Post by Morreion on Jul 2, 2010 9:50:07 GMT -5
General : Gameforge to Publish New Free to Play Star Trek MMO (MMORPG.com)
Star Trek Flash MMO Interview
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller spoke to Gameforge VP of Publishing Ralf Valm to discuss the newly announced casual free-to-play MMO based on the Star Trek IP.
MMORPG.com:
What plans do you have to reach fans of Star Trek and bring them into the game?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
The Star Trek franchise offers a great variety of different universes, timelines and stories, which gives us a broad pool of settings to pick from for our games. Our expertise lies in developing and publishing free-to-play games that appeal to people all over the world because they are easily accessible and provide fun gameplay for years to come. For our upcoming games under the agreement, we want to bring both Star Trek and browser gaming fans high quality experiences that will entertain them for a long time. The first two games we will release in 2011 will cover different settings from the universe: One will be a Facebook game, the other a browser game. They will also be different in tone and style.
MMORPG.com:
Can you talk about the game design? What will players be able to do?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
We are still in pre-production for the first two games. The browser game will feature strategic space combat with lots of RPG elements. The Facebook game will be more about space exploration and character customization. That’s all we can reveal at this point.
MMORPG.com:
How does the game tap into the Star Trek Universe? What time period will be the setting?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
Our license covers all six TV series and the ten movies up to 2002. The Facebook game will be set in Star Trek: The Original Series, and the browser game will feature a setting in the timeline of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
What plans do you have to reach fans of Star Trek and bring them into the game?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
The Star Trek franchise offers a great variety of different universes, timelines and stories, which gives us a broad pool of settings to pick from for our games. Our expertise lies in developing and publishing free-to-play games that appeal to people all over the world because they are easily accessible and provide fun gameplay for years to come. For our upcoming games under the agreement, we want to bring both Star Trek and browser gaming fans high quality experiences that will entertain them for a long time. The first two games we will release in 2011 will cover different settings from the universe: One will be a Facebook game, the other a browser game. They will also be different in tone and style.
MMORPG.com:
Can you talk about the game design? What will players be able to do?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
We are still in pre-production for the first two games. The browser game will feature strategic space combat with lots of RPG elements. The Facebook game will be more about space exploration and character customization. That’s all we can reveal at this point.
MMORPG.com:
How does the game tap into the Star Trek Universe? What time period will be the setting?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
Our license covers all six TV series and the ten movies up to 2002. The Facebook game will be set in Star Trek: The Original Series, and the browser game will feature a setting in the timeline of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
MMORPG.com:
Do you have a schedule for the game yet, launch, beta, etc.?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
We will go live with the first two games in 2011, that’s all we can confirm right now.
Do you have a schedule for the game yet, launch, beta, etc.?
Ralf Valm - VP of Publishing:
We will go live with the first two games in 2011, that’s all we can confirm right now.
