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Star Trek Online hands-on sneak peak
 If behind your human exterior pumps the green blood of a Vulcan then there is no doubt that you have worked yourself into a frenzy over the release of Star Trek: Online. Star Trek: Online is set 30 years after the Star Trek: Nemesis movie. Cryptic has crafted a full back story which is available on www.startrekonline.com..jpg)
Gameplay is divided into two distinct arenas; namely space-based starship missions and ground-based away missions. The space missions put the player in the captain’ seat of a starship and, unlike the away missions, consist of controlling a single unit. Starships get unlocked according to the player’s rank and class. Engineers get massive cruisers, tactical officers get more agile assault ships and science officers get exploration vessels which pack less of a punch. Battles are intense and whether it’s against AI or PvP expect to walk away with at least a few cases of pierced hull.
.jpg) The away missions vary from planet to star base. In some cases repeating a mission reveals that the game system employs random generation of maps. This elevates replayability because one never knows what the setting or who the antagonists will be. Unlike space missions; away missions employs squad-based gameplay and these squads are either made up of players or a single player and his AI away team.
The main elements of MMORPG are still there; weapons do damage over time,.jpg) players can implement special abilities affecting other members of the squad and there is still a strong emphasis on picking up loot. Star Trek Online features instances and raids which come in various shapes and form which looks to limit monotonous game play and the need for grinding.
Check out the full review in PCFormat’s April issue.
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Rabid Star Trek fans can curse Mike (Killerbyte on the forums) for playing this before them here. - Brett
Michael Reed
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AMD 890GX embargo ends
 As mentioned yesterday, the details for AMD’s latest chipset have been
under embargo. That embargo ended this morning at 7am. Details of the
enthusiast 890FX chipset are still not available but here are the
details of the mainstream 890GX chipset.
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Just Cause 2 features NVidia/CUDA tech, demo tomorrow
 Square
Enix and Eidos announced yesterday that the PC version of Just Cause 2
will feature advanced NVidia GPU support, with “…next-generation
lighting and water routines and full support for 3D Vision…”,
apparently making the already advanced title look even better.
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Crysis 2 in 3D?
 Crytek, developers of the CryENGINE (Far Cry, Crysis and Crysis:
Warhead), has announced that its upcoming CryENGINE3 game engine will
feature full 3D support.
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Online game launched, aims for real-world results
 Urgent Evoke, an online game that launches today, is targeting
real-world results with their gameplay. Coming across as being closer
to a reality game show than a game, Urgent Evoke is a series of
challenges revolving around social entrepreneurship and is being backed
by the World Bank Institute
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[Rumor] Phenom II X6 release on April 26
OCWorkbench has reported that the new AMD Phenom II X6 will be revealed
at CeBit this week and released to the market on April 26. The expected
reveal will coincide with the release of information to the public
regarding AMD’s 890-series chipset (expect this information to be
posted once the NDA has passed.)
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Activision may have fired Infinity Ward heads
 Activision may have canned Infinity Ward president Jason West and
studio head Vince Zampella. This is nothing but rumour at this point
but it is being reported that security arrived at Infinity Ward’s
offices following a meeting between Activision and the two studio heads
and that staff at IW have not seen either West or Zampella since
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Non-slim PS3 units malfunctioning [Update]
 Reports are coming in of an error in old PS3 units which is wrecking
several sorts of functionality. Some players are unable to connect to
the Playstation Network, the Trophy system has been compromised and
other titles are unable to load at all.
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