Star Trek Online
Posted: 01 Dec 2009, 13:06
Hmm, didn't see anybody mention this yet.
http://www.startrekonline.com/
Upcoming Star Trek MMO by Cryptic Studios, the original developers of City of Heroes/Villains (well, the actual team behind that game left Cryptic when NC Soft bought the City of X franchise). Set to be released on Feb 2, 2010 (US), Feb 5, 2010 (Euro) and Feb 11 (Australia ), STO lets you be the captain of your own ship.
STO is available in several versions versions for order:
Retail Regular Edition $49.99 US: (this is what most of the world will get in terms of availability, I assume)
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
Retail Collector's Edition $79.99 US:
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
- Deluxe Packaging
- Deluxe Manual / 40 page Art Book
- Metal Communicator Badge
- 3 Guest Passes for 10-day Trials
- Uniforms: The Next Generation style
- Uniforms: Deep Space Nine style
- Ship Item: Red Matter Capacitor - short duration, extra energy to ship, long recharge
Digital Regular Edition $49.99 US (Available at Gamestop, Steam, Direct2Drive, Atari)
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
Digital Deluxe Edition $59.99 US (Available at Steam, Direct2Drive, Atari)
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
- Emote: "KHAAAN!"
- Emote: Klingon Blood Wine Toast
- Uniforms: Original Star Trek style. Includes mini-skirts!
- Joined Trill: Innate exclusive traits. You can create normal trills in other versions, but not joined trills.
- Ship Registry: NX prefix
- Ship Item: Automated Defense Battery - Tactical Module, passive, 360 arc attack power, short range
Gold Edition Various (Namco Bandai only, that means UK, Europe, Australia and probably New Zealand)
- TNG and DS9 uniforms (presumably the ones included in the collector's edition)
- T-shirt
- 5 post cards
- 630x507mm map of the STO universe
Note: Atari Digital Downloads are apparently for North Americans only.
Subscription Options
- $14.99USD monthly recurring
- $41.97USD three-month recurring
- $77.94USD six-month recurring
*Click here for more info, including payment options and other currencies
Special offers (available with preorders only)
- Lifetime $239.99USD
* Lifetime Access to Star Trek Online
* Playable Borg
* 2 Additional Character Slots
- Yearly $119.99USD/per year
* Annual recurring subscription locked in at the discount price
* 2 Additional Character Slots
*Click here for more information
Pre-Order Exclusives information
-Pre-Order page with links to retailers (Click for pics and info for exclusives)
-Pre-Order FAQ page
-Page explaining the exclusives and their uses
North America Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*Gamestop/EB pre-order with Orignal Series Constitution class cruiser (old USS Enterprise) download. Ship can be chosen after the tutorial instead of the Miranda/Centaur/Soyuz starting ship. Ship's appearance cannot be changed, but has TOS phasers (blue) and an extra engineering slot:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Amazon pre-order with Borg bridge crew member with unique traits and abilities, but apparently is not customisable:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Best Buy pre-order includes pet tribble or targ (klingon pig thing). Targs are purely cosmetic for Klingon players, but tribbles (for Fed players) can increase your healing rate, but cannot be summoned during combat:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Steam pre-order includes "Chromodynamic Armor", Mass Effect-looking battle armour that has 6.1% Physical Resistance, 6.1% Kinetic Resistance, 2.6% Energy Resistance, +15% Critical Damage, +5% Critical Chance, +3% Energy Damage
-REGULAR edition preorder
-DIGITAL DELUXE edition preorder
*Walmart Each character created receives an additional 500 skill points at the beginning of gameplay. That’s a 38 percent increase over what players normally receive through the tutorial:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Target includes TR-116 Ground Rifle, that bullet-teleporting sniper rifle from DS9. Can apparently hit targets without direct line-of-sight:
(No link yet for some reason)
*Direct2Drive both regular and Digital Deluxe editions includes Multi-Spatial Personal Shield, an item that constantly regenerates itself and the health of its user. (See top of post for Digital Deluxe Edition items):
-REGULAR edition preorder
-DIGITAL DELUXE edition preorder
United Kingdom Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*Amazon.co.uk: Borg bridge officer, same as American Amazon preorder.
-Preorder
*Play.com Silver Edition: Bonus skill points, same as Walmart's exclusive.
-Preorder
*Game.co.uk: TR-116 Ground rifle, same as Target US exclusive.
-Preorder
*Gamestation.co.uk: Starfleet Type 9 Shuttlecraft. Not sure what this does. Maybe it just replaces the runabouts you launch in battle with shuttles?
-Preorder
*HMV: Tribble, same as Best Buy US exclusive.
-Preorder
*Direct2Drive same as American Direct2Drive.
-REGULAR edition preorder
-DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION preorder
French Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*FNAC: Constitution class starship, same as Gamestop's exclusive.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
*Amazon.fr: TR-116 Ground rifle, the same as Target USA and Game.co.uk.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
*Micromania: Tribble, same as Best Buy US and HMV UK.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
*Game.fr: Borg bridge officer, same as Amazon US and UK.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
Australian Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*EB Games: Constitution class starship and the Borg bridge officer.
- GOLD edition preorder
- COLLECTOR'S edition preorder
http://www.startrekonline.com/
Upcoming Star Trek MMO by Cryptic Studios, the original developers of City of Heroes/Villains (well, the actual team behind that game left Cryptic when NC Soft bought the City of X franchise). Set to be released on Feb 2, 2010 (US), Feb 5, 2010 (Euro) and Feb 11 (Australia ), STO lets you be the captain of your own ship.
STO is available in several versions versions for order:
Retail Regular Edition $49.99 US: (this is what most of the world will get in terms of availability, I assume)
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
Retail Collector's Edition $79.99 US:
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
- Deluxe Packaging
- Deluxe Manual / 40 page Art Book
- Metal Communicator Badge
- 3 Guest Passes for 10-day Trials
- Uniforms: The Next Generation style
- Uniforms: Deep Space Nine style
- Ship Item: Red Matter Capacitor - short duration, extra energy to ship, long recharge
Digital Regular Edition $49.99 US (Available at Gamestop, Steam, Direct2Drive, Atari)
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
Digital Deluxe Edition $59.99 US (Available at Steam, Direct2Drive, Atari)
- Open Beta Access (Jan 12, 2010)
- 2-day head-start (Jan 29, 2010)
- Emote: "KHAAAN!"
- Emote: Klingon Blood Wine Toast
- Uniforms: Original Star Trek style. Includes mini-skirts!
- Joined Trill: Innate exclusive traits. You can create normal trills in other versions, but not joined trills.
- Ship Registry: NX prefix
- Ship Item: Automated Defense Battery - Tactical Module, passive, 360 arc attack power, short range
Gold Edition Various (Namco Bandai only, that means UK, Europe, Australia and probably New Zealand)
- TNG and DS9 uniforms (presumably the ones included in the collector's edition)
- T-shirt
- 5 post cards
- 630x507mm map of the STO universe
Note: Atari Digital Downloads are apparently for North Americans only.
Subscription Options
- $14.99USD monthly recurring
- $41.97USD three-month recurring
- $77.94USD six-month recurring
*Click here for more info, including payment options and other currencies
Special offers (available with preorders only)
- Lifetime $239.99USD
* Lifetime Access to Star Trek Online
* Playable Borg
* 2 Additional Character Slots
- Yearly $119.99USD/per year
* Annual recurring subscription locked in at the discount price
* 2 Additional Character Slots
*Click here for more information
Pre-Order Exclusives information
-Pre-Order page with links to retailers (Click for pics and info for exclusives)
-Pre-Order FAQ page
-Page explaining the exclusives and their uses
North America Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*Gamestop/EB pre-order with Orignal Series Constitution class cruiser (old USS Enterprise) download. Ship can be chosen after the tutorial instead of the Miranda/Centaur/Soyuz starting ship. Ship's appearance cannot be changed, but has TOS phasers (blue) and an extra engineering slot:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Amazon pre-order with Borg bridge crew member with unique traits and abilities, but apparently is not customisable:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Best Buy pre-order includes pet tribble or targ (klingon pig thing). Targs are purely cosmetic for Klingon players, but tribbles (for Fed players) can increase your healing rate, but cannot be summoned during combat:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Steam pre-order includes "Chromodynamic Armor", Mass Effect-looking battle armour that has 6.1% Physical Resistance, 6.1% Kinetic Resistance, 2.6% Energy Resistance, +15% Critical Damage, +5% Critical Chance, +3% Energy Damage
-REGULAR edition preorder
-DIGITAL DELUXE edition preorder
*Walmart Each character created receives an additional 500 skill points at the beginning of gameplay. That’s a 38 percent increase over what players normally receive through the tutorial:
-REGULAR edition preorder
-COLLECTOR edition preorder
*Target includes TR-116 Ground Rifle, that bullet-teleporting sniper rifle from DS9. Can apparently hit targets without direct line-of-sight:
(No link yet for some reason)
*Direct2Drive both regular and Digital Deluxe editions includes Multi-Spatial Personal Shield, an item that constantly regenerates itself and the health of its user. (See top of post for Digital Deluxe Edition items):
-REGULAR edition preorder
-DIGITAL DELUXE edition preorder
United Kingdom Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*Amazon.co.uk: Borg bridge officer, same as American Amazon preorder.
-Preorder
*Play.com Silver Edition: Bonus skill points, same as Walmart's exclusive.
-Preorder
*Game.co.uk: TR-116 Ground rifle, same as Target US exclusive.
-Preorder
*Gamestation.co.uk: Starfleet Type 9 Shuttlecraft. Not sure what this does. Maybe it just replaces the runabouts you launch in battle with shuttles?
-Preorder
*HMV: Tribble, same as Best Buy US exclusive.
-Preorder
*Direct2Drive same as American Direct2Drive.
-REGULAR edition preorder
-DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION preorder
French Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*FNAC: Constitution class starship, same as Gamestop's exclusive.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
*Amazon.fr: TR-116 Ground rifle, the same as Target USA and Game.co.uk.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
*Micromania: Tribble, same as Best Buy US and HMV UK.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
*Game.fr: Borg bridge officer, same as Amazon US and UK.
- (No preorder link yet for some reason)
Australian Retailer Pre-Order bonuses
*EB Games: Constitution class starship and the Borg bridge officer.
- GOLD edition preorder
- COLLECTOR'S edition preorder