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The Star Trek Online website has reappeared, promising that something or other is "coming soon".

This MMO adaptation of the science fiction classic was presumed dead after original developer Perpetual Entertainment abandoned ship in January.

Some observers suggested that City of Heroes brain Cryptic Studios would steer it back on course. But this seems unlikely since they revealed Cryptic's busy working on new cel-shaded MMO, Champions Online.

Time will tell.

What are we looking at, a 20th Century Rome?

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syphaa #1 4 years ago

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Beam me away from this game scottie!
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DFawkes #2 4 years ago

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As a sci-fi geek, I was really sad about it getting canned (well, as sad as you can get about a game which you've only seen concept art).

But I'm hoping it's back on track. Heck, just publish World of Warcraft and rename all the abilities and I'd be happy. Arcnae Shot? No, that's Phaser Attack! Wing Clip no more, it's now Disable Alien Lifeform.
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Lebowski #3 4 years ago

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Make it so.
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Apostle #4 4 years ago

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Shields up!
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viper_h #5 4 years ago

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Have they ever made a good star trek game since A Final Unity in 1994?
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symmetry #6 4 years ago

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I liked the one where you were a starship captain and could literally say "Fire Photon Torpedoes!" into a mike and the game would do it. Can't remember what it was called though...
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viper_h #7 4 years ago

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Could've been Bridge Commander with some kind of voice addon. That one wasn't too bad either.

And more star trekky quests would be things like "Mediate 10 planetary disputes" or "Scan 47 nebulae"

Edited by 2 at 12/03/08 @ 17:51
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zedzee #8 4 years ago

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But I thought it was dead, Jim?!

Seriously though, anything to promote Star Trek is good. I just don't think the games for it have done it justice, so hopefully this will.

Star Trek is the mother of them all, everything else seems to be a fake/copy/boring.

Star Trek is the only one that seems to have a 'message' behind all the phasers and rubber masked aliens and that's what distinguishes it, especially with The Next Generation series and films.
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Cyclone #9 4 years ago

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@viper_h

The first Elite Force game was pretty good. Although possibly not that Star Trek in nature as you seemingly killed everything that wasn't wearing a Starfleet uniform.
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Razz #10 4 years ago

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/sharpens bat'leth
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ZuluHero #11 4 years ago

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hang on a minute... when was it off track? I couldn't see any news about it having a turbulent development in the "related content" sidebar. Hmmm....

Still good news if its back on track though! :S
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3william56 #12 4 years ago

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New Trek movie coming, new Trek game announced.
Movie tie ins suck.

You cannae change the laws of physics.
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Redeye #13 4 years ago

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Q'apla!
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Ikari2001 #14 4 years ago

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as long as you can get those sexy vulcan ladies naky hehe
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viper_h #15 4 years ago

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[link url=http://www.themakeupgallery.info/centra l/fantasy/alien/st/vul/tpaucl2.jpg
]http://ww w.themakeupgallery.info/central...[/link]

Sexy?
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ZuluHero #16 4 years ago

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New Trek movie coming, new Trek game announced.
Movie tie ins suck.

this isn't a movie tie in.
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TexMurphy01 #17 4 years ago

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If only someone would do this right, it could be hot as a Klingon pain stick. And I know they're not about causing pain by heat, for any vaguely knowing Trekkie.

Oh what the hell..... ILLOGICAL CAPTAIN! aaand..... THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!

Edited by 1 at 13/03/08 @ 22:12
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viper_h #18 4 years ago

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You could've said "As hot as Gre'thor"...

/tumbleweed
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RandomTerrain #19 4 years ago

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"There are four lights!"
Haha, I remember that one.
Good old Picard just won't be broken by torture, eh?

Star Trek online sounds cool. As long as they take a page from Guild Wars books, but I really don't see that happening.
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netameta #20 1 year ago

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well some people dont really like the game but i have seen some really nice article about star trek online and some other bad articles about star trek online. overall star trek online in my option is a really nice game i played star trek online for 7 months and really enjoy every moment of it
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