Star Trek Online Confirmed For 2010 Q1 Release
From an announcement on VideoGamer.com yesterday, Cryptic Studios confirmed that their planned release for upcoming Star Trek-themed MMOG Star Trek Online is the first quarter of 2010. This announcement is in-line with a rumor back in May claiming the same thing, and yesterday's news also includes the detail of a closed beta being made available very soon. One of the bonuses for people who purchased six-month pre-orders or lifetime accounts with Champions Online was access to this beta.
A lot of interesting things have come out about STO's combat system which is supposed to be a combination of the usual ground gameplay combined with space combat similar to EVE Online. While Star Trek (as in the television/movie franchise) has always been a guilty nerd pleasure of mine, the thought of the IP coming to a MMOG format is a bit neutral for me-- but I am intrigued to find out what the game is like and I think the MMOG landscape is in desperate need of some more sci-fi titles. I am also mildly curious about how this will affect Champions Online any, if at all, given that by the time of the supposed release their super-hero themed MMOG won't even be six months old. Obviously the two games won't be competing directly with each other but I can't think of any other studio that has released multiple MMOG properties within such a short space of one another.
mixvio
Posted to Hot Stuff, MMOs on 20 October 2009
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