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Namco Bandai, the UK publisher for Star Trek Online, today revealed details surrounding the game’s pre-order incentives, including being able to partake in the open beta from January 12-26.

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Todd Howard told Kotaku in its latest podcast that Bethesda pitched a single-player Star Trek RPG before starting on Fallout 3.

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Cyrptic has announced the recommended and required system specs your PC must adhere to should you wish to play Star Trek Online.

Read ‘em and weep, or jump for joy – whichever:

System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 3800+
• Memory: 1GB RAM
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 / ATI Radeon X1800 / Intel HD Graphics
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
• DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
• HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
• Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
• Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

Recommended System Configuration

• OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit)
• CPU: Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 5600+
• Memory: 2GB RAM+
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 3850+
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Soundcard
• DirectX: Version 9.0c or Higher
• HDD: 8GB Free Disk Space
• Network: Internet Broadband Connection Required
• Disc: 6X DVD-ROM

Microsoft is readying two new Elite bundles for the Xbox 360 in the UK, according to MCV.

The two bundles celebrate the release of Paramount films Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Star Trek. The Star Trek bundle has the console, the movie on a USB stick and 800 MS points for Star Trek: PDLC and an additional pad.

Meanwhile, the same can be said for the Transformers bundle. The only difference being that instead of 800 MS points, you get the full Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen game. No dates yet, nor pricing.

Find more info through the link.

Paramount and Bad Robot Interactive announced today that Star Trek: D-A-C  will be available on Xbox Live Arcade in May.

PC and PSN users will get it at a later date.

Inspired by the upcoming Star Trek movie, D-A-C is a pick-up-and-play single, cop-op and multiplayer space shooter where players take the captain’s chair and engage in battles.

Up to 12 players can compete in combat controlling one of three Starfleet or Romulan ships in Team DeathMatch, Assault, and Conquest modes.

Single and co-op modes are available as well.

More information is through the break, and screens can be viewed over on Eurogamer Germany.
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Paramount and Sony are promoting the upcoming JJ Abrams Star Trek movie on Home starting today.

Home users will also see Starfleet uniforms and t-shirts show up in the Threads Store on April 23.

There’s more.

Over on the film’s PS Home website, it’s been confirmed that Abrams and the actors playing Kirk and Spock in the movie will be appearing on Home on April 20 for a Q&A session with “selected press and bloggers from around the world.”

A post Q&A “virtual roundtable” will be taking place within Home and both events will be streamed live.

Via Kotaku.

Star Trek Online has a surprise in store for fans of the original series. Seems that CBS has given Cryptic the go-ahead to design races mentioned in the series, but never before seen.

During a Q&A over on the Cryptic site, it was revealed that the game will not only include the known races from the Star Trek universe, but the devs will have the full gambit of Trekkie lore behind them when it comes to designing the new races.

Already known, but also of note in the Q&A, is mention of the creation process which will allow players to use bits from all pre-existing races to make their very own. This customization is limited to bipedal humanoids, so no mixing with Tribbles folks.

Imagine creating a race that’s a mix between a Ferengi, Tholian, and a Hirogen with the talents of a Betaziod.

That would be horrible to look at. But very cool.

Thanks, IncGamers.

A promotional insert has been included in the Star Trek: Season One Blu-ray disc revealing a Star Trek D·A·C game, expected to be released on April 28 along with the feature film.

Nothing has officially been announced at this point, but it is known that Naked Sky Entertainment is handling the development.

Kotaku is saying it is an XBLA and PSN title, so keep checking back with us because something has to be announced soon.

Loads of goings on in the world of MMOs, as usual. Let us make sense of it for you.

This week’s had its fair share of content updates, a closed beta, character testing, teaser screens, and an MMO set near the Grand Canyon, in the future, after a plague. Honestly.

Read on after the jump.

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In an extensive interview with Cryptic Studios’ Craig Zinkievich over on MTV Multiplayer, the developer’s confirmed that the likes of Kirk, Spock, or any of the other original cast members from Star Trek the TV show will not appear in Star Trek Online.

The game takes place far in the future, essentially. Tiberius and the gang are all long gone.

Guess that means no promiscuous space sex with green women for us. Damn.

More through the link.

EA has just announced at Games Convention Leipzig that Jenny McCarthy will play commando unit Tanya in Red Alert 3.

She will be joined be George “Mr. Sulu” Takei who will lend his voice to the Empire Boss and Tim Curry will play the Soviet Boss.

Also sexy Scorpion King actress, Kelly Hu is in it as well.

Totally awesome.

By Mike Bowden

So says this. Bethesda won’t be making a game based on the upcoming Star Trek XI movie from JJ Abrams, despite holding the license.

“Really interested in seeing the movie though,” said company spokesman Peter Hines. “If anyone can make that movie awesome, it would be JJ Abrams.”