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Demo impressions of Star Trek Online from Eurogamer Expo 2009
We recently mentioned that Star Trek Online fans would get a chance to play through a demo of the game at Eurogamer Expo last week. One of the first reports we've read about the Star Trek Online demo comes from Oli Welsh at Eurogamer who was uniquely positioned to check out the game (it was their Expo after all.) Welsh begins by writing, "Trekkies can put one fear to rest right now: Star Trek Online feels just like Star Trek." Although this might assuage a bit of the apprehension some gamers have about trying yet another Star Trek game, Welsh is up front about the fact that the demo he played through was a contained single player experience. It's too soon to say what gameplay will feel like when hundreds of other players are thrown into the mix. He writes about the demo's transitions between locations via warp jumps, keyboard navigation of star ships (standard WASD, with additional throttle control), and the pacing of ship combat. Welsh also walks the reader from the bridge of a Federation vessel down to the surface of a planet where Klingon opponents await. Fans of the game should read Eurogamer's hands on with Star Trek Online and may also be interested in the video footage of STO gameplay from Limited Edition, shot at this year's Eurogamer Expo (starting at 02:40. They've also captured gameplay of Global Agenda as well.) We've got a video embed of that for you after the jump.
Eurogamer Expo in England this October, major publishers aboard
The Eurogamer Expo is all set to kick off this October in London and Leeds. Publishers confirmed to attend the public event are: Sony, Microsoft, EA, Eidos, Sega, Bethesda Softworks, Konami and Capcom. The show will start in Leeds on Oct. 27 and 28, then travel to London's Old Billingsgate on Oct 30 and All Hallows' Eve. Tickets to the event are 6 lbs. of ... oh, sorry, £6.The GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair wil also be part of the show, which will give students a chance to interview with global companies. Probably a good idea, given the state of the English development scene.London will also have the GameOn! expo -- also associated with HMV -- a couple weeks later, but details and publisher attendence for that event aren't confirmed.
