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Awhile back, we showed you a timer on developer Cryptic’s official page that was a bit suspicious in origin. The natural conjecture that this timer would count down to an official announcement of Star Trek Online now appears to be true. WarCry recently found two different announcements of the game, which go quite a way to validate the revival of the once ill-fated game.

The first piece of evidence comes from the Star Trek Convention site. The announcement is painfully blunt, but if you look at the schedule for August 10 at 1:30 P.M. there is an event planned called “Star Trek Online Revealed.” Apparently, when it comes to videogames, these guys really don’t like to beat around the bush.

Another interesting tidbit comes from the Game Career Guide, where Cryptic Studios plastered an advertisement on page 42 that states they are hiring for positions. Notably, they claim to be "developer and publisher of...Champions Online and Star Trek Online." I think Cryptic may have killed the need for speculation on their timer already, unless it’s for a Stargate MMO or something.








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mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 09:21
mistic
Wooooot awesome now all trekkies in the world can have a persistent star-trek convention! :)
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 09:29
EternalDeathSlayer
Does anyone really care? What do Star Trek characters do to fight? Spaceships? Guns? I've watched a few episodes from all different Star Trek series, and I've never noticed any real conflict in it. I know the second movie is supposed to be great, but again, never seen that one.

WTF? How can this sound appealing at all?
Debeo Laurus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 09:36
Debeo Laurus
This would be exciting, if I were a trekkie. Otherwise its just another mmo for me to hear about.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 10:40
Maurice Tan
Reroute all auxiliary power to the secondary plasma conduits!

But no seriously, do not want. Star Wars > Star Trek.
Too Much Coffee Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 11:38
Too Much Coffee Man
I want a war mmo. like a battlefield thats 100 square miles w/ 10,000 people fighting for control. that's the only mmo i'd play.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 11:55
Sharpless
Honestly, I'll take Star Trek over Star Wars anyday. (Though, it depends on which era of Trek we're talking about.)
The Johnggernaut's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 12:52
The Johnggernaut
http://www.stargateworlds.com/ :D
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 16:19
Maurice Tan
Sharpless: </3
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2008 17:53
Aaron Mxy Yost
Set this during the Original Series and allow players to join Federation, Klingon, or Romulan factions, (or a Privateer faction doing trade/piracy missions for all three) and it could be gold. Quests could be set as away missions, or developing diplomatic relationships with planets that aren't already aligned to one of the major factions. Making the galaxy an evolving territory that could switch hands between different groups depending on the combined actions of players would be awesome. It'd be interesting to see an MMO that required you to focus on working together as a crew to man starships.
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