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The Star Trek Online official website has a Christmas day present in the form of the first ship description and details. While there's no actual in-game goodies, it's the first information we've been given on something that will probably end up in the final code of the game. We even a pretty good ship to start with: an iteration of the sexy Sovereign-class ship seen in the last Next Generation movies.

If there was ever any doubt that there wouldn't be much combat in the game, the NX-91001 (or as we like to call it, "The Nixy") is armed with 16 heavy-duty phaser arrays and 8 torpedoes. For the sci-fi tech nerds out there, the computer systems use a "Bioneural circuitry" that mimics organic neurons for super-crazy-fast computing. And no Star Trek ship would be complete without regenerative shields. Although this ship also boasts some incredibly thick future-alloy armor, as well.

We know Star Trek isn't all about combat, and we hope Star Trek Online will be more than that, but there's no denying that the allure of hopping into the bridge of this ship and kicking some space-butt is strong.

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In charts reporting the latest game sales numbers in Europe, Age of Conan landed the #1 spot in both Sweden and Germany, surpassing even Grand Theft Auto IV.

Take that with a grain of salt, though, as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of GTA4 were counted separately, and each appeared in high spots in both countries' charts. It seems likely that in Sweden, at least (where GTA4 occupied second and third place), GTA4 still outsold AoC when all platforms are added up. In Spain, AoC placed fourth.

Funcom has already launched additional servers to accommodate an impressive player base. AoC might get even bigger when it goes cross-platform.

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We had to look through the list created by Next Generation a few times before coming to the conclusion that not one MMO made the list. We all do enjoy a damn fine game of Cooking Mama for the Wii, but where is World of Warcraft? Where is Lord of the Rings Online? Where are the MMOs? What sort of lunacy is this? Luckily, some explanation can be gathered through a nice little link that provides some analysis of the results and the selection criteria:
  • Numbers take into account only titles released and sold between March 1, 2007 and March 1, 2008
  • Each game only had to be released in one western territory to be included
  • Numbers take into account North America and Western Europe only
  • Numbers represent retail sales only
Turbine's creation, LotRO, neatly fits into qualifying requirements for the list compiled by Next Generation. Running on over to the LotRO website, one doesn't have to search too hard to find, "THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE IS THE #1 SELLING PC GAME ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE." The number that fueled that claim is that over 600,000 copies of the game were on pre-order as the game was set for release. Estimates of actual subscribers vary, but, that should make the cut since they are tallying games sold. However, the rules explain that game sales are from retail outlets only, which discounts the online sales LotRO made.

MMOs have made a mark on the video game industry since their inception into the gaming world. They have sold hundreds of thousands of copies through download and retail venues through the original client and the expansions that follow. Refinement is needed in order to accurately portray the real numbers that are floating around out there.

[via Joystiq]

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Funcom and Eidos spun Age of Conan's high level of anticipation in the community by announcing that more than half a million people have signed up for either the game's beta test or its fan club.

That's a fairly impressive number, although it doesn't necessarily predict sales. After all, beta testing is free; who knows how many people will actually drop $50 (or €40, or £30, or whatever other currency) for the box and then 15 bucks a month thereafter?

Hopes must be high at Funcom, though, given the financial pressure the game's development has put on the company. Next Generation reported that Funcom's Q4 2007 losses were over three times those of Q4 2006 ($3.1 million vs. $1 million respectively) due in part to the cost of AoC's development. Don't let that add to your fears about the development status, though; the company still has $52.4 million to spare.

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