Project Entropia
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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).
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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.



