by ZeroAerey25 . on Nov 27, 2007
Bought and made-over.
Shacknews is reporting that Perpetual Entertainment, the company which was making both "Gods and Heroes" and "Star Trek Online" before canceling the first and then liquidating its assets, is experiencing a change in management and now intends to take STO in a more casual direction.
Perpetual has been acquired by new ownership, reportedly a media company looking to use Star Trek Online to make its first major inroads into the video game market. Along with the acquisition comes a partial retargeting of Star Trek Online to what our source describes as a "more casual" experience, one which may potentially eschew subscription fees in favor of the practice of charging real money for optional in-game items, a practice popularized by various Korean MMOs.
Read the full story at Shacknews.