We have written before about the NASA MMORPG. Now that NASA will stop actual missions to space it is giving the chance for virtual explorers to do so. The NASA massively multiplayer online role playing game known as Moonbase Alpha is set to launch on July 6, 2010 on the Steam network. This is really the first part to a larger MMORPG: Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond. This larger game is not yet in development.
The game was developed by NASA Learning Technologies and Virtual Heroes which created the free America’s Army MMORPG for the United States Department of Defense. The game uses the Unreal Engine 3 and runs on Windows PC. It is set in the year 2032 and focuses on the daily life of a lunar astronaut. It features single or team play, VOIP chat, and realistic NASA scenarios.
Check out the below high definition trailer. The video is about 1 minute long.
Moonbase Alpha NASA Space MMORPG HD Trailer:
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Jul 5, 2010 at 19:00:14
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One note – Moonbase Alpha is a multiplayer game but NOT a MMO. We are working on a NASA MMO however and will be talking about that more soon!