Perpetual Entertainment, founded in March 2002, was an American developer, publisher and operator of networked multiplayer games and MMORPGs.

The company was best known for its development of two MMOs: Star Trek Online and Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising.

As Perpetual Entertainment, the company had previously developed to beta status Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, which was put on indefinite hold in October 2007 after several rounds of layoffs.

On or after 14 January 2008 it was reported that the company had ceased development of the Star Trek license,[1] which was transferred to Cryptic Studios.

After a previous round of layoffs in December 2006, Perpetual underwent several further rounds of layoffs [4] and staff defections in September and October 2007, before finally announcing the indefinite suspension of Gods & Heroes[5] to allow the company to focus its efforts on Star Trek Online.