Cryptic Studios latest MMORPG will enter large-scale testing period January 12-26; keys offered as first come, first served. Champions Online may be only a few months on the market, but Cryptic isn’t wasting any time before deploying its next massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Earlier this month, the Atari-owned studio locked in a February 2 release date for Star Trek Online, having picked up the rights to make the game in July 2008. Now, Cryptic has taken one more step toward getting Star Trek Online out the door, announcing that the game’s open beta test will run January 12-26. Dibs on the Enterprise. Star Trek Online entered a closed beta-testing phase in late October, and Cryptic Studios is still accepting applicants through its official Web site. Open beta keys will be doled out on a first-come, first-served basis, the company said, and they will also be offered through Cryptic’s site. The studio did not ind…[...]

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PC | Star Trek Online open beta warps to January