Cryptic studios announced today that Star Trek Online will be going free-to-play on January 17th, 2012.
In an article on IGN Executive Producer Stephen D’Angelo pointed out that Cryptic had always wanted the game to be free to play but because of agreements with publisher (Atari) they were not able to do so until now.
Another point mentioned in the article was that Cryptic wanted to use a different model for the paid content than they did with Champions Online in order to offer a more a challenging game play experience at higher levels.
Head on over to IGN for the full interview.
DISCUSS: Do you feel that Star Trek Online offers a viable online experience for MMO gamers or is it only embraced by fans of the Star Trek TV / Movie series?
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