CipSoft Announces Zombie MMORPG Persist Online
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Almost 30 years following the release of Tibia, Cipsoft from Regensburg is back with a new sandbox MMORPG featuring an action-packed combat system and lots of zombies. Persist Online is the studio's first MMORPG for PC in almost 30 years.
CipSoft, the company behind Tibia, which launched 1997, announced its latest MMORPG: Persist Online. It features a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested open world sandbox. Every building is accessible, and a dynamic day and night cycle can have a genuine impact on gameplay. Designed as an old-school MMORPG - but with zombies, guns, and baseball bats instead of orcs, mages, and spells - Persist Online will bring hundreds of players together on a persistent server.
"The true charm of an MMORPG lies in the diverse interaction possibilities among players and the unpredictable stories that emerge from them. Decades of operating Tibia have continually shown us this," said Benjamin Zuckerer, Lead Product Manager. "It's why we believe a good multiplayer game can only be created together with the community, and even before the Early Access period, we will regularly organize game tests."
While surviving in its open world, every ally might be an advantage, but on the journey back to the safe bunker, players will worry about their loot in every encounter. "Exercise caution against other players looking for some PvP action, or team up and form guilds to defend strategically important locations, amassing resources quicker. Friendly fire is also engaged, so look out for that, too," Cipsoft says.
"Persist Online began as a hobby project and is the brainchild of two long-standing CipSoft employees. We just started developing the game we wanted to play ourselves. The core team now consists of 14 people and has access to all departments and the entire expertise of the company", Zuckerer says.
CipSoft was founded in June 2001 in Regensburg and emerged from the success of Tibia. With TibiaME, a mobile adaptation inspired by Tibia, CipSoft released one of the first online role-playing games for mobile phones in 2003. As one of the oldest German game developers, the independent company today generates an annual revenue of over 20 million Euros and employs 100 staff (GamesMarkt reported). In 2022, CipSoft was awarded "Studio of the Year" at the German Computer Game Awards.
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