When Star Trek: Infinite Space was announced in 2010, many people were quick to critize the decision to create a Star Trek games within the confines of a browser.  The main concerns that people voiced were related to graphics and gameplay; just how could you create a game with good graphics and good gameplay within browser window.

Infinite Space is being developed on the Unity3D engine, which, as Hailing Frequency pointed out several months ago, is a very powerful flash powered 3D engine for browsers. The engine is so powerful that companies such as EA Sports and Lucasarts have used it to release Tiger Woods and Lego Star Wars games respectivly.

In a video released yesterday on German TV channel 3-Sat, we got our first real look at Infinite Space……….and the results are truly groundbreaking.   In the video, we are able to see full 3D environments, ample customization options, both 3rd-person ground play

With a 7 figure budget (into the millions of euros range), Infinite Space is looking like its going to be the success that everyone has been so skeptical about – truly taking browser based gaming boldy where it has not gone before! If you do not believe us, check out the video below.  Note: The video is in german but has english subtitles.

In addition, we have created a gallery of images from Infinite Space, including from the video which you can view at http://www.hailingfrequency.com/boards/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=89

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StarTrek.com have posted a series of exclusive screenshots on their Facebook account from Infinite Space!

In the screenshots, which can be found at http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=59224&id=122908054392375&fbid=196018683747978 you can see in game shots of a number of ships that will be featured in the game!

You can see 3D versions of these ships, supported by the game’s Unity 3D browser engine by going here: http://startrek-is.com/game-facts/

Announced last year, Infinite Space is due to be released in Summer 2011 and will be a free-to-play, browser based MMORPG based on the Unity3D flash engine!  The engine is extremely powerful and is used by several leading game developers including EA Sports and Activision for their own games.

For more information, visit www.startrek-is.com