Star Trek Online shipping on Stardate 63554.5 (Feb. 2, 2010)

by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 9th 2009 at 4:00PM }

Star Trek Online officially beams into retail on February 2, 2010, keeping in line with what an unearthed Atari financial document expected last May. Players will boldly enter 2409 and continue "the story of the latest film installment," according to the press release. Huh, and here we thought it took place after the poorly-received Nemesis and not the "latest" Star Trek movie, which was actually the acclaimed reboot.

We contacted Atari to find out which layer of the sci-fi series' multiverse we'll be playing in and a representative apologized for the confusion, saying , "Events in the movie that happened in the prime timeline -- the destruction of Romulus, and the disappearance of Spock and Nero -- have affected STO. You can learn more about the aftermath of these events in the Path to 2409 and in STO itself."

Tags: cryptic-studios, release-date, star-trek, star-trek-online

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

RKN @ Nov 9th 2009 4:03PM

Wii only has kiddy-games
360 only has shooters
PS3 only has JRPGS
PC only has MMORPGS.

Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 9th 2009 4:11PM

Thanks for the [fucking retarded and completely fucking incorrect] comment.

nriveraexpress @ Nov 9th 2009 4:15PM

yea that was off

Blank-Mage @ Nov 9th 2009 4:59PM

My troll senses are tingling.

JEV4 @ Nov 9th 2009 5:57PM

Hell yeah! Downvote him for giving his opinion!

RKN @ Nov 9th 2009 6:09PM

I was joking.

I wish the PC had less MMORPGS, give that shit to the consoles.

Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 9th 2009 6:40PM

Someone should make a FPSMMOJRPGRTSBBQ game.

And they should call it...Huxley. It will suck. Royally.

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 9th 2009 4:06PM

See, I'm a big Star Trek fan. But if they really wanted my money, they'd let me be Kirk. I don't want to be some pansy Klingon!

Blank-Mage @ Nov 9th 2009 5:02PM

You'd need a gameplay mechanic centered around his oddly timed speaking pattern, though. That's something I want to try.

Ignatius @ Nov 9th 2009 7:56PM

Here comes the fleet of ENTARPRIZEs.

Young_Nastyman @ Nov 9th 2009 4:13PM

umm...Alex? Did you actually figure out the stardate? Or did you just pull a number out of your ass?

Ignatius @ Nov 9th 2009 7:59PM

He used a stardate calculator, or he is just that awesome. February 2nd, 2010 at 12AM is indeed 63554.5 with a calculator though.

Chedder @ Nov 9th 2009 4:14PM

The correct star date for the release is: -313087.69

/nerd

Thanks.

Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 9th 2009 4:16PM

I bet you're a stud with the ladies.

Ben @ Nov 9th 2009 4:38PM

Groundhog day fits perfectly as the release date for an MMO.

mattg @ Nov 9th 2009 4:41PM

The destruction of Romulus? Don't you mean Vulcan?

NekoDaimyo @ Nov 9th 2009 4:48PM

Prime timeline. The one Spock went back in time from. Vulcan is still in one piece there, while Romulus got popped by the super nova.

Matt G @ Nov 9th 2009 4:53PM

Ah, right. Damn time travel...

LaughingTarget @ Nov 9th 2009 7:12PM

It wouldn't be Star Trek without the confusing time travel.

John @ Nov 9th 2009 4:53PM

Can you captain a Romulan Warbird in this? Or can you only play as the federation?

Blank-Mage @ Nov 9th 2009 5:04PM

I get the feeling all ships in the series will be playable, but that's not based on actual evidence.

Dr. steve brule @ Nov 9th 2009 7:23PM

not sure about the romulan warbird, but defintely birds of prey. we will see, if not surely dlc will come out for it one day.

at any rate, definitely going to get this game.

RogueEnterprise @ Nov 9th 2009 7:24PM

AFAIK, the launch factions are the Federation (Starfleet) and Klingons (Klingon Defense Forces). Other ships you might be able to fly on a mission by mission basis (ie, hijack a Romulan ship and use it to attack such and such)

dogmaticatheist @ Nov 9th 2009 6:44PM

I might try this game. I will immediately /quit if I get a stupid fetch quest.

Ignatius @ Nov 9th 2009 7:59PM

Sounds more like a /ragequit to me.

KaBob799 @ Nov 9th 2009 8:54PM

A lot of episodes take place during "fetch quests" so I think your gonna be dissapointed.

Ryo @ Nov 9th 2009 8:00PM

They should have it were you only play one guy and it takes a whole crew to fly a ship. And levels 1-30 you can only run around the hallways during a red alert and try not to be killed by explosions, blow in space or assimilated.

Ignatius @ Nov 9th 2009 9:01PM

Oh yeah, that'd be fun, floating dead in space because your helmsman decided to doze off at the keyboard.

And your tactical officer decided to take a sick day. And the first officer is at work.

While a cool idea in concept, the multi-faceted lives of people make that impossible.