Earth: 2025 is a Web-base MMOG operated by Swirve.com, Inc. It claims to be the first of its genre and has since inspired countless other similar games. Furthermore, it claims to be the original webgame; it has been noted to be at least the first webgame game to achieve a mass audience. In 2002 and 2003, Earth: 2025, along with Swirve's Utopia, won the People's Voice Webby Award. The game's creator, Mehul Patel, has also been named a Featured Publisher by Right Media.