Anarchy Online
A pioneering sci-fi MMORPG set on the desert planet Rubi-Ka.
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Errico Malatesta · Public domain
Funcom, a Norwegian company, developed and published the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Anarchy Online.[1]
Making and release
Funcom's Oslo, Norway studios started preliminary work on Anarchy Online in 1995.[2] From 1995 to 2001, the development team expanded to a minimum of 70 people.[3] The 2000 Electronic Entertainment Expo was where Anarchy Online was first officially announced.[4] The game was released to the public on June 27, 2001, in both the United States and Norway.[5]
Anarchy Online was among the earliest MMORPGs to be offered through online digital distribution.[5]
What the cited sources add
That same source explains that Omni-Tek signed a 1000-year lease with the Interstellar Confederation of Corporations.[6] The story describes how loose coalitions of dissatisfied workers started calling themselves clans and began smuggling notum off the planet.[6] The official Anarchy Online website describes the game as the "World's First & Longest Running Sci-fi MMO"[7] The website also states that no subscription is required to play Anarchy Online and the Notum Wars booster pack.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Anarchy Online" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Anarchy Online's 13-Year Anniversary" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anarchy Online" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Funcom Celebrates 7 Years of Anarchy Online", Funcom, 2008-06-01; "Funcom Press Contact", Funcom, 2008; "IGN: Funcom", IGN; "Speed Punks Reviews", GameSpot (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anarchy Online" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Anarchy Online Interview", IGN, 1999-12-15; Seyoon Park, "Anarchy Online Review", GameSpot, 2001-06-13; "'7 Years Online' Video", Funcom, 2008; "Funcom Announces Release Plans for Anarchy Online", Funcom, 2001-03-03 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anarchy Online" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gestalt, "Anarchy Online", Eurogamer, 2000-09-10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Anarchy Online" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Anarchy Online Now Available For $29.99", Funcom, 2001-09-24; "Anarchy Online Turns Three", Funcom, 2004-06-27; "Funcom celebrates five year anniversary for Anarchy Online!", Funcom, June 27, 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Anarchy Online: The Story So Far", Funcom, 2008. facts only, no text reused. anarchy-online.com
- "Anarchy Online | Funcom", www.anarchy-online.com. facts only, no text reused. anarchy-online.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Anarchy Online (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Anarchy Online (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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