Allegiance (video game)

For other uses of "Allegiance", see Allegiance (disambiguation).

Allegiance
Developer(s)Microsoft Research
Publisher(s)Microsoft
Designer(s)Rick Rashid
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s)Space simulation, real-time strategy, action
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Allegiance is a multiplayer online game initially developed by Microsoft Research. It is notable for providing a mix of real-time strategy and player piloted space combat gameplay.

Although the game was well received upon release, its sales turned out disappointing, selling fewer than 29,000 copies in its first year. Microsoft later released under a proprietary shared source license in 2004[3][4] and is maintained and developed by volunteers.[5] In 2017, the license was changed to the free MIT license.[6]

  1. ^ "UK releases". Eurogamer.net. April 28, 2000. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  2. ^ I. G. N. Staff (April 1, 2000). "Allegiance in Stores". IGN. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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  4. ^ "Allegiance". Microsoft Research. 2004. Archived from the original on September 7, 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2013. Now Microsoft Research is releasing the Allegiance source code.
  5. ^ Colayco, Bob (February 6, 2004). "Microsoft pledges Allegiance to its fanbase". GameSpot. Retrieved June 22, 2013. The release of the source code came in response to the enthusiasm of Allegiance's small-but-dedicated fanbase. Microsoft's Joel Dehlin commented that the development team has "been amazed at the level to which some of the Allegiance fans have remained hard-core. We're astounded at the progress that has been made at creating new factions, hosting new servers, replacing authentication, etc. It seems that Allegiance hasn't really died. With that in mind, we're releasing the Allegiance source code to the community.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference MIT license was invoked but never defined (see the help page).