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Captain Dappet
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 Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:35 am Star Trek MMORPG Confirmed! |
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Prepare for Perpetual Star Trek Gaming
Fans eager for immersion into the Star Trek universe, your ticket is on the way. Viacom Consumer Products and Perpetual Entertainment have announced an agreement to begin development of a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) Star Trek game where players can explore, defend and virtually exist in the Star Trek universe in space, on Federation Starbases and on the surfaces of planets themselves.
Tentatively titled "Star Trek Online," the PC-platform game will be a completely unique experience for online gamers. (Those familiar with online gaming will already know of previous titles such as "EverQuest," "Ultima" and "Star Wars: Galaxies.") With "Star Trek Online," players will be able to create their own Star Trek characters and interact with other players as well as familiar Star Trek characters within the game. Players will pay a monthly subscription fee, and gameplay will take place seven days a week, around the clock.
"This (Star Trek) universe is unparalleled in depth," Perpetual Entertainment CEO Joe Keene told Daily Variety, "and can survive and extend for years." As the game evolves and grows, the content will be expanded and updated. Also, as players continue to rack up experience playing the game, their characters' rank, abilities and skills will consequently increase.
"Star Trek Online" will include combat, both in space and on the surface of planets, but isn't just limited to conflict; with a potentially limitless universe to operate in, players can live the Starfleet dream of exploration as well. Players will be able to embark on solo missions or join other players in multiplayer missions as well. While the game will be set in the 24th Century (TNG/DS9/Voyager) era, some missions may very well take players into other eras, reflecting how episodes and movies often feature intriguing detours in time.
Players will be able to create characters from several Star Trek races and while fans won't be able to play as a favorite Star Trek character (imagine the confusion of potentially thousands of Picards, Worfs or Datas), the game's developers are hoping to include Star Trek actors to provide voice work for their characters to appear in the game and interact with characters players create.
Perpetual Entertainment, a two-year old company based in northern California, was founded by two veterans of gaming giant Electronic Arts. The game is scheduled for beta testing in 2006 with an eye towards release in 2007. As the game goes through the development process, look for continuing coverage here at STARTREK.COM.
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Source: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/gaming/online/article/6661.html
Pretty cool, no? 
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syd2002
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| Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:47 pm |
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Very cool, this looks wicked. But I'm curious to see were the monthly price will be.
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Alucard
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| Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:26 pm |
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same. It looks awesum
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Tuvok8917
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| Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:24 am |
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Yesssssssss. I alway`s hoped that EA Games are gonna an Startrek game. And now my wish comes true..... 
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Mac Harm
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| Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:35 am |
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Yeah, EA games has an extraordinary reputation for excellent games so this should be a good one, is there any screenshots available as yet?
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memyselfandI
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| Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:22 am |
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That is freaking awesome!!! I can't wait!!!!!
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Captain Dappet
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| Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:59 pm |
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| Mac Harm wrote: | | Yeah, EA games has an extraordinary reputation for excellent games so this should be a good one, is there any screenshots available as yet? |
It's due to start Beta Testing in 2006, so no. 
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Alucard
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| Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:49 pm |
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its a whole near 1 year away... time for the calandar. 
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Republican_Man2
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| Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:36 pm |
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1. It was made official a WHILE ago.
2. This does NOT look that good. Destiny's Wind looks like it will be SO MUCH better!
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m021
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| Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:28 am |
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Wow, another Destiny's Wind fan! I almost thought I was the only one. 
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Toad
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| Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:28 pm |
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| Mac Harm wrote: | | Yeah, EA games has an extraordinary reputation for excellent games so this should be a good one, is there any screenshots available as yet? |
I love EA Games. Although I don't like the idea of paying a fee.
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Alucard
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| Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:36 pm |
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Well, most online games need a fee. but the fee sucks 
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Five - seveN
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| Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:46 pm |
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Well... Hopefully they will bless us with those nice free trial keys...
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Uss_Voyager
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| Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:56 pm |
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Thats Too Bad i Cant Play It Im Australian! I Would Cost Heaps For Me To Pay $ For Pounds
Please Come To Australia !!
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Lord Borg
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| Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:48 pm |
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sounds great, but i dont have the money for a monthy payment type of thing
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7of9_made it awesome
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| Mon May 09, 2005 11:46 am |
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anyone no how much monthly suscription will be?
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Captain.Dan V2
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| Mon May 09, 2005 2:13 pm |
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 True heros
DAMM A PC GAME my mam won't let me put one on the Computer
Well I'll have to do it behind her back (no tell her !!!!)
 Monthly supscrition hhhhhhhmmmmmmmm theres a problem have to think about that
2007 ?!?!?!?!?!? I'll never wait that long ?!?!?!?!
Bottom line
CAN'T WAIT
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lionhead
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| Mon May 09, 2005 3:54 pm |
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| 7of9_made it awesome wrote: | | anyone no how much monthly suscription will be? |
I hope nothing like in Guild wars.
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m021
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| Tue May 10, 2005 3:12 am |
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Guild Wars has no monthly charge because the graphics of that game are of revolutionary good quality. So the publisher can count on a lot of people buying the game, making enough profit to charge no monthly costs.
But as it looks now, Star Trek Online isn't going to be such a good game, so they can't count on so many people buying the game. Conclusion: they have to charge monthly costs to make the game profitable.
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Tuvok8917
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| Tue May 10, 2005 10:07 am |
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| m021 wrote: | | But as it looks now, Star Trek Online isn't going to be such a good game, so they can't count on so many people buying the game. Conclusion: they have to charge monthly costs to make the game profitable. |
I think that all ST fans are going to buy it
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m021
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| Wed May 11, 2005 12:51 am |
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| Tuvok8917 wrote: | | I think that all ST fans are going to buy it |
I wouldn't be so sure of that. As it looks now, the game will not be that good, and if you have to pay monthly costs anyway, I think many people will go for another, better MMORPG.
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7of9_made it awesome
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| Thu May 12, 2005 3:49 pm |
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SAVAGE is a RPSS its wicked, any of you got it?
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Dirt
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| Thu May 12, 2005 4:38 pm |
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Silly if it's gonna cost you a monthly amount of money
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Captain Patrick
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| Thu May 12, 2005 4:45 pm |
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I plan to buy it just to own it cause i can't pay monthy charges.
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Dirt
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| Thu May 12, 2005 4:59 pm |
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I bet they'll make you buy it and then make you paaay a month
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