Sega finally making a PC focused game?

**Andy** · 23 Dec 2002, 09:22 PM

I got an email from Sega with the following:

Calling all PC Gamers!

Sega has teamed up with game developer Oceanus to offer an exciting online strategy game of interplanetary money, power and fame. Currently named Star Peace, the game is undergoing improvements and will re-launch in early February with a brand new title and expanded content.

Beta Test Period - 12/17/02 through 1/31/03. Play for FREE!

Experienced PC gamers have the opportunity to participate in our Beta Test. Simply go to the Beta Test Registration page on the game website
(http://www.starpeace.net/beta.asp) and register to play for free during the Beta period.

Help us evolve the game - send us your feedback!

Once you've played the game, send us your feedback
(http://www.starpeace.net/feedback.asp) and you could impact the launch version of the game. Beta Testers are also invited to help us come up with a new game title.

Game Features:
-- Massively multiplayer persistent world.
-- Real-time strategy with deep sim gameplay and high level of community interaction.
-- Influence the economy and politics of an entire planet.
-- Build an empire, rake in the big bucks, then run for Mayor or even president!
-- Just like real life, the game offers a challenge for the savvy entrepreneur
at heart.

Here are some shots:

That one really looks just like the Sims Online world

Luckily, it's only 3% of the map.

Wow, so it's not an in-house Sega game, it's still extremely interesting imo. If this is excecuted right, this could be really good, the screens definitely look good imo too, but the concept itself just sounds so cool.

**Yoshi** · 23 Dec 2002, 09:24 PM

I was playing the beta version last night. I just can't get into it. It's basically a capitalism sim, and if I want one of those, I'll sell stuff on ebay for real money.

**NeoZeedeater** · 23 Dec 2002, 09:26 PM

Andy, you say "finally" like Sega hasn't been a PC publisher before. Remember Segasoft?

**Andy** · 23 Dec 2002, 09:43 PM

You mean when they used to have heat.net? Yeah, I remember that, and personally I don't know why they ever got rid of that. That was such a bad move. But anyway, they still haven't done anything specifically oriented for PC, other than Plane Crazy and 10Six, the latter of which was supposedly terrible, despite the hype. Ports of console racers/fighters and Sonic games aren't what PC gamers are going to take notice of. Typing of the Dead is probably the closest thing they've done for a long time that may have interested some PC gamers, and even that is very minimal.