| Escape Velocity Nova | |
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| Developer(s) | Ambrosia Software and ATMOS |
| Publisher(s) | Ambrosia Software |
| Director(s) | Andrew Welch |
| Designer(s) | Matt Burch |
| Series | Escape Velocity |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Space trading and combat game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Escape Velocity Nova (a.k.a. EV Nova or EVN) is a video game developed by Ambrosia Software in collaboration with ATMOS. It is the third game in the Escape Velocity series of space trading and combat games. It was released on March 19, 2002 for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9, and later ported to Windows and released on July 11, 2003. The game's premise, set in a time period after mankind has discovered hyperspace technology, grants the player freedom to take missions, trade goods, steal from other ships, and enter one of six storylines.
Originally a plug-in for Escape Velocity Override created by ATMOS, Nova development began with Ambrosia contracting ATMOS to make the plug-in the scenario for a new game. ATMOS developed the scenario and graphics, while Matt Burch developed the game engine. The game features six different mutually exclusive plot lines, but players have control to act as they will from the start of the game. Reception to the game praised the gameplay, plot, and ability to be replayed, but was critical of the lack of a soundtrack, repetitiveness, and pace and difficulty of the storylines.