Black Prophecy

Black Prophecy
Official logo for the game
Developer(s)	Reakktor Media
Publisher(s)	gamigo AG
Engine	Gamebryo
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	21 March 2011 (EU)
Genre(s)	MMORPG Space simulation
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Black Prophecy was a 3D real-time space combat massively multiplayer online game by Reakktor Media GmbH, the creators of Neocron.

Reakktor Media started the open beta test phase of the game on February 2011, and they had teamed up with German distributor gamigo AG to publish the game.

Black Prophecy was launched in Europe on 21 March 2011. The US version was launched later. The game was not made available to Asian and Australian players, with the official Black Prophecy website preventing residents of these regions from downloading the client executable file and signing up for beta access. The game used the Freemium model, featuring a premium shop where players could buy various in-game items, such as weapons and armors.

On 29 August 2012 the game developers announced that the game will be "closing its doors" on 26 September 2012.

Black Prophecy's setting and story have been developed by Sci-Fi author Michael Marrak.

The game was set in the 26th century, where mankind has expanded across the galaxy, yet only few of its colonies are controlled by humans. Two main factions dominate space: the cybernetically enhanced humans the Tyi and the biogenetically perfected humans the Genides. On their quest for territorial domination they enter the territory of an ancient alien race called the Restorers, who exhibit a destructive behaviour to other civilizations.

The player was asked to join one of these two dominant races of humans to uncover the mystery of the Restorers and grant the survival of the human species.

Two main factions dominated the game:

The Tyi (abbreviation for Tactical Yeomen Inhabitants, pronounced "tie") are a race of cybernetically enhanced superhumans, with great strength and endurance, both physically and mentally. They are resistant to radiation, have redundant circulatory systems as well as backup organs, speak all languages and are true multitaskers. They also gather and process data at a somewhat increased rate.

The Genides are a race of genetically perfected humans, designed to be able to better resist the unusual and partially hostile environments in space and on the colony planets. They require very little sleep, heal wounds quickly and can communicate telepathically. In addition, most of them are resistant to disease and epidemics, think faster, can detect ultra- and infra-sounds and have a long life expectancy.