Strange spacy countdown timer appears

In Feb. 2008, Perpetual Entertainment wasn't so perpetual and failed, passing the development of the Star Trek MMO to "another bay area developer". It's long been rumored that Cryptic has the rights, but it's now being reinforced by a strange countdown timer appearing on the Cryptic main site with a space background. That background has now been confirmed to be from Perpetual's concept art for Star Trek Online.

Since the collapse of Perpetual Entertainment in Feburary 2008, many people have been wondering what the fate of Star Trek Online is.

Perpetual stated at the time that devlopment of Star Trek Online had been passed to another bay area developer, however since that time, we have not seen or heard anything about our beloved MMORPG.

Speculation has been arife about who could possibly have the development rights to Star Trek Online - with some people suggesting Bethesda or "Blissovision" - however the hot favorite until now has been Cryptic Studios.

Well, it appears that we may well be on the road to getting an answer of sorts to the question - "Are Cryptic Studios Developing Star Trek Online" with the appearence on the Cryptic Studios homepage, of a mysterious countdown timer, with an unmistakeably Sci-Fi Esque background picture - which some people have speculated is very similar to some of the early concept art for STO from Perpetual.

For the full announcement, check here.

To see the countdown timer for yourself, check Cryptic Studios' main page. Currently 45 days and counting to who knows what!