The offical site has changed, it was just showing the log, then it went down completely, but now its back again with the logo 'and' coming soon underneath it, definatly looks like things are going on behind the scenes now :-)

http://www.startrekonline.com/

VERY, very cool! I think something big is going to be announced soon!

Nice! Subtle yet cryptic.

Let's hope so.  STO needs to be made.

 Did a lil' whois search and found some interesting info:

http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=Startrekonline.com

As of March 5, 2008  CBS owns all things STO.  Maybe their are going to develop their own game and hire out a company like Blizzard or CCP to make it.  That would be awesome.

CBS has always owned that domain, even when PE was developing the game the domain was controlled by CBS, so I wouldn't take it been controled by CBS as anything significant.

omg omg! ... 

THIS i cant wait for!

Originally posted by Suricata

CBS has always owned that domain, even when PE was developing the game the domain was controlled by CBS, so I wouldn't take it been controled by CBS as anything significant.

Wrong.   When PE changed their name to P2 the whois changed.  I was following whois very closely.  And now that P2 is defunct everything went to CBS.  CBS was only the Admin contact.  PE/P2 were the technical and registrant contacts.

I'm just glad something is difinately up.

Oh, and don't go claiming this as your story now on your new ST-O.net in what ever form it takes.

CBS/Paramount has always owned the STO domain - since day one. The contact info, admin contact, etc etc was always the name of CBS. It was just pointing to the Perpetual servers until a couple of days ago.

If you watched the WHOIS as close as you claim, you would have noticed something very interesting a few days ago - Its gone now of course, Obviously i keep an even closer eye on the domain than you claim too.

I have a feeling we are going to be hearing some big news soon - A very good feeling :p

Anyone that recognises me should know where to go.

Originally posted by Shannia

 

Originally posted by Suricata

CBS has always owned that domain, even when PE was developing the game the domain was controlled by CBS, so I wouldn't take it been controled by CBS as anything significant.

 

Wrong.   When PE changed their name to P2 the whois changed.  I was following whois very closely.  And now that P2 is defunct everything went to CBS.  CBS was only the Admin contact.  PE/P2 were the technical and registrant contacts.

I'm just glad something is difinately up.

Oh, and don't go claiming this as your story now on your new ST-O.net in what ever form it takes.

I'm not affiliated or working on any site at all now, just thought I'd post something here that people following STO might be interested in. Just because I post on a site doesn't mean I'm promoting that site, if anything I post here more than anywhere else atm...

Well all I can see is that the domain ownership has changed.

www.whois.ws/domain_archive-com/startrekonline.com/

Also I couldn't find a registered trademark for star trek online och any variation like STO or startrekonline. I find that odd, but maybe it was me who didn't look good enough.

googled cbs studios...and this was on the first page:

www.zenimax.com/legal_info.htm

Originally posted by forthelulz

googled cbs studios...and this was on the first page:

 

www.zenimax.com/legal_info.htm

I really can't see how that has anything to do with this. If I missed anything please correct me.

Nor can I. All that is, is the rights information for some other games, however, Star Trek Online is not listed, so what was the point of this?

Thought this game was cancled?

   So this means I might live to see a Star Trek MMORPG? Ill contain my excitement for now but thanks Suricata....nice work!  

Of the Star Trek Titles listed none are STO nor are any of them for 2008

the on es listed are

STAR TREK®: Conquest
STAR TREK®: Encounters
STAR TREK: Legacy™
STAR TREK: Tactical Assault™ 

It would be nice to see STO listed in that group tho.

Here we go again...  

Originally posted by Grimfern

Originally posted by forthelulz

googled cbs studios...and this was on the first page:

 

www.zenimax.com/legal_info.htm

I really can't see how that has anything to do with this. If I missed anything please correct me.

umm.. that cbs is affiliated with zenimax? a game dev company? perhaps they are the new company that is taking sto  over?

For the Love Of......

CBS is only affliated with Zenimax/Bethesda in as much as it is Bethesda who took over the general Star Trek Gaming License two years ago and started throwing out budget titles for the PC, PS2, Wii and X-Box 360 under the Star Trek Title.

The deal signed was for five years, and encompasses all genres of Star Trek up to the day that the deal was signed, however, under the original deal, Bethesda do not have any rights whatsoever to produce a star trek mmorpg.

While it is true that perhaps Bethesda could have taken over the MMO from Perpetual, i would think that the fact that Bethesda have stated categorically that they have no interest in producing an MMORPG of any kind would be reason enough to count them out.

The fact that CBS is affliated with Zenimax/Bethesda is not a contested point - however, the chances that it has anything to do with STO - zero.

According to my sources within Bethesda, they do have at least one star trek title planned this year, but its nothing to do with STO.

Incidentally, it is worth noting that CBS do not have any rights to produce trek titles related to the new movie franchise either, as these rights were signed of to JJ Abrams as part of the 5 year deal he signed to produce star trek titles. It is his company, Bad Robot, that has rights to produce any games based on the new series. They ALSO have rights to produce an MMORPG based on the new movie/tv franchise if if they wish to - But they can have nothing to do with the existing franchise.

Anyway - I am pretty sure we are going to be hearing something regarding Star Trek Online fairly soon. Incidentally, as i posted above, anyone keeping a close eye on the domain around the 3rd/4th/5th of March would have noticed something very interesting. It was covered up fairly quickly and only viewable for about 12 hours, however it was somewhat revealing.

For any folks who question the validity of the information i have posted above - it should be known that i run Hailing Frequency - "The Internets Largest Podcast Dedicated to Star Trek Gaming" and i have done so for the last 3 years. I have plenty of contacts within the industry.

Very Important thing to look at while trying to identify the owner of the startrekonline domain. The Date!

Copied from http://www.spiritdomains.com/

Created on..............: 2004-02-17.
Expires on..............: 2011-02-17.
Record last updated on..: 2008-03-05.

It shows the date CBS had created or purchased the domain which was in 2004.