Project Entropia

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Project Entropia - Early Screenshot
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Project Entropia - Early Screenshot
Project Entropia was the original name of Entropia Universe.

In 2005 'Project Entropia recorded an annual turnover of 1.6Billion [PED] (160M$). In April 2006 Project Entropia transformed into Entropia Universe, the currency PED or Project Entropia Dollars has remained and many player still refer to the game as 'PE'

Entropia Universe is a direct continuation of Project Entropia

"After several years of existence, Project Entropia is ready to take the evolutionary step in becoming Entropia Universe," Marco Behrmann (Director of Community Relations).


Project Entropia History

  • 2001 May: 'MindArk AB' begins technical beta testing of Project Entropia with 50+ participants.
  • 2001 September: Project Entropia Phase II began with over 500 beta testers in a 10 square kilometre area and grows to 1000 testers.
  • 2002 : Initial trial of the Project Entropia economy begins with the release of a number of special items with a combined value of $100,000+ USD (1 Million PED)
  • 2002 December: VU 4.0 brings with it a Treasure Hunt system based on a random spawn engine that placed items arbitrarily around the planet of Calypso. (later abandoned)
  • 2003 April: Marking the end of the development phase and with 60,000 users 'Mindark AB' is overtaken by a newly formed company 'MindArk PE AB' (Same ownership minus a few initial investors).
  • 2003 January: Project Entropia went gold with version update 4.2 (The first PvP Zone was also introduced with this VU).
  • 2006 April: Project Entropia transforms into Entropia Universe
  • 2008 July: Entropia Universe Version 9.0

...Read more about Project Entropia after its name changed or explore this online encyclopedia of the Entropia Universe.


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