Entropy (video game)

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Developer(s) Artplant

Entropy was a space MMORPG video game developed by the Norwegian game studio Artplant, [1] the company which created the MMORPG Battlestar Galactica Online . [2]

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Gameplay

The game was a space flight simulator played from behind the cockpit of a spaceship, with combat similar to Wing Commander and X . [3] The game also had mining, trading, and salvaging systems. [4]

Release

Steam Early Access

The game was released through Steam Early Access on December 9, 2013, available for purchase with three different packaged offerings (from least to most expensive): Colonist, Explorer, and Founder. [5] Purchasers of the base Colonist package will have their progress in the game wiped after the game leaves Early Access and is fully released. [2] Rock, Paper, Shotgun writer Alec Meer questioned whether wiping the progress of low-paying customers was "a matter of choice rather than technical necessity". [2]

De-activation

The developer removed the game from Steam on November 30, 2017. The game went offline in March 2018. [6]

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References

  1. Schuster, Shawn (December 10, 2013). "Space MMO Entropy hits Steam's Early Access". Joystiq . Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Meer, Alec (December 10, 2013). "Battlestar Evelikia: Entropy". Rock, Paper, Shotgun . Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  3. Kelly, Andy (April 2014). "Entropy hands-on: the early days of an ambitious online space sim". PC Gamer . p. 24. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  4. Yin-Poole, Wesley (December 10, 2013). "Now there's another space MMO: Entropy". Eurogamer . Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  5. "Entropy on Steam". Steam . Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  6. "We have removed Entropy from the Steam Store :: Entropy General Discussions".