For those who don’t know, Star Trek Online was a Star Trek MMORPG being developed in 2004 by Perpetual Entertainment. On January 14th, 2008, Perpetual announced that it was no longer working on the game and that the license and assets had been transferred to an unnamed San Francisco Bay Area based game developer. For a while now, it’s been rumored that that developer is Cryptic Studios, the developers of City of Heroes and City of Villians. Now it looks even more likely! Hit the jump!

Cryptic recently posted a mysterious countdown timer on its website as well as the website of its upcoming MMO, Champions Online. Within no time at all, fans on the official forums pointed out the background picture used for the timer is old concept art for Star Trek Online.

While this is still technically a rumor, I think that leaves little room for doubt. As of this writing, the countdown is at 45 days, 4 hours, and 15 minutes, so look for an official announcement sometime in July.

Tags: cryptic-studios, star-trek-online

• GDC09: First Star Trek D.A.C. Screenshots
• Hellgate’s Bill Roper Joins Cryptic Studios
• Champions Online Trailer – Marvel MMO’s Replacement From Cryptic Studios
• Champions Online Closed Beta Applications Begin
• Rome Has Fallen — Gods and Heroes Placed On Hold Indefinitely
• Champions Online Release Date Announced
• The Watercooler – Star Trek Bootleg Edition
• Broke Trek: Video from the Past Says Hello

1 Comment » DMOsbon on June 13, 2008 6:40 am Man if it turns out to be a start up then they have a big, big franchise to mess with. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.