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OGame Marks 24 Years With Project Orion, Its Biggest Update Yet, Now Live

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3 days ago

November 12, 2026

OGame Project Orion space strategy gameplay

OGame Project Orion gameplay. Image courtesy of Gameforge.

Twenty four years after it first launched, OGame is giving its commanders a whole new reason to launch a fleet. Project Orion, described by Gameforge as the space strategy game’s biggest update in years, is now live with a new anomaly mission system that mixes PvE wave battles, cooperative objectives for up to five players, contestable PvP missions and a new Lithium economy.

Gameforge today announced that OGame: Project Orion is now live on PC, Android and iOS, bringing a major new mission system to the long-running space strategy game. Following the successful completion of its Public Test Server phase, the update adds a new layer of shared fleet activity to OGame, combining PvE objectives, high-risk PvP opportunities and long-term economic choices.

A new way to farm resources is coming to OGame

At the center of Project Orion is the Interstellar Anomaly Scanner, a new building which allows commanders to discover the new anomaly missions. Anomaly missions have many different types, ranging from peaceful cargo assignments to multi-wave defensive fleet battles. Once activated, an anomaly mission appears in the galaxy view, where other commanders can find it, join it or contest it. Each decision therefore carries a second question beyond fleet strength: who else is watching?

A more active galaxy

OGame’s first battles against NPC fleets. Commanders hold position against successive waves of randomly assembled enemies, from pirate formations to Deathstars. Enemy composition and strength scale with the Scanner, rewarding players who read the threat and adapt their fleet. The stronger the anomaly mission, the more rewards wait to be earned.

Cooperate or compete. Orion groups allow up to five commanders to coordinate on an objective, with group capacity determined by the mission owner’s Alliance Depot. PvP missions offer twice the rewards of PvE missions, but the participating fleets can be attacked by rivals. Every mission therefore involves weighing the potential rewards against the risks.

Anomaly scanner. Players will receive a random selection of anomaly missions upon scanning. Anomaly missions will reveal their rewards before you start them, making it possible to target farm-specific resources or rewards.

Various mission types. Combat and transport assignments create new objectives for Collector, Discoverer and General play styles. Potential rewards include ships, resources, Dark Matter, lifeform experience, artifacts and premium items.

Lithium and new progression. Players can convert Metal, Crystal, Deuterium or Food into Lithium, which powers scans and reward claims. Lithium is shared across a player’s planets and cannot be traded or stolen. A new Control Center contains nine upgradeable structures, supported by a dedicated mission overview and tutorial chapter.

“Project Orion gives every kind of commander a new reason to launch a fleet. Each anomaly turns a familiar OGame decision—where to commit resources, time and ships—into a shared moment that other players can influence. The PTS helped us refine that experience with the people who know OGame best: its community.” — Martin Liedtke, Director Products, Gameforge

Twenty four years and still exploring

Project Orion arrives as OGame marks its 24th anniversary. The space strategy game first went live on October 3, 2002, and helped set Gameforge on its path as a publisher and operator of long-running online worlds. Project Orion continues that history with a substantial new system built around the qualities that have sustained OGame for more than two decades: planning, risk, competition and community.

Availability

Project Orion is available now globally on Android, iOS, and PC with a new universe offered for every country, and a full global rollout planned for November 30, 2026. OGame is free-to-play.

About OGame

OGame is a free-to-play, browser-based space strategy MMO first launched in 2002. Players build interstellar empires, research technologies, develop fleets, form alliances and compete across persistent universes shaped by diplomacy, trade and warfare. OGame can be played directly in a web browser and is also available on mobile through the OGame app for iOS and Android.

About Gameforge

Founded in 2003, Gameforge is a leading Western publisher and operator of popular online games. From its headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, the company builds, publishes and supports enduring online worlds for international communities. Its diverse portfolio includes established MMORPGs such as Metin2, AION Classic, NosTale, Runes of Magic and Elsword, as well as long-running browser strategy games including OGame and Ikariam.

Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars Is Out Now on Quest, PICO and Android XR

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32 minutes ago

November 15, 2026

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Rocky, a rocky alien crewmate, reaches out with a stone fist inside the Hail Mary spaceship in Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars.

Rocky, the rocky alien crewmate, inside the Hail Mary in Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars. Photo by Maze Theory

Humanity’s last hope is now a mission you can step inside. Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is out now, a mixed-reality adventure that tells a previously untold chapter of Andy Weir’s bestselling sci-fi universe.

The immersive mixed reality experience launched on PICO, Android XR and Meta Quest 3/3S. It comes from Maze Theory, the award-winning London-based immersive entertainment studio behind Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom and Doctor Who: The Edge of Time.

Players step into the role of Ryland Grace. Ryland Grace and his friend and crewmate Rocky must work together in the face of disaster to keep the Hail Mary intact and bring their world-saving cargo to Eridani — Rocky’s home planet, and Grace’s new home.

It is a story of trust and communication between species. As this mixed-reality experience blends your physical environment with the Hail Mary itself, players diagnose problems, improvise solutions and push the limits of science and engineering to keep the mission alive.

Along the way, players work alongside Rocky to keep the mission alive, diagnose failing systems and improvise scientific solutions, and manage their ship and its precious cargo as they travel through the stars — experiencing humanity’s last hope firsthand.

Watch the launch trailer below.