Space: The Final Frontier. The voyages of the MMORPGStar Trek Onlineare about to head into some new space, as the game is set to board the Free-to-Play starship “by the end of 2011”, said the Chief Financial Officer at Perfect World Entertainment,who recently bought the game’s masters at Cryptic(who also runthe now Free-to-Play superhero MMOChampions Online). The reasons cited include increasing the game’s “potential in [the] US market as well as in the China market”.
And ifStar Trek Online‘s new business model is anything likeChampions Online‘s, I’ll be entitled to a fairly robust suite of benefits, including a monthly stipend of points to use on the microtransactions that will soon become a more vital part of the game’s structure.
Also, I welcome any attempt Perfect World makes to have its games more accessible to the China market, in the hope that trying to play their games from where I’m sitting doesn’t result in lag that can be measured inminutes.
Star Trek Online goes Free to Play by the End of 2011[Kotaku]
