P2 Entertainment -- formerly known as Perpetual Entertainment -- will no longer be developing the Star Trek Online MMO. Instead, the IP has been passed on to an as-yet-unnamed California-based studio, who will be continuing development while P2 refocuses on the casual games market.
WarCry reports that the unnamed studio will be receiving rights for the Star Trek IP, and the game's content, but will not have access to the code previously developed at P2. This will inevitably slow development of the MMO even further, as the new studio must start from scratch with the title's back-end.
Star Trek Online was the only title currently in development at P2, following news of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising being placed on "indefinite hold." P2 is also embroiled in a legal battle with former PR firm Kohnke Communications, who are suing for finances owed them after the effective cancellation of Gods & Heroes. Coupled with news of Spacetime's MMO cancellation, we're beginning to think that it's not a good time to be a MMO developer (unless, of course, you're Blizzard).
[Via Massively]
Reader Comments (18)
Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:27AM (Unverified) said
I dig Perpetual's passion towards this, but I think it's for the best. I think in the long run, they would realize that the type of hardcore Trek geek who would make up the core demo would not necessarily dig the casual angle.
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Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:30AM (Unverified) said
I've been following development of STO for a long long time now, and it's been hard times before. It is my favourite IP and I hope it will be a good game when it comes out, but it needs to be handled by a studio that know their stuff well, otherwise it wont be competetive on the cramped MMO market.
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Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:35AM (Unverified) said
I've been following development of STO for a long long time now, and it's been hard times before. It is my favourite IP and I hope it will be a good game when it comes out, but it needs to be handled by a studio that know their stuff well, otherwise it wont be competetive on the cramped MMO market.
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Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:36AM SheppyReturns said
I'm wondering who cared about this to begin with, let alone enough to follow the project this far. I can't imagine any joy to be had with a server full of redshirts driving forward until they practically run into the next danger.
"To Boldly go... cause we ain't got the goddam sense to drive around."
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"To Boldly go... cause we ain't got the goddam sense to drive around."
Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:40AM (Unverified) said
It didn't show any comments at all after I had posted mine and I didn't get a confirmation, that's why it was posted twice. Sorry about that.
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Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:42AM (Unverified) said
That sounds like it's going to be a great game.
Games always benefit from legal wranglings, and do-overs; what's really important is that the IP is preserved.
Because that's what really makes a good game, the IP. As long as you get handed a good IP, you're golden. No original ideas or passion for the subject material needed.
Then ...
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Games always benefit from legal wranglings, and do-overs; what's really important is that the IP is preserved.
Because that's what really makes a good game, the IP. As long as you get handed a good IP, you're golden. No original ideas or passion for the subject material needed.
Then ...
Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:45AM (Unverified) said
Sorry, the sarcasm portion of my brain hurts. I had to stop.
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Posted: Jan 15th 2008 11:59AM (Unverified) said
I want to be Romulan: their haircuts are awesome.
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Posted: Jan 15th 2008 1:37PM (Unverified) said
Eh, the franchise has always had its ups and downs like that, often from week to week. I don't think this is part of any longterm trend.
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Posted: Jan 15th 2008 3:10PM ultimateq said
Haters can eat my turd. This game will rock. You just think it'll be lame cause you are afraid to admit you like star trek. The fact of the matter is star trek has done a lot more for modern technology than you would care to admit. ("You" being the haters of star trek.)
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Posted: Jan 16th 2008 1:50AM ThornedVenom said
As Weird Al said: "Do I like Kirk, or do I like Picard?"
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