Piranha Games announces
Transverse, a flight-based, sci-fi MMORPG from the
creators of
MechWarrior Online.
They say a variety of preorder options are offered on the
Transverse website, but don't
mention there's a crowd-sourced funding campaign there as well, which has an
ultimate goal of one million dollars. Here's
a reveal trailer and
the announcement:
Humanity has begun its first tentative steps beyond its
home solar system. However, the journey has not been entirely peaceful...
From the creators of MechWarrior Online comes Transverse, a galactic
flight-based MMORPG set in a persistent, distant sector of the galaxy where
industry, science and combat shape humanity's interstellar progression.
When the division between humans on Earth and the trans-humans of the outer
colonies threatened to develop into a system-wide war, the development of an
interstellar jump drive offered an alternative and the trans-humans in the outer
colonies were given the drive and a choice: integrate or emigrate.
They chose isolation.
Now immortal through the ability to transfer their consciousness into different
host bodies, the trans-humans have multiple hosts that can be modified and
improved to advance a pilot's skill. The future path humanity takes among the
stars is in your hands.
With incredibly detailed ship and station construction, massive
solar-system-wide player events and real-time, physics-based combat, Transverse
puts the power in the pilot's hands. A fluctuating, real-time economy fueled by
industry drives trade in a dynamic resource ecosystem, and player-generated
contracts and missions can shift the balance of power at any given moment. Your
reputation as a pilot throughout the galaxy will be judged by how well you fly,
and the decisions you make.
Transverse is now available for pre-order via a variety of tiers starting at $30
USD.