Tag: Star Trek Online

Star Trek Online Coming To PS4, Xbox One


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Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios today announced that Star Trek Online, the free to play MMORPG based on Gene Roddenberry’s creation, will be coming to consoles this Fall. When it launches on both Playstation and Xbox, players will be able to access the base game plus six years of content added in, over 130 episodes that build upon classic Star Trek Stories.

Learning from the success of Neverwinter on Xbox One, console players will enjoy upgraded visuals and an enhanced user experience, with controls tailor made for use with a controller.

No word yet on further console releases. Stay tuned for more details.

(Source: Perfect World Entertainment)

Perfect World Entertainment Celebrates Valentine’s Day With Giveaways


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Valentine’s day is just a few days away, and that means plenty of MMO events to whet your item-collecting whistle. Starting Friday and going through Sunday, Perfect World Entertainment will be hosting a number of giveaways across their library of MMOs, with entrance ranging from simple Facebook shares, retweets, and posting in the forums. The giveaways begin at 10am Pacific Friday morning and run until the 14th.

In addition to the giveaways, gamers can also enjoy a 15% charge bonus on virtual currency purchased through the web store. Check out the official website for more details. Check below for a list of possible rewards.

  • Livelock: Limited Edition Hex T-Shirts
  • Neverwinter: Epic Purple Owlbear Mounts
  • Star Trek Online: T6 Valiants, Attack Wing U.S.S. Enterprise and Borg Cube
  • PWI: 1,000 ZEN, $30 Godiva Gift Card and Lotus Affection Fireworks
  • Forsaken World: Spirit Orbs
  • Swordsman: Lin Dzeh Umbrella

(Source: Perfect World Press Release)

Mac Gamers Are Seeing More Titles Cancelled


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Perfect World Entertainment has joined a list of companies that are pulling out of the Mac gaming scene, with the announcement that Star Trek Online’s Mac client is being discontinued. The client has had numerous issues in the past, and while many of those problems have been fixed, the ongoing support requirements have ultimately lead to the decision to pull support altogether.

Following these issues, we looked at our Mac support overall and determined that we cannot promise to deliver an experience on Mac that meets our expectations of quality. After heavy consideration, we have decided to end support for the Mac version of Star Trek Online on February 5th. No other version of Star Trek Online is impacted.

In order to reimburse players, any purchases made from October 1st onward (including lifetime subscriptions) will be refunded. Perfect World Entertainment isn’t the only company to drop support on Mac. Recently Warner Bros. announced that the Mac and Linux version of Batman: Arkham Knight would be cancelled entirely. Last November, Blizzard announced that it would break trend and not publish Overwatch on Mac. Last June, Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIV’s Mac client and quickly pulled it from sale due to major technical problems.

(Source: Star Trek Online)

MMOrning Shots: Where No Screenshot Has Gone Before


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Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from Star Trek Online, which is celebrating the launch of Season 9. Fight against the Undine, obtain new rewards, and more.

Engage with a new MMOrning Shot every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Perfect World Arc Client Freebie: Khan Costume


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Remember that Star Trek film where the guy shouts “Khan!” really loud? No I’m not talking about Into Darkness, I’m referring to the second film in the original series, The Wrath of Khan. Now you too can look like Khan, or at least dress the part. The Arc client is Perfect World’s central hub slash community portal through which you’ll be able to download and launch any of the games in their library.

To give a little incentive to use the program, Perfect World has put up free Khan costumes.

Claiming your exclusive uniforms is easy! Simply log into Star Trek Online via the Arc client and read the “thank you” message from the team that will be waiting for you in your in-game mailbox. After, make sure to stop by the tailor and outfit your captain in the incredible Khan uniforms pictured above.

If you’re not a Khan-man, don’t feel left out. Check out the link below for codes to Perfect World’s other games, including costumes, perks, and consumables in their respective games.

(Source: Perfect World press release)

MMOrning Shots: No Man Has Gone


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For today’s MMOrning Shot, I figured that I would continue the trend by showcasing some of the earliest screenshots that we have of certain games. In this case, you’re looking at Star Trek Online sometime around early 2009. If you look closely, you can see that the captain is wearing pajama pants.

[Perfect World] Help, My Region Is Disabled!


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Good evening, folks. Omali of MMO Fallout here (who else?) with a short notice for some of you attempting to access the Neverwinter open beta. Some of you have been emailing me asking why you are receiving a “disabled region” notification. As always, I will remind you that I don’t work for any MMO developer and my inbox is not a place to send your technical questions.

Perfect World would like to remind you all that the following countries are banned from accessing any game on the Perfect World Entertainment library. In many cases, the ban is due to regional licensing, and in others it is due to administrative reasons. Unfortunately, this also includes IP addresses that are “close to” any of the following countries.

  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Vietnam
  • Russia
  • Egypt
  • Japan (Only in Rusty Hearts)

Star Trek Online Introducing Romulan Faction


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Cryptic Studios has revealed the next free expansion to Star Trek Online: Legacy of Romulus. Players take control of one of the last remaining Romulans following the destruction of Romulus and Remus. The Tal Shiar are cracking down on dissent and it is up to you to rally a revolt against an oppressive regime. The expansion comes with a brand new storyline tailored specifically for the Romulan faction, giving control over the Romulan Warbird. The expansion releases May 21st, and will be available for free for all players with monetization. There are also changes coming to the game’s interface and trait system.

(Source: Star Trek Online)

Star Trek Online Is Perfect World’s Best Product


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So life isn’t exactly perfect over at the Cryptic Studios offices right now. Long story short, a series of bad choices and oversights on the part of the Cryptic team lead to a very long thread and a long apology from producer Dan Stahl. I will allow Mr. Stahl to explain it in concise detail:

An apology is due, and while I’ve admitted fault in previous posts about this , I’ll do so again in this one. The release that was pushed to Holodeck last week failed in several critical ways. There was a failure on the part of a designer to test their work before it was checked into the game. Similarly, there was a failure in communication with the QA team on the said check in and on top of that, no one headed the concerns on TRIBBLE. Ultimately, this is all my responsibility as the lead on the team and I do apologize. There has been corrective action on our end to address this issue and it is our intention that the build going out to Holodeck tomorrow will resolve problems introduced last week. This doesn’t mean that all bugs on Holodeck are magically gone, it means that we are looking into the processes that cause these bugs and taking action to correct them.

In addition, the removal of Fleet Marks was a heavy handed change. It needed to be done because it was getting out of hand and there was an ever increasing amount of exploitation in the Foundry to maximum Fleet Mark rewards. That said, we should have had the Fleet Mark changes we are making this week ready to go last week so there wouldn’t have been a week with the drop in Fleet Mark earning. Again sorry. It doesn’t make us feel any better when we make stupid mistakes.

One bit of information to take out of this is Stahl’s comment that Star Trek Online is currently Perfect World Entertainment’s most successful title. This puts the game over other big titles in Perfect World’s library, from the Torchlight series, Blacklight, PWI, and more.

While you may not agree with all of our designs and decisions, the proof is in the success the game is having and how much the game continues to grow. While we don’t share our internal information, STO is the best performing game for Perfect World Entertainment and is enjoy month after month increases in new captains.

This also puts Star Trek Online above Cryptic’s other game, Champions Online.

(Source: Star Trek Online Forums)

Star Trek Online Is Perfect World's Best Product


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So life isn’t exactly perfect over at the Cryptic Studios offices right now. Long story short, a series of bad choices and oversights on the part of the Cryptic team lead to a very long thread and a long apology from producer Dan Stahl. I will allow Mr. Stahl to explain it in concise detail:

An apology is due, and while I’ve admitted fault in previous posts about this , I’ll do so again in this one. The release that was pushed to Holodeck last week failed in several critical ways. There was a failure on the part of a designer to test their work before it was checked into the game. Similarly, there was a failure in communication with the QA team on the said check in and on top of that, no one headed the concerns on TRIBBLE. Ultimately, this is all my responsibility as the lead on the team and I do apologize. There has been corrective action on our end to address this issue and it is our intention that the build going out to Holodeck tomorrow will resolve problems introduced last week. This doesn’t mean that all bugs on Holodeck are magically gone, it means that we are looking into the processes that cause these bugs and taking action to correct them.

In addition, the removal of Fleet Marks was a heavy handed change. It needed to be done because it was getting out of hand and there was an ever increasing amount of exploitation in the Foundry to maximum Fleet Mark rewards. That said, we should have had the Fleet Mark changes we are making this week ready to go last week so there wouldn’t have been a week with the drop in Fleet Mark earning. Again sorry. It doesn’t make us feel any better when we make stupid mistakes.

One bit of information to take out of this is Stahl’s comment that Star Trek Online is currently Perfect World Entertainment’s most successful title. This puts the game over other big titles in Perfect World’s library, from the Torchlight series, Blacklight, PWI, and more.

While you may not agree with all of our designs and decisions, the proof is in the success the game is having and how much the game continues to grow. While we don’t share our internal information, STO is the best performing game for Perfect World Entertainment and is enjoy month after month increases in new captains.

This also puts Star Trek Online above Cryptic’s other game, Champions Online.

(Source: Star Trek Online Forums)