Darkspace has been officially released to the public! To sign up, visit www.playnet.com or www.darkspace.com to get the installer and register for online play.

New Development Updates. Click here to read them. Also, new Events have been added. Check the Events Board here. As you know, the release date has been moved to tomorrow, December 21, 2001. If you do not know how to continue playing Darkspace and how to pay for a membership, please click here.

Interface / Screenshots / Links
I have also updated the Interface section of the newbie guide. This will now be accurate to the current interface setup. I also am in the process of adding some new screenshots (because there are none!) as well as adding links.

GameCQ Client Manual Available.
A new GameCQ Client Manual can be found here.

There have been some major developments in the past...hour or so, as well as some new events posted. Here's the news.

Development Updates:

New Structures: 3 new structures have been added: The Sensor Base, the Antisensor Base, and the Interdictor Base. Check out the Building Guide for more detailed information.
Fighters, AR Missiles: Fighters are now equipped with AR Missiles, which replace the old SABOT rockets. The missiles will track the target, but take longer (~30sec) to reload, and will still fire 3 rounds. However, they will not destroy planetary targets.
Ship Resources: For now, ship resources have been disabled, meaning you can choose any ship no matter the cost, if you have the required rank and/or badges.
Ship Selection Screen: Has been redone, and the interface section of this site will soon be updated.

The long awaited release date has finally been announced by Palestar: Darkspace will go public on December 17th, 2001. Palestar has partnered with Playnet.com to bring you the final release of Darkspace. Palestar will continue to be the main development of the game, whil Playnet.com will provide hardware, bandwith, billing, and customer support services.

Darkspace Accounts
A few things will occur if you wish to continue playing Darkspace upon its release...
- Current Beta players will be able to retain their current usernames.
- Beta testers will recieve 50 bonus prestige, as well as a special "beta tester" badge.
- A total reset will occur, returning all stats to zero.
- Once "Pay to Play" is activated, all accounts will become demo accounts until payment information is provided.
- Demo Accounts will allow limited access play. You will not have to access official servers
- Darkspace will continue to be a free download.

Payment Plans
On the 17th of December, you will be able to click a BUY button in the Darkspace Chat Lobby. This will redirect you to the Playnet.com homepage, where you will have to register and choose your payment options. You will be able to pay with Visa, Mastercard, or Cash. There are 3 payment options:

Pay To Play Benefits
- Access to all 3 factions: UGTO, ICC, and K'luth.
- Gain Ranks and Badges, and access to bigger, better ships.
- Access to high bandwith multi-processor servers, for smoother gameplay.
- Ability to form player clans, which will lead to clan capture and control of planets in MV.
- Continuous updates of new weapons, ships, factions, maps/scenerios, space monsters, and more.

The Palestar Development Team thanks all the BETA testers who participated in the growth of this massive online mutliplayer space sim, and is looking forward to seeing all the testers in the Darkspace Universe on December 17th.