Black Prophecy is an upcoming game under the development of Reakktor Media GmbH, Same Company responsible for creating Neocron. The game is in Beta test phase and players who wish to play can apply for beta test on the official website. The game will use the famous game engine Gamebryo, which earlier used in the games like Prince of Persia 3D and Zoo Tycoon. It will only be released for Microsoft Windows and under a unique genre of MMORPG Space Simulation. There will not be a single player or story driven mode for the game, only multiplayer mode is considered by the developers.

Story settings and the other settings for the game are given by Sci-Fi author Michael Marrak. The game begins is the 26^th century, mankind is expanding deep into the galaxy. Only few of the colonies are under human control. The two factions dominate space are cybernetically enhanced Tyi and biogenetically perfected Genides. They are fighting for territorial dominance they enter a territory owned by an ancient race of aliens, which have a destructive behavior towards other civilizations. Those aliens are known as “Restores.” Being as a player you are asked to join one of the two dominant races to uncover the mystery of the Restores and grant the survival of the three human races.

The two main functions of the game are:

The Genides – they are genetically perfected humans, they can resist the unusual and partially hostile environments in space and on the colony planets. They don’t need any sleep and healing of wounds and they communicate telepathically. They are resistant to any kind of diseases.

The Tyi – Tyi stands for Tactical Yeomen Inhabitants, is a race of cybernetically enhanced superhumans. They have great strength and endurance, both physically as well as mentally. They are resistant to radiation, have independent bloodstreams as well as a backup organs.

Black Prophecy will be more action oriented than the other space simulation games. It will feature player versus environment (PvE) and Player versus Player (PvP). One more feature that is notable about the game is the modular ship design. Player can acquire different modules like wings, engines and cockpits in different sizes to customize their ships. Similar to the achievement system there will be a award and medal system. In the system player can earn medals and awards for performing specific tasks. Player clans will be allowed to build their own stations. You can play both from first person as well as from third person perspective.

In the late 2006 development for Black Prophecy stared with 50 people. Originally the game was supposed to be released in 2009 by Reakktor’s studio, known as 10tacle Studios. The game was later premiered during the 2007 Games Convention, which was held in Leipzig Germany. On August 21, 2007 first website for the game got online. With a new demo and registration for beta the game debuted at 2008 E3. 10tacle went bankrupt on August 2008 but Reakktor released a statement confirming their commitment for the game. on March 5, 2009 a new website was launched followed by official forums on April 8, 2009.

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