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Star Trek Online

Star Trek Online, commonly referred to as STO, is the title of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) being developed by Cryptic Studios based on the popular Star Trek series created by Gene Roddenberry. The game is set in the 25th century, 30 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. After its completion, Star Trek Online will become the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game within the Star Trek franchise.

Previously, Perpetual Entertainment developed the game from 2004 to 2008 until its bankruptcy in January 2008. The license to develop the game and art assets were transferred to Cryptic Studios; however, the code remained with Perpetual Entertainment and its Perpetual Game Engine.

Atari, Cryptic Studio’s parent company, noted in its annual earnings report an expected release date of the game by March 31, 2010, the end of Atari’s current fiscal year. Executive producer Craig Zinkievich confirmed a target of “early 2010″ in an October 2009 interview.

Cryptic Studios officially announced its development of Star Trek Online on July 28, 2008, as a countdown timer on Cryptic’s web site reached zero and the new official site was launched.  A letter was sent out from Jack Emmert, the game’s online producer, detailing some aspects of Cryptic’s approach.

Previously, on January 15, 2008, Warcry Network reported that Perpetual Entertainment, the game’s earlier developer, had ceased work on the title. The license and other assets were transferred to another San Francisco Bay Area development studio. The new developer was unnamed at first, but several clues pointed toward Cryptic Studios, original developers of the superhero MMORPG City of Heroes.  On August 10, 2008, a conference was held in the Hilton hotel in Las Vegas. Leonard Nimoy and the leader of Cryptic studios revealed the first gameplay trailer, featuring various Federation and Klingon starships in combat with each other and Borg vessels, as well as footage of a Klingon squad boarding a Federation ship’s bridge. The release date was not publicly revealed except that it would be less than three years.  Source: Wikipedia