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On March 18, it’s do or die for the Federation, as
Cryptic’s first major content patch —
Season One: Common Ground — promises to hit
Star Trek Online’s live servers. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the
STO dev team looks to live up to their word on “walking the talk” by pumping out more content that players crave.
We didn’t think there could be any news more exciting than a brand-new faction coming to STO, but Season One might just top it with a heap of new goodies. In addition, Cryptic’s Craig Zinkievich released a new State of the Game report to address player concerns and the course STO is heading for over the next few months. There’s even a new video entitled “Expanding Universe, Part I” that gives players a sneak peek into this brave new patch.
Engage thrusters, mister, and we’ll break it down for you after the jump.
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Filed under: Sci-fi, Patches, Star Trek Online
Star Trek Online locks phasers on Season One: Common Ground originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on March 13th, 2010 at 4:30am by Justin Olivetti
Filed Under: battle-cruiser, breaking, bridge-combat, common-ground, craig-zinkievich, off-duty-clothing, pakled, respec, rigelian, season-one, shanty-town, ship-interiors, star-trek-online, sto, tellarite, tier-5-ships, tier-five-ship, tribble
A lot of upset has been swirling around the Champions Online community lately. Much of it has been due to the announcement of a paid zone expansion and implementation of a “Kitchen Sink” patch that was pushed out too soon. In an effort to heal wounds and correct mistakes, Cryptic has released a new State of the Game targeted at addressing player concerns.
There are a couple big things to take away from this news. For one, the expansion is now completely free. It’s also now known as Champions Online – Revelation and is due out in mid-March 2010. New play areas, new powers, new rewards, and greater challenges are all promised by Cryptic. Expect a tidal wave of screenshots, videos, interviews and sweet juicy information in the coming weeks.
The other big change is the way in which the Champions Online team is interacting with the community. They’re adding a bevy of new features and community events — like a Cryptic Studios Supergroup in-game — that should help open up the lines of communication and hopefully add some much needed transparency to the game.
Filed under: Super-hero, Patches, News items, Champions Online
Champions Online expansion is now free originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on February 10th, 2010 at 3:25am by Kyle Horner
Filed Under: breaking, champions-online, co, cryptic, cryptic-champions-online, cryptic-co, cryptic-studios, free-expansion, revelation, state-of-the-game, vibora-bay
According to a press release put out today, Star Trek Online will hold its open beta from January 12th through January 26th. There are some preorder deals that will give you an open beta key, and there are bound to be numerous opportunities to win one at various spots around the net.
Star Trek Online is currently in closed beta, which began last month. Champions Online six-month and lifetime subscribers have been told that they’ll be in the closed beta before the end of the year, so those folks should get at least a month of beta access before the game hits the retail shelves on February 2nd, 2010.
Once the open beta begins, you’ll likely see a flood of information and guides about STO since the NDA will have been lifted. This will provide everyone with key information as to the finer details of the gameplay mechanics.
Filed under: Sci-fi, New titles, News items, Star Trek Online
Star Trek Online open beta dates announced originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 at 6:30pm by Adam Holisky
Filed Under: beta, breaking, cryptic, cryptic-beta, cryptic-studios, news-item, open-beta, open-beta-start-date, star-trek-online, star-trek-online-nda, sto, sto-beta, sto-beta-start-date, sto-nda, sto-open-beta
Funcom has released its financial results for Q3, and it’s not pretty. Revenue was down 68.5% to 5.7 million USD, and expected to drop even more in Q4. This time last year they were reporting a profit of $3.3 million, a strong contrast to the current $9.6 million loss. They see a few reasons for this drop, including some stiff competition: “The Company ran a successful re-evaluation campaign during July, increasing the number of subscribers to the game. However, the launch of two major competing MMO-games during Q3 led to a subsequent reduction in subscriber levels.”
Funcom remains optimistic, though, thanks to numerous upcoming projects. The Secret World is reported to be “progressing well”, Age of Conan is planning a launch in Korea, the “Rise of the Godslayer” expansion for AoC is on its way, and Funcom recently received a grant to create an extreme sports MMO.
The full report can be viewed here.
Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, MMO industry, News items
Funcom publishes sharp revenue drop for Q3 originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 17th, 2009 at 5:00pm by Rubi Bayer
Filed Under: age-of-conan, breaking, financial-report, funcom, q3, rise-of-the-godslayer, the-secret-world
Yes, you read the title right! You’re also not hallucinating the picture off to the side! You can actually sit on the bridge of your ship in Star Trek Online!
It appears Cryptic has decided to add the infamous setting to STO for players to enjoy as a social destination — a hang out for bridge officers and visiting captains from other vessels. The Associated Press has reported that the game will feature 20 bridges at launch, giving even the most discerning captains their own pick on bridge design.
Regarding the addition of bridges, Craig Zinkievich, the executive producer of Star Trek Online, told the AP, “We didn’t want to have interiors at launch. We thought it was just a little bit too much. We really wanted to make sure we delivered a really deep experience, but your bridge not being in the game, it really felt like a hole in the game, and it was just something that we had to put in.“
We’ll try to get you a more high resolution screenshot later, but for now, enjoy this brief glimpse at your future command chair.
[Thanks, Chris!]
Filed under: Sci-fi, News items, Star Trek Online
Make it so: Star Trek Online to feature ship bridges originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 13th, 2009 at 12:00pm by Seraphina Brennan
Filed Under: breaking, bridge, craig-zinkievich, cryptic, cryptic-studios, ship-bridge, social, star-trek-online, sto
