Line 61: | Line 61: | ||
* Expansion: [[Delta Rising]]: '''October 14, 2014''' |
* Expansion: [[Delta Rising]]: '''October 14, 2014''' |
||
* [[Season Ten: The Iconian War]]: '''April 21, 2015''' |
* [[Season Ten: The Iconian War]]: '''April 21, 2015''' |
||
+ | * [[Season Eleven: New Dawn]]: '''TBA 2015''' |
||
==External Links== |
==External Links== |
Revision as of 13:20, 7 August 2015
Star Trek Online (often abbreviated to STO) is a Star Trek themed MMORPG, developed for the Microsoft Windows platform (with video game consoles promised for the future) by Cryptic Studios. The game was published by Atari and Namco Bandai.
Star Trek Online takes place 30 years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis in the year 2409 when the Federation is at war with the Klingon Empire once again.
Star Trek Online was originally being developed by Perpetual Entertainment, but in January 2008 the company announced it would no longer be developing the game and the license and content was transferred over to Cryptic Studios.
After the Perfect World acquisition of Cryptic, it was announced on August 31, 2011 that they would be offering a Star Trek Online free-to-play model in addition to its subscription option. The details of such a system, with free silver accounts and paying gold accounts was announced September 6. The free-to-play service launched on January 17, 2012 (or 17/01). By July 2012, Star Trek Online was the top performing game for Perfect World North America [1].
For the 3rd Anniversary of Star Trek Online, PC Gamer released some game statistics [2]:
- 2 million existing player characters
- 16 million starships in service
- 10 billion light years travelled
- 1 billion planetary encounters
- 800 million episodes completed
- 16,500 fleets in service
For the 4th Anniversary of Star Trek Online, additional statistics were released: [3]:
- 3.2 million existing player characters
- 10 million starships in service
- 300 playable starships to command
- 2.8 million reputation projects completed
- 75.8 million duty officers in service
- 21,500 fleets in service
For the 5th Anniversary of Star Trek Online, additional statistics were released: [4]:
- 3.8 million existing player characters, on 2.5 million accounts
- 51% tactical, 28% engineering, 22% science
- 73% Starfleet, 16% Klingon, 11% Romulan
- 421 playable starships to command
- 107 million duty officers in service
- 25,040 fleets in service
On November 12, 2013, a beta version of Star Trek Online became available for Mac OS.
Playing Star Trek Online
Beta Access Dates
- Closed Beta: October 22, 2009
- Open Beta: January 12–26, 2010
- Head Start: January 28, 2010
Release Dates
- North America: February 2, 2010
- Europe: February 5, 2010
- Australia: February 11, 2010
Major Updates
- Season One: Common Ground: March 24, 2010
- Season Two: Ancient Enemies: July 27, 2010
- Season Three: Genesis: December 9, 2010
- Season Four: Crossfire: July 7, 2011
- Season Five: Call to Arms: December 1, 2011
- Season Six: Under Siege: July 12, 2012
- Season Seven: New Romulus: November 13, 2012
- Expansion: Legacy of Romulus: May 21, 2013
- Season Eight: The Sphere: November 12, 2013
- Season Nine: A New Accord: April 22, 2014
- Expansion: Delta Rising: October 14, 2014
- Season Ten: The Iconian War: April 21, 2015
- Season Eleven: New Dawn: TBA 2015
External Links
- StarTrekOnline.com, the official website
- Star Trek Online at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
- Star Trek Online at TVTropes.org.
Perpetual Entertainment Screenshots
Some of the very few in-game screenshots released, shortly before Perpetual Entertainment stopped development.