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Star Trek Online

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Cryptic Studios
Release Date: Feb. 2, 2010 (US), Feb. 5, 2010 (EU)

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'Star Trek Online' Season 31: Both Worlds Announced And Dated, 14th Anniversary Event Planned

by Rainier on Jan. 9, 2024 @ 2:42 p.m. PST

Star Trek Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online game where players can pioneer their own destiny as Captain of a Federation starship or become a Klingon Warrior and champion the Empire through the far reaches of the galaxy.

Set in the year 2409, Star Trek Online will allow players to immerse themselves in the future of the Star Trek universe, exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations in an ever expanding vast universe. Command a starship as a Federation or a Klingon Captain, outfit it with custom systems and recruit, train and mold a crew into an elite force for exploration and combat. Missions take players into thrilling space battle, planetside for face-to-face combat and even inside starships!

With customizable ships and characters from the Klingon Empire and United Federation of Planets, ground, space and shipboard gameplay and unique options for player-generated content set in the Star Trek universe, Star Trek Online is the MMOG that allows you to boldly go where no one has gone before!

Gearbox Publishing and Cryptic Studios announced that Star Trek Online: Both Worlds, the 31st season of Star Trek Online will launch on January 23, 2024 for PC and will launch on PlayStation and Xbox consoles on March 12, 2024.

This new season has players continue last season’s multiverse story as they must face the Borg King, the architect behind the multiversal threat in Star Trek Online.

Additionally, later this month, Star Trek Online will be celebrating its 14th anniversary. As a way of thanking players for their continued support over the last fourteen years, this milestone will be commemorated with the return of the beloved Anniversary Event. More details of the Anniversary Event will be revealed in the coming weeks via a developer blog.

Star Trek Online: Both World’s continues last season’s multiverse story following a misunderstanding with the Tholians and the tearing of the Reality Vortex. Serving as a launching pad for the Mirror Borg, it threatens the multiverse. In this new update, you’ll need to infiltrate the Mirror Borg Unicomplex, a technological labyrinth guarded by relentless Borg, to sever the vortex and save the multiverse. At the heart of this nightmare awaits the Borg King, the architect of this multiversal threat. Will you prevail against impossible odds and rewrite the fate of reality?

In this new adventure, players will encounter notable Star Trek franchise stars, including Captain Ezri Dax (voiced by Nicole de Boer from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Captain Harry Kim (voiced by Garret Wang from Star Trek: Voyager) and Admiral Kuumaarke (voiced by Kipleigh Brown from Star Trek: Enterprise). Star Trek Online: Both Worlds will also introduce plenty of new content for players to discover. 

Star Trek Online: Both Worlds will include the following new features:

  • New Episode – Scorpion’s Abyss: The Aetherians report a new Reality Vortex in Fluidic Space and ask for help to close it. There, you find Mirror Borg using the vortex as a beachhead for an assault on the multi-verse. A daring mission into a Mirror Borg Unicomplex puts you face to face with the Borg King.
  • New Task Force Operation – Battle of Wolf 359: This new 5-player space Task Force Operation will let you relive the greatest battle against the Borg at Wolf 359. Learn from the past to defend the present.
  • Season 31 Event – King and Collective: For this new event, players can play selected content to earn a new T6 ship. 
  • Elite Random Task Force Operations Feature: This new quality-of-life improvement feature will give players the option to queue up for Random Elite TFOs to score extra rewards.

Key Features :

  • The Star Trek universe will appear for the first time in a massively multiplayer online game. Everything from the elegant domes of Starfleet Academy to the ancient temples of Vulcan, from the towers of Qo’noS to the Fire Caves of Bajor, from the mysterious Mutara Nebula to the unexplored voids of deep space, all will be represented in stunning 3-D graphics. Immerse yourself in the future of the Trek universe as it moves into the 25th century: a time of shifting alliances and new discoveries.
  • Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations in an expanding vast universe. Make contact with alien races, discover resources and uncover mysteries that will change the future of the Star Trek universe.
  • Command your own starship as a Federation Captain or a Klingon Warrior. Outfit it with the systems that you need to make your mark in the galaxy. Customize your ship as you see fit. Recruit, train and mold your crew into an elite force for exploration and combat.
  • Command your vessel in thrilling space battles, or beam down to planets with your away team for face-to-face confrontations. Missions will take you and your friends into space, planetside and even inside starships!

Star Trek Online is available for PS4, Xbox One and PC.


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