Star Trek Online

STO Second Anniversary

We are rapidly approaching Star Trek Online's second anniversary on February 2nd, 2012. To celebrate this moment in Star Trek history, we have four days of fun lined up for you. The event will run from around 10 AM PST on Thursday, February 2nd, through around the same time on Monday, February 6th.

As with many STO events, Q will be the master of ceremonies. Log in each day and seek out Q at Earth Spacedock or Qo’noS, and he’ll have something unusual to do. Q is easily bored and really enjoys watching humanoids do silly things. Complete his task, and he’ll have a fun prize for you! Log in all four days to collect all the prizes. What are they? You’ll have to find out for yourselves by joining in the event.

Q isn’t the only one celebrating, however. Starfleet Command is commissioning the new Odyssey class cruiser starship that weekend.

Star Trek Online's Winter event is now in full swing from December 8 - January 2. 'Tis the season to be omnipotent. Captains from across the galaxy have been invited by Q to attend a special Holiday Event in true continuum fashion. Venture to Q's Winter Wonderland to participate in special events and earn unique, festive prizes.

For more information on this event, including an introductory post by Q, check out the Season 5 Dev Diary about Q's Winter Wonderland: http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2715

Star Trek Online is going free-to-play. We've known for a while, but just when and why it's going free has eluded us, until now. Cryptic's decision to remove the subscription cost from their most recent MMO wasn't sudden, according to Stephen D'Angelo, Executive Producer on STO and Chief Technical Officer. "We've always wanted the game to be free-to-play," he says, "in fact we tried to make it free-to-play at the original launch, but our publisher [Atari] didn't want us doing that so we didn't do that." Instead of almost two years ago, the switch to free-to-play will occur on January 17, 2012.

Check out the full IGN Article: Star Trek Online Free-to-Play Details

they have finally revealed when STO is going F2P