The date for the Star Trek Online Open Beta test has been announced today as beginning on January 12th, 2010 and running through to January 26th, 2010. This should give gamers on the fence about the game a solid two weeks to evaluate it and decide whether they want to be there for opening day on February 2nd, 2010.

Below are some comments from Star Trek Online Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich on today's announcement:

"We are excited to announce the dates for the open beta phase as this is one of the final steps in launching Star Trek Online to the public," said Craig Zinkievich, Executive Producer on Star Trek Online. "We are looking forward to the launch of our first-of-a-kind MMORPG with anticipation and excitement and we expect Star Trek Online to explode onto the scene, giving fans and gamers a Star Trek experience like no other."

For more information on Star Trek Online, head over to the game's official website here.

I'll be glad to Engage in sto

Hmmm....I guess I'll have to tyry it out.

Will be good to put some of the speculation to rest.

At first I was thrilled, now I'm "on the fence" due to the ground combat and a few other minor things that bother me. Playing in open beta will let me know if I should get this game or not so i'm excited.

This will most likley not end well... Unless they have a very very solid product in their hands this feels abit short on testing.

But then again rumors has it that Blizzard will be releasing an expansion earlie next year so i can understand if they arre scared shitless.

Will give it the benefit of a doubt and stresstest it, also my GF is a trekkie so i guess it comes with the territory

I'm actually surprised you don't have to pre-order or be a subscriber to fileplanet to get into the open beta, which I belive is the "norm" now.  If not, then kudos to Cryptic.  A little of my faith is restored into the company.

Indeed, good news this is....

Cryptic don't deserve the Star Trek license. I'm already woefully unimpressed by the ship combat but I have signed up for the beta so i'll test it anyway.

It would be nice to see actual beta footage and not keep getting this pre-beta stuff other than screen shots.  Open Beta sounds like it will be the real deal in seeing what the game is really like once and for all.

Cool glad too see star trek online finialy out very soon

I will surely give it a try even though I'm more of a Star Wars fan. Why not.

I'm definately in this game, even if ground combat doesn't interest me much

The internet is funny, only here can something be condemned and deemed worthless before anyone actually PLAYS the game...

so for one of the biggest IP's available they have cracked a game out in around 2 years with beta testing in 2 months but have just recently decided to put ship interiors in and they want to release it soon? i agree cryptic dont deserve the license

Strike One: Cryptic has already made two mediocre games that are almost exact replicas of each other.

Strike Two: Both games utilize massive amounts of instancing and repetitive gameplay.

Strike Three: Instead of their second go-around being better they clearly showed they learned nothing their first time around, and actually became worse.

These are the reason there is zero hype for STO, and I will be sitting on the sidelines. Good luck to all.

Originally posted by Label_This

Cryptic don't deserve the Star Trek license. I'm already woefully unimpressed by the ship combat but I have signed up for the beta so i'll test it anyway.

Nice of you to expose that your in the beta and breaking the NDA.. The game doesn't need people like you who can't follow direction and rules. I have reported this post to MMORPG.com staff.

I'll be sure to give it a try.

 i can see this being made pretty quick if it's using the Cryptic engine. Really they have people down pat and they can strip out costomes focusing on facial designes cause of the ST uniforms. That really only leaves ships they need to focus on...2 years for just ships, with resources they can borrow from CO cause it can be poured back for Vehicles...quite doable

Originally posted by junzo316

I'm actually surprised you don't have to pre-order or be a subscriber to fileplanet to get into the open beta, which I belive is the "norm" now.  If not, then kudos to Cryptic.  A little of my faith is restored into the company.

Don't speak too soon.  One thing that pops up time and again with Cryptic's recent performance is their inability to get all the relevant facts out when they make announcements like this.  Witness the kerfuffle-still ongoing-around the six month and lifetime subscription options for CO that was meant to guarantee STO Closed Beta access.  We're more than a month in to Closed Beta and most CO subscribers still have no clue when they'll be sent an invite.

Don't get me wrong-I like and enjoy Cryptic's games, and i'm looking forward to STO.  I just know how much they suck at communication.

Originally posted by khartman2005

Originally posted by Label_This

Cryptic don't deserve the Star Trek license. I'm already woefully unimpressed by the ship combat but I have signed up for the beta so i'll test it anyway.

 

Nice of you to expose that your in the beta and breaking the NDA.. The game doesn't need people like you who can't follow direction and rules. I have reported this post to MMORPG.com staff.

I'm pretty sure he is talking about the videos you can find on the net that demonstrate the combat, because he then went on to say he did sign up for beta and will test it anyways.

Question. Are they going to be using RMT for STO like they did in CO?