As if we needed a university to prove statements like “Wow is the new golf” , well we got it.

A new study by researchers at Nottingham Trent University, published in the US journal CyberPsychology and Behavior, dispels the myth that online gamers are asocial.

?This study has revealed many aspects of MMORPGs that were not known before,” said Nottingham Trent University professor Mark Griffiths. “Previous research has suggested that gamers are socially inactive, but MMORPGs are actually extremely social games, with high percentages of gamers making life-long friends and even partners.?

MMORPG players not socially introverted, says study // GamesIndustry.biz

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