Cryptic officially announces Star Trek Online
Filed under: Sci-fi, Galleries, New titles, Star Trek Online
There are few other fictional backgrounds that fit the MMORPG medium so well. After all, Star Trek was never about a single character, ship or even planet; Star Trek was always about an entire universe. And MMORPGs are uniquely suited to create such a thing and allow players to explore every inch. Admittedly, Star Trek has its challenges. We want to make a game that best captures the real essence of Star Trek. We see Star Trek as much about exploration as combat. As much about the variety of alien civilizations as it is about the core Vulcans, Klingons, Humans, etc. It's going to be an exciting ride over the coming months as we begin to unveil STO. I can't wait.
For those of you who can't get enough STO news, on August 10th Cryptic will be unveiling the first gameplay footage at the Official Star Trek Convention in Vegas (if you aren't going to be there, never fear -- they'll stream it on the web, too!) and there are new forums packed full of fans for you to geek out with.
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coprolit said on 5:57AM 7-28-2008
From the "About" page on the homepage the overall gameplay sounds a lot like Pirates og the Burning Sea: exploration, vessel combat and a bit of avatar combat.
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MrJuliano said on 7:51AM 7-28-2008
One of our community members found a very interesting STO picture I've put on our front page showing a Klingon officer giving orders to a Vulcan, a Human and a Ferengi. The picture is originally found at the STO website.
Link to original picture: http://www.startrekonline.com/gallery/screenshots
Link to enlarged screenie: http://www.sto-zone.com/blog
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MrJuliano said on 7:54AM 7-28-2008
Sorry, meant to add that it is the background picture behind the screenshots on the STO page. Kinda hard to see unless you look for it.
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Krystalle Voecks said on 10:36AM 7-28-2008
Amusingly enough, we'd actually pulled that one and another of the backing images and played with them a bit. You'll see them later today in the One Shots feature. ;)
(Yes, we've got some total fanboys and fangirls on staff. hehe)
MrJuliano said on 10:39AM 7-28-2008
Woot! I love this site :)
Krystalle Voecks said on 12:40PM 7-28-2008
Correction: We decided to break it off into its own post which will run at 3:00. Too good to run under that header with all the "oooh, maybe it's this race!" talk. hehe
I'll add in a link to your site for some linklove, though. ;)
MrJuliano said on 12:46PM 7-28-2008
Oh, thanks so much, that's very kind of you.
Adam Holisky said on 1:11PM 7-28-2008
You have fan boys and girls over at WoW Insider too =)