Anarchy Online is a science fiction massive multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Funcom, released in June of 2001. It is one of the longest running MMORPG in the science fiction genre and has released five expansions. http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/feature/4042/page/2The game now supports a play-for-free advertisement supported system. It has an Entertaining Software Rating Board (ESBR) rating of Teen.

Funcom celebrates the anniversary release every year by throwing an in-game party on Anarchy Online. The Anarchy Community Team usually attends the party and gives out numerous prizes to players. Past party festivities include new clothes, new posters, new vehicles, a scavenger hunt, a nine-iron golf club for golf fans, specialty social pets and a lifetime account to Anarchy Online. All of these festivities take place within the game with player characters.http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/10/view/news/page/1/read/17288/Anarchy-Online-Ninth-Year-Anniversary-Celebrations-This-Week.html

The game takes place on Rubi-Ka, a remote mining colony some 20,000 years in the future. A space vessel searching for planets with mining and colonization potential first landed on Rubi-Ka in the year 28702. Omni-Tek, and other corporations were continuously competing to colonizing space and expand their empires with income planets. Omni-Tek was the company that ultimately signed the 1000 year lease with the Interstellar Confederation of Corporations (ICC) for the planet. A conflict has continued between the galactic corporation Omni-Tek and the planet's rebel insurgents.http://www.anarchy-online.com/wsp/anarchy/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=content&func_id=2431&table=CONTENT

In September 29478, an alien breed of another species invaded Rubi-Ka. The rebel and corporate conflict was no longer a small war. It now took on a new face with species fighting against species. Communicating with the new species was not possible, and it is unknown what they came for but the war continues.http://www.anarchy-online.com/wsp/anarchy/frontend.cgi?func=publish.show&template=content&func_id=2431&table=CONTENT

Game play starts with character creation by choosing the characters traits which include name, gender, race, height, weight, and facial features. The player has 14 options to choose from for the player character’s profession - adventurer, agent, bureaucrat, doctor, enforcer, engineer, fixer, keeper, martial artist, meta-Physicist, nano technician, shade, soldier, or trader. Once the profession is chosen, the character is given a unique set of abilities associated with that particular profession. The player can choose to join the corporation or the rebel faction.http://mmohut.com/review/anarchy-online

Like many online role-playing games, there is no specific objective to accomplish to win the game. The player progresses in levels and improves their skills by interacting with other players in combat and cooperation. Experience points and money can be earned by completing game generated quests or by killing monsters. Level 220 is the maximum level a player character can achieve. The game display has a chat so players can communicate to locate one another or simply chat. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/anarchyonline/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary%3Bread-review

Notum Wars 2002

• introduced the land control areas
• new character creation system
• flying vehicles http://www.anarchy-online.com/wsp/anarchy/frontend.cgi?func=frontend.show&table=PUBLISH&template=drill&func_id=1067&navID=1003,1005,1053,1067

Shadowlands 2003

• added seven themed areas and many new locations
• raised the maximum character level to 220, and introduced the perk system.
• two new player professions http://www.anarchy-online.com/wsp/anarchy/frontend.cgi?func=frontend.show&table=PUBLISH&template=drill&func_id=1082&navID=1003,1005,1053,1082

Alien Invasion 2004

• plots were placed throughout Rubi-Ka which organizations can buy to erect custom cities.
• new dynamic missions
• new locations for role-play events
• added a new starter area for new players http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/anarchyonlinealieninvasion/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary%3Bread-review

Lost Eden 2006

• almost entirely player versus player combat oriented
• more dynamic missions were added
• added battle stations
• new research skill system http://www.anarchy-online.com/wsp/anarchy/frontend.cgi?func=frontend.show&table=PUBLISH&template=drill&func_id=1068&navID=1003,1005,1053,1068

Legacy of the Xan 2009

• added new areas
• new equipment mostly for high-level characters
• new weapons mostly for high-level characters http://www.anarchy-online.com/Xan/