Star Trek Online recently celebrated its first anniversary and our own Bill Murphy had the opportunity to sit down with Executive Producer Dan Stahl from Cryptic Studios to talk about the game. The discussion covers topics as wide ranging as STO's biggest successes and player-generated content. It's a terrific interview. Check it out and then leave us your thoughts in the comments below.

MMORPG: I’m sure it doesn’t need saying that it’s been an up and down year for Star Trek Online and Cryptic Studios. But let’s start off on the high notes: what’s the highlight of the first year’s live service for STO? Your favorite moments through year one?

I actually think it's been a great up, up, up year for us.

Certainly, we launched to critical reception that was lower than we would have wanted, but the game has definitely not gone downhill from there. We've gone uphill the entire time and at an incredible rate. Even MMORPG’s own rating of Star Trek Online has improved, while other MMOs floundered, have seen an exodus of users, or were outright cancelled. It's a testament to the game and the team's hard work that Star Trek Online is still on target a year after launch, hitting goal after goal, and that our subscriber base is as healthy as ever.

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