After waiting for a follow-up to management sim Startopia for almost 20 years, it's finally happening. Realmforge Studio's Spacebase Startopia will be open for business on October 23. In the meantime, there's a new video, above, that breaks down what you'll be doing as a space station administrator.Realmforge says it's a "fresh take" on a game that it strangely never mentions by name, despite them sharing names, but from what I saw during my first look at Gamescom, it's close to identical.
Odder still is the fact that the original Startopia has been
removed from sale, apparently at the request of Square Enix, which added it to its catalogue when it acquired publisher Eidos Interactive in 2009.
To get into the closed beta, you'll need to pre-purchase it from the
Kalypso store. You'll be able to try out three tutorial maps, two missions and an early version of the skirmish mode. Realmforge will continue to add to it across regular updates until the October launch.
