Starbase (video game)
{{Infobox video game
| title = Starbase
| image = Starbase game cover.jpg
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| developer = Frozenbyte
| publisher = Frozenbyte
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| platforms = Microsoft Windows
| released = 29 July 2021 (early access)
| genre = Space simulation, massively multiplayer online role-playing game, first-person shooter
| modes = Multiplayer
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}}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.{{Cite tweet |user=StarbaseGame |number=1133387501085831168 |title=Announcing Starbase, a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, coming to Steam Early Access in 2019! |access-date=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mmorpg.com/news/starbase-is-now-in-early-access-2000122674 |title=Starbase is Now In Early Access |last=Shankar |first=Poorna |date=July 30, 2021 |website=MMORPG.com |access-date=4 August 2021}} The game is voxel-based and set in space where players play as robots that can mine asteroids and design spaceships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/space-mmo-starbase-enter-early-access-may-what-know-3171550 |title=Space MMO 'Starbase' To Enter Early Access In May: What To Know |last=Santos |first=Marc |date=30 March 2021 |website=International Business Times |access-date=31 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/starbase-early-access-release-1 |title=Starbase's early access space race has begun |last=Pearson |first=Craig |date=29 July 2021 |website=Rock Paper Shotgun |access-date=31 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://massivelyop.com/2021/07/29/finnish-sci-fi-mmo-starbase-has-entered-early-access-alpha-on-steam/ |title=Finnish sci-fi MMO Starbase has entered early access alpha on Steam |last=Royce |first=Bree |date=29 July 2021 |website=Massively Overpowered |access-date=31 August 2021}}
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.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W27X7DHn5XA |title=Starbase - Getting Started |date=8 April 2020 |publisher=Frozenbyte |access-date=}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/au/starbase-the-eve-online-meets-minecraft-game-is-looking-for-more-alpha-testers/ |title=Starbase, the EVE Online-meets-Minecraft game, is looking for more alpha testers |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=16 December 2020 |website=PC Gamer |access-date=}} Starbase was planned to be released as an early access title on 17 June 2021 but the release was delayed.{{cite web |url=https://wccftech.com/frozenbytes-starbase-to-launch-as-early-access-game-this-june/ |title=Frozenbyte's Starbase MMO to Launch in Early Access This June |last=De Meo |first=Francesco |date=29 April 2021 |website=Wccftech.com |access-date=}}{{cite web |url=https://pelaaja.fi/uutiset/suomalainen-suurverkkopeli-starbase-myohastyy |title=Suomalainen suurverkkopeli Starbase myöhästyy |last=Saarenoja |first=Panu |date=10 June 2021 |website=Pelaaja |language=fi |access-date=31 August 2021}} The game was released on Steam early access on 29 July 2021.{{r|rock}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.starbasegame.com/}}
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Category:Early access video games
Category:Fiction about asteroid mining
Category:Space massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Category:Video games about robots
Category:Video games developed in Finland
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