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The Federation got all the attention in the previous Star Trek Online content preview video, and now it's the Klingon Empire's turn to see some action. However, they don't keep the spotlight for long. This video also features a closer look at the upcoming Borg missions and a Fleet Action on DS9 against the Dominion.

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The development team at Cryptic Studios working on Star Trek Online gives viewers a glimpse of what's in store for the future. Things are looking pretty hot, including all-new playable races and powerful top tier ships. More conflicts with the Borg are in store, and best of all, an apparent encounter with The Q. This video packs in a lot, and there's still more to come.

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Later this month, Star Trek Online will be releasing new content for players to dive into, including Special Task Forces where groups of captains come together against overwhelming odds. Challenging 5-person away missions will also be part of the mix. Of course, what dangerous encounter would be complete without the Borg trying to assimilate everyone?

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After the phenomenal success of last summer's Star Trek movie, there's never been a better time to boldly go online to explore new worlds and discover alien civilizations. Star Trek Online (STO) steps in to fill that need and gives fans a chance to captain their own vessels across the universe in search of adventure. Players enter come into the scene in the middle of a battle with the Borg, and all the high ranking officers are killed in the attack, which automatically promotes you - the new Starfleet Ensign - to captain of your own vessel, even though you don't actually have the commanding rank. That's right, almost identical to the circumstances that gave Kirk his command in the 2009 movie, which sort of walks a thin line between homage and imitation. It's all in good spirit, but a little unsettling when you consider how the development team is now charged with writing new Star Trek canon.

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After releasing two big MMO games in Champions Online and Star Trek Online, publisher Atari heads back to more familiar ground for its next big release, Test Drive Unlimited 2. The racing simulation with a persistent online element is heading back to gamers with the previous game's developer Eden Games also coming back to work on the sequel.

The new game will still have an offline single player mode but the emphasis once again is on the persistent online world that gamers can race in with their super sports cars. The sequel will have new elements such as weather, vehicle damage and day and night cycles. At the moment the game is set for release sometime this fall.

While Champions Online has had a couple of live events since its official launch last September, the development team at Cryptic Studios have not yet released an actual content expansion. That will change in mid-March with the free release of Champions Online Revelation which will add a new location to the game's universe, the bayou city known as Vibora Bay.

The expansion is for players who have reached the 37-40 level plain and will add a bunch of new features and content including new meta-powers, five new enemy groups, over 30 perks and of course new missions in Vibora Bay.

Hey, has anyone ever though that Cryptic could get together with its former NCsoft members and do a big City of Heroes-Champions Online crossover? Nah, that wouldn't happen....could it?

It's been a few weeks since the launch of Cryptic Studios' long awaited MMO Star Trek Online. The reviews for the game have been on the mixed side but the fan base, at least for the launch, has been pretty solid. Now Cryptic is giving its players a taste of things to come in their new State of the Game message.

In summary, the team has been busy making gameplay and hardware adjustments and additions, including "a metric ton of hardware and man hours at getting the server capacity up." The game will soon add the first new missions to the game that will center around the Borg. The game's first major update will add new Klingon ships, new PvP and Fleet Action missions and more. And in the next 6 to 12 months Cryptic plans to add more exploration missions and perhaps throw in a new playable faction (fingers crossed for Ferengi).

It's one of the most iconic video game arcade games of the 1980's. Now the game's publisher Atari is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Missile Command with an all new free browser-based version that allows up to seven players to fight the endless fight against attacking missiles and other enemies.

The new version, developed by OMGPOP, also has new enemies to fight (missiles, aircraft and big boss battles) along with new power ups that will increase fire rates, missile speeds and more. If you register at the Atari web site your can track your stats with other via a leadeboard system. For those folks who want to truly play old school the original 1980 Missile Command is also available to play at Atari's web site.

Fans of Star Trek Voyager might remember the Undine (also known as Species 8472), who are shapshifters that are immune to Borg assimilation. They reside in fluidic space within the Delta Quardrant, and have a particular dislike of Borg cubes in Star Trek Online. It remains to be seen whether they have any fondness toward other races, but they are among the first aliens players will encounter. Hey, didn't Janeway negotiate an armistice? Oh well, guess nothing lasts forever.

Continue after the jump to watch a video featuring the starship Destiny, an all-around vessel that's good for both solo missions and fleet support.

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This past Sunday (Valentine's Day), Star Trek fans gathered together on the Millennium Bridge in London, England to both celebrate the launch of Star Trek Online and to set the world record for 'largest gathering of Star Trek fans dressed in character'. 99 participants all dressed as their favorite characters, officiated by Guinness World Records with assistance from fans like Giles Aston who is also a professional 'Captain Jean-Luc Picard' impersonator (as seen in the video) to verify costume quality. The event was truly - as Spock would say - fascinating. However, this was the first time Guinness World Records editors were called to record such an event, so there's no way of knowing how it compares to various Star Trek conventions.

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