Perplex City to end

Perplex City - possibly the longest-running ARG - is to wind down. The proposed Season 2 has been cancelled (it's like television!), and so the creative team behind Perplex City are moving on. Adrian Hon, the play director, has an explanatory post up here.

I’ve had a wonderful three years at the Mind Candy. I’ve learned a whole range of valuable and bizarre skills, from organising an event on the other side of the world to researching how bees dance. I wouldn’t be able to list all the things we achieved with Perplex City - the rich story, the friendships made and the battles won are endless. I feel privileged to have worked with some of the most talented and hard-working people in the business who helped make Perplex City, and to have had the opportunity to make a game for such a dedicated and energetic group of players.

Perplex City raised the bar for ARGs (and web-based entertainment, frankly), and I'm sure we'll soon be seeing equally interesting projects from the creative team behind it.