It's hard to believe that it was just seven years ago that Anarchy Online, a groundbreaking MMO, first launched. 200-million hours later, and still going strong!

July 1, 2008 - Funcom is proud to announce that Anarchy Online celebrates seven years in operation. The original sci-fi MMO has been a groundbreaking game ever since it launched, and it still stand as a massive pillar of the MMO genre. As the game moves into its eight year it shows no signs of slowing down, with development continuing at full pace with an ever evolving virtual world.

The history of Anarchy Online is one of hope and innovation, and development started as early as 1995. The internet was reserved for a small population of "elite" users back then, and early design documents were even questioning whether the internet had a future. At first Anarchy Online was therefore a small research project, but as history shows it soon turned into a massive and extremely ambitious MMO.

Anarchy Online is celebrating 7 years online, today!  June 27th 2001 brought us a game that no one thought would last this long.  But Funcom has truly showed they can adapt and change, and they've made an amazing world that many love!

Gaute Godager, Morten Byom, Craig Morrison, Ragnar Tørnquist and Colin Cragg. Three Game Directors, one Storycreator and one Lead Designer sit down and discuss their experiences with Anarchy Online in this new video.

Sharing some of their memories, both from working in the development team and from playing the game themselves, this video takes a closer look at the passion and dedication that has gone into making Anarchy Online one of the most unique games in MMO history.

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Congrats to the entire AO and Funcom team for their amazing work!