Star Trek Online - Now Free-to-Play

Ryan0rz wrote:Is that from the episode where the doctor gets sent to the alpha quadrant? And the other doctor is jelous of his sex skillz? Awesome episode!

MrBrown wrote:If your getting into all that you could technically argue that the new film came along and dumped on 2 decades of Star Trek canon.

Cryptic executive producer Craig Zinkievich has confirmed with Videogamer that the upcoming Star Trek Online is set to launch during the first quarter of next year -- which falls in line with an Atari document we reported on back in May. Zinkievich also confirmed that Cryptic will soon offer gamers a taste of the experience to come, stating that the game's closed beta is "right around the corner."

Though Videogamer set its phaser to "pester," Zinkievich wouldn't budge on any details about release date beyond the quoted Q1 2010 placeholder, citing that he would receive the full wrath of the marketing department should he crack. We'd like to imagine said department being full of Klingons, but we all know Cardassians really make the best marketers.

Mogster wrote:I hadn't expected it quite so soon. For some reason I've started getting a bad feeling about this.

Eighthours wrote:

captain red dog wrote:I'd wager even the the Enterprise D could beat up the Defiant...

The Defiant was more powerful than the D, as can be seen by the encounter between a Galaxy Class ship and the Jem'Hadar in the season 2 finale of DS9, where the former got shot to **** by the latter and then destroyed in a suicide run. Whereas the Defiant's machine-gun phasers pummelled a Jem'Hadar ship to pieces in the third season opener without even breaking a sweat.

captain red dog wrote:

Eighthours wrote:

captain red dog wrote:I'd wager even the the Enterprise D could beat up the Defiant...

The Defiant was more powerful than the D, as can be seen by the encounter between a Galaxy Class ship and the Jem'Hadar in the season 2 finale of DS9, where the former got shot to **** by the latter and then destroyed in a suicide run. Whereas the Defiant's machine-gun phasers pummelled a Jem'Hadar ship to pieces in the third season opener without even breaking a sweat.

Just noticed this and I'd counter that the Enterprise D beat up a Borg Cube on its own, but in First Contact the Defiant was rescued adrift after failing to take down a cube in part of a battlefleet. The Defiant was hauled as garbage!

I really want this to be good!

Cryptic and Atari have confirmed that their MMO Star Trek Online will be released for PC on 2nd February 2010 in North America, and 5th February in Europe.

The confirmation follows Amazon.com and GameStop listing the 2nd February date on their pre-order pages earlier in the week.

"It's definitely early 2010," executive produce Craig Zinkievich told us last month, and it turns out he wasn't kidding. Despite his comments, February will be earlier than many expected.

Star Trek Online casts every player as a Federation or Klingon starship captain, and allows for ship combat, planet-side exploration and customisation of an AI crew. You can find a hands-on from the Eurogamer Expo and tons more information at the Star Trek Online gamepage.

Cryptic Studios producer Craig Zinkievich has talked about some of the possible post-launch ideas that could be headed to Star Trek Online

Speaking in an exclusive interview with NowGamer, Zinkievich suggested that omitted ideas for the MMO could be included as the game evolves. Asked whether the team had many ideas the producer replied: "Plenty. Some of the biggest were allowing players to play as neutral factions (like traders) or play as an officer on another player’s ship."

"We also knew that we wanted to get the game out in a set amount of time, and that we wanted to make sure that we delivered a deep and rich experience rather than a whole bunch of thin ones. So we focused on making the Starship Captain experience."

Zinkievich added a glimmer of hope for anyone interested in the above though, saying: "Great thing about MMOs, though, is how you get to keep developing them after launch..."

What other features would you want to see - hover boards? Tribbles (ask a Trekkie)? Check out the game when it launches in February, then let Cryptic know.

System Requirements

* OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 3800+
* Memory: 1GB RAM
* Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 / ATI Radeon X1800 / Intel HD Graphics
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
* DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
* HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
* Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
* Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

Recommended System Configuration

* OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
* CPU: Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 5600+
* Memory: 2GB RAM+
* Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3850+
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
* DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
* HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
* Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
* Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

captain red dog wrote:

Eighthours wrote:

captain red dog wrote:I'd wager even the the Enterprise D could beat up the Defiant...

The Defiant was more powerful than the D, as can be seen by the encounter between a Galaxy Class ship and the Jem'Hadar in the season 2 finale of DS9, where the former got shot to **** by the latter and then destroyed in a suicide run. Whereas the Defiant's machine-gun phasers pummelled a Jem'Hadar ship to pieces in the third season opener without even breaking a sweat.

Just noticed this and I'd counter that the Enterprise D beat up a Borg Cube on its own, but in First Contact the Defiant was rescued adrift after failing to take down a cube in part of a battlefleet. The Defiant was hauled as garbage!

I really want this to be good!

hideous_enigma wrote:

DangChris xD wrote:

captain red dog wrote:

Eighthours wrote:

captain red dog wrote:I'd wager even the the Enterprise D could beat up the Defiant...

The Defiant was more powerful than the D, as can be seen by the encounter between a Galaxy Class ship and the Jem'Hadar in the season 2 finale of DS9, where the former got shot to **** by the latter and then destroyed in a suicide run. Whereas the Defiant's machine-gun phasers pummelled a Jem'Hadar ship to pieces in the third season opener without even breaking a sweat.

Just noticed this and I'd counter that the Enterprise D beat up a Borg Cube on its own, but in First Contact the Defiant was rescued adrift after failing to take down a cube in part of a battlefleet. The Defiant was hauled as garbage!

I really want this to be good!

Defiant has a cloak so the Enterpise D would'nt see it coming. Also Defiant has Quantum torpedoes & Enterprise D only had photon. They had Quantum's on the E though!

Would you guy's be up for making a guild if they have those in this game?

DangChris xD wrote:

captain red dog wrote:

Eighthours wrote:

captain red dog wrote:I'd wager even the the Enterprise D could beat up the Defiant...

The Defiant was more powerful than the D, as can be seen by the encounter between a Galaxy Class ship and the Jem'Hadar in the season 2 finale of DS9, where the former got shot to **** by the latter and then destroyed in a suicide run. Whereas the Defiant's machine-gun phasers pummelled a Jem'Hadar ship to pieces in the third season opener without even breaking a sweat.

Just noticed this and I'd counter that the Enterprise D beat up a Borg Cube on its own, but in First Contact the Defiant was rescued adrift after failing to take down a cube in part of a battlefleet. The Defiant was hauled as garbage!

I really want this to be good!

Defiant has a cloak so the Enterpise D would'nt see it coming. Also Defiant has Quantum torpedoes & Enterprise D only had photon. They had Quantum's on the E though!

Would you guy's be up for making a guild if they have those in this game?