Starbase (video game)

Starbase
Developer(s)Frozenbyte
Publisher(s)Frozenbyte
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release29 July 2021 (early access)
Genre(s)Space simulation, massively multiplayer online role-playing game, first-person shooter
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Starbase is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game for Microsoft Windows currently in development by Frozenbyte. It was revealed in May 2019 and released on Steam early access in July 2021.[1][2] The game is voxel-based and set in space where players play as robots that can mine asteroids and design spaceships.[3][4][5]

Gameplay

The sees players controlling a humanoid robot within deep interstellar space, populated mostly by small asteroids and large scale space stations. The player starts out at a large space station in orbit of a gas giant planet where they can perform various jobs at the station and be paid in credits.[6] Credits are the universal currency in Starbase that allows players to buy various goods and services including starship components and various types of equipment for their robot such as firearms, backpacks and armour.

Development

Starbase was initially announced on Frozenbyte's official website on 28 May 2019 alongside an official trailer for the game. The game had been in the making for five years prior to the announcement and the game was initially described as a "massively multiplayer online game with gameplay focused on building, designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, trading and combat."

On 16 December 2020, Starbase began to seek out more users to participate in a closed alpha test after failing to release in 2020 as originally anticipated.[7] Starbase was planned to be released as an early access title on 17 June 2021 but the release was delayed.[8][9] The game was released on Steam early access on 29 July 2021.[4]

References

  1. ^ @StarbaseGame (May 28, 2019). "Announcing Starbase, a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, coming to Steam Early Access in 2019!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Shankar, Poorna (July 30, 2021). "Starbase is Now In Early Access". MMORPG.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ Santos, Marc (30 March 2021). "Space MMO 'Starbase' To Enter Early Access In May: What To Know". International Business Times. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Pearson, Craig (29 July 2021). "Starbase's early access space race has begun". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ Royce, Bree (29 July 2021). "Finnish sci-fi MMO Starbase has entered early access alpha on Steam". Massively Overpowered. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ Starbase - Getting Started. Frozenbyte. 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Chalk, Andy (16 December 2020). "Starbase, the EVE Online-meets-Minecraft game, is looking for more alpha testers". PC Gamer.
  8. ^ De Meo, Francesco (29 April 2021). "Frozenbyte's Starbase MMO to Launch in Early Access This June". Wccftech.com.
  9. ^ Saarenoja, Panu (10 June 2021). "Suomalainen suurverkkopeli Starbase myöhästyy". Pelaaja (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.