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DarkSpace takes place in a tumultuous universe of political infighting, economic sanctions and diplomatic posturing. All of the major factions have definite hostility towards one another, but a few splinter outposts are staying neutral, at least initially, to determine their best interest. In the midst of turmoil and civil unrest, players start as an ensign, piloting smaller craft and will eventually work their way up to a grand admiral controlling a capital ship and plotting maneuvers in one of the three initial factions.
Hundreds of players will join together online in a fast paced struggle for mankind's destiny. Individual mission goals will vary and successful completion of objectives will alter the galaxy toward that faction's favor. The galaxy can be altered directly by concerted player effort. By cooperation within a faction or group, players will achieve scenario objectives and push back the rival factions. Random events are possible and will definitely require player cooperation to save the chosen faction from obliteration.
The DarkSpace universe is alive with many different subplots. Humans are the dominant species of each beginning scenario, but more advanced scenarios will feature diverse alien races and advanced technologies. Numerous neutral characters will focus on their own agendas in this seemingly crowded galaxy and the player will be forced to deal with circumstances that this creates.
Playnet.com's Executive Producer Al Corey said, 'We are very excited to be adding DarkSpace to our lineup of games and launching this terrific independent title. DarkSpace has a huge following and we look forward to serving the players.'
Richard Lyle, Palestar President and Lead Programmer commented on the partnership, 'All of us at Palestar and those who have helped us along the way are very pleased to join Playnet in this partnership to bring DarkSpace to the masses. We are very appreciative of the large fan support for our debut title and hope that the final launch and forthcoming new factions and scenarios will be worth the wait.'
DarkSpace will be available at Playnet.com starting December 17th, 2001 for a $9.99 monthly subscription. The DarkSpace client is a FREE download and offers both a tutorial and a demo mode to preview the game experience. Visit www.playnet.com or www.DarkSpace.net for more details.
About Playnet Inc.
Playnet, Inc is an Internet technologies company that specializes in design and development of massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) at its in-house software development studio, Cornered Rat Software (CRS); and through its Playnet.com division, operates an independent Internet-based online publishing center and interactive entertainment destination website, www.playnet.com that offers dynamic and customizable global delivery of a channelized line up of e-content, games, and advertising products through its own web sites and dozens of affiliated game and content sites. Established in April of 1999 and located in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of Texas, Playnet has positioned itself as a competitive player in the dynamic and largely untapped online multi-player games market.
About Palestar Inc.
Austin-based Palestar was founded back in 1999 by a small group of dedicated and talented industry professionals whose primary goal is to create fun and exciting games that are played online over the Internet. Palestar owns all rights, title and interests to its proprietary 3D engine called 'Medusa' (and its Resourcer) and to the product DarkSpace.
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| | | | | | | Palestar is pleased to announce that we will transition to pay for play on December 17th, 2001. Additionally, we have established a partnership with
Playnet.com which will a provide hardware, bandwidth, billing, and customer support for DarkSpace. Playnet.com operates other multiplayer and massively
multiplayer game communities and brings a high level of expertise and experience to DarkSpace and it's community.
ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
- All current players will be allowed to keep their DarkSpace game names
- All beta testers will received 50 points of bonus prestige and a special beta tester badge in their profile
- Statistics will be reset to zero so that everyone can begin on an even playing field in the rankings
- Once pay for play is activated all player accounts will be converted to demo accounts until you provide payment information.
- Demo accounts will let you play DarkSpace for free on a limited basis. Your access to ships will remain at the lowest rank and you will not be able to play on the official DarkSpace servers
- The game will continue to be a free download
HOW TO CONTINUE PLAYING DARKPACE
Buying DarkSpace is easy. On or after the 17th from the DarkSpace lobby, click on the BUY button to be redirected to a Playnet.com subscription page. There you create your
Playnet.com account and subscribe to play DarkSpace online. You can pay with Visa, Mastercard, or with PayByCash and we offer 3 payment plans:
- $9.99 a month
- $49.99 for 6 months (you save $9.99)
- $89.99 for 12 months of play (you save $29.89)
WHAT YOU GET WITH YOUR PAY FOR PLAY SUBSCRIPTION
- All three factions will be available, UGTO, ICC and the much anticipated K'Luth
- Gain rank and badges giving you access to more ships, including the massive Dreadnaughts
- Access to high bandwidth multi-processor servers located directly on 3 of the major backbones of the internet.
- The ability to form player clans, which will allow you to take and hold planets for your clan in the Metaverse.
- Continuous updates of new weapons, ships, factions, maps/scenerios, space monsters, and more.
In the coming days, there will see a press release along with more details on accounts, billing and customer service. Be sure to check the forums for
any updates.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped advance the game through development, testing and community support and look forward to seeing you online as we kick off this new stage in the life of the Darkspace universe.
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The Palestar Team
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| | | | | | | | Due to a hardware failure of a router at our ISP we lost all DarkSpace servers beginnning yesterday at around 2:00PM CST. We moved all the servers to a new co-location; now the servers are all back up and running at their new home. |
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The prize for first place is 3 months of free play time, second place receives 2 months, and all other places receive 1 month of free play time. The playtime will be awarded upon release of DarkSpace.
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to all the participants for creating great websites!
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| | | | | | | | At approximately 15:50 EST, December 2, the noble forces of the ICC eradicated the last UGTO presence on the planets of the sol system. This system was the last holdout of the decadent UGTO, ripe for liberation by the ICC. With the final revolt of Mercury against their UGTO oppressors, the entire metaverse is controlled by the ICC. This will usher in a new golden age of prosperity for all of mankind. |
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| | | | | | | We're are getting the new release servers online for testing the billing and rights systems. Before release, all players can join the official Palestar green servers for testing before release.
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| | | | | | | Check out Action Vault who was so kind as to put online a article on DarkSpace. The article includes 8 brand new screenshots.
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| | | | | | | Austin, Texas, November 20, 2001 - Palestar, Inc. today announced that their action/strategy massive multi-player title DarkSpace has now registered more than 20,000 players to their Open Beta program which began in mid July.
During the last four months Palestar has continued to improve the game play and accessibility of DarkSpace prior to launch. Loyal testers and players played a large role in this overall improvement of the product. Many thoughts and suggestions have made their way into the final product.
Now Palestar is nearing it's official launch date. Last minute details are nearly complete with Palestar's new worldwide partner. An announcement is expected in the coming week or so as to their partner and details of the launch.
Richard Lyle, Palestar's President and Lead Programmer, comments 'We're pleased with the way in which the game plays at this point. With the recent addition of the map editor, we believe the product is ready for launch. Now we're simply awaiting our agreement with the new partner to be finalized.'
The Austin-based developer envisions the beta test period will close shortly but that new interested gamers may still download the client and play DarkSpace until an announcement is made as to the official launch date. To play DarkSpace head over to http://www.darkspace.net to download the client through Palestar's many host and partner sites.
All business inquiries should be directed to Palestar at publish@palestar.com.
Read the entire press release... |
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| | | | | | | Austin, Texas, November 20, 2001 - Palestar, Inc. today announced that their action/strategy massive multi-player title DarkSpace has now registered more than 20,000 players to their Open Beta program which began in mid July.
During the last four months Palestar has continued to improve the game play and accessibility of DarkSpace prior to launch. Loyal testers and players played a large role in this overall improvement of the product. Many thoughts and suggestions have made their way into the final product.
Now Palestar is nearing it's official launch date. Last minute details are nearly complete with Palestar's new worldwide partner. An announcement is expected in the coming week or so as to their partner and details of the launch.
Richard Lyle, Palestar's President and Lead Programmer, comments 'We're pleased with the way in which the game plays at this point. With the recent addition of the map editor, we believe the product is ready for launch. Now we're simply awaiting our agreement with the new partner to be finalized.'
The Austin-based developer envisions the beta test period will close shortly but that new interested gamers may still download the client and play DarkSpace until an announcement is made as to the official launch date. To play DarkSpace head over to http://www.darkspace.net to download the client through Palestar's many host and partner sites.
All business inquiries should be directed to Palestar at publish@palestar.com.
Read the entire press release... |
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