P2 Entertainment - formerly Perpetual Entertainment - has ceased
development on Star Trek Online, according to multiple sources at the
San Francisco based developer. The news does not, however, mean that
the game
is canceled. The license, as well as the game's content - but not the
code - have been transferred to another Bay Area development studio
where work will continue. It is not entirely clear at this time what
this means for the individual developers who worked on the project at
P2.
As a company, P2 Entertainment will continue on with their
profitable Perpetual Platform, which has been licensed to industry
leaders like BioWare, and refocus their core business on the casual games market.
Without the code, whoever takes over Star Trek Online will be faced
with a lot of work to complete the project, which means that fans may
have longer to wait for a completed Star Trek Online.
P2 Entertainment had no comment on the story.
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