We now turn our attentions to PlayON, who have just launched their new site for the World Cup at www.playon.co. The team at PlayON have been working hard behind the scenes over the past year building this new site and have launched it ahead of Thursday’s opener between Brazil and Croatia. We’re delighted to announce that we will be supporting their game over the summer:
Some of you may already be familiar with PlayON – a game powered by Opta stats that we covered over the previous domestic campaign. In this new site there are plenty of new features, with Gameweeks being run for all groups and each individual group for each round.
If you’re new to PlayON or simply require a re-cap, don’t worry. In an article tomorrow we will look at how to select your squad and also cover the rules and points scoring systems, whilst we’ll also be on hand to roll out a new Player Picks article prior to each Round’s deadline – giving you a heads-up on any potential bargains before the next batch of matches gets underway.
Crucially, PlayON differs from many other Fantasy games in that the player prices alternate in accordance with their previous displays over the tournament. This means that looking for bargains is never the same from one Round to the next – Kevin de Bruyne may be cheaper than Eden Hazard to start with, but a strong performance for Belgium’s opener with Algeria would see the former’s price rocket in time for Round 2 and perhaps force his previous owners to look elsewhere.
PlayON is also a betting exchange so you can put your money where your mouth is. There are one-on-one and multiplayer games on offer and you can also take on Ambassadors such as Robbie Fowler, Les Ferdinand, the Fantasy Football Scout and Opta Joe. There are also new game types and pay-out structures in the new site, as well as a leaderboard which adds together your top five Gameweek scores over the course of the World Cup, with the top finisher winning £500.
For now, though, head on over to PlayON to check out their new and improved website – you can select whichever Gameweek you want to play from in the menu in the top left. Keep any eye open over the next few days as we ramp up our coverage closer to the big kick-off.
