Star Trek Online Alive Again

[Kradath]

After being canceled Cryptic Studios now took over the development of Star Trek Online to revive the project. Here's the official statement as well as some first screenshots:

Los Gatos, Calif. – Cryptic Studios™, a leading developer and publisher of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), announced today that it has secured the global rights to develop and publish Star Trek® Online, a massively multiplayer online game based on the legendary Star Trek franchise, from CBS Consumer Products.

Cryptic will unveil the first Star Trek Online gameplay footage as well as details about this highly anticipated MMO at the annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas on Sunday, August 10, 2008. Trek fans from around the globe can also view the event live via webcast at http://www.startrekonline.com/.

Be sure to check out their new site for Star Trek Online as well.

[CaptainKirk]

Re: Star Trek Online Alive Again

OH MY GOD!!! I think I just had some sort of heart attack.

[Kradath]

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But I think they won't accept your username, don't ask me why. :p

[Delta1]

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Wow, this is good news. Cryptic is a good studio. I played City of Heroes for 4 years (a Cryptic game).

Looking forward to Star Trek Online. I just wish things had not gone south with Cryptic and Microsoft with Marvel Online.

[Kradath]

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I played CoV/CoH just a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it.

[Webs961]

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I'm a Trekkie who was active in the Trek gaming scene (http://stgu.com) when Perpetual Entertainment, now defunct, announced the development of ST:O. Of course, everyone was cheering it on as the savior of the Trek Gaming world, and then of course it exploded into a million pieces as Perpetual went belly up.

Good news is, I think we're going to get a good, quality product this time around.