As development on Infinite Space proceeds at maximum warp and the GameForge team gear up for the release of Infinite Space later this year, their PR team took a few moments at a recent Trek Convention to speak with Nana Visitor (Kira Nerys) and Rene Auberjonois (Odo), which is especially fitting given that the game is set during the DS9 time period!

Check out the interview at http://startrek-is.com/news/interview-with-nana-visitor-rene-auberjonois/

A couple of months ago, Atari sold Cryptic Studios to Perfect World and one of the first major announcements to come out of the aquisition was the news that Star Trek Online would be going free-to-play by the end of 2011.

If you hadn’t previously heard about this, you can find out all the details on the STO F2P page at http://startrekonline.com/f2p and be sure to checkout the Star Trek Online Homepage for almost daily Free to Play news updates!

We’ve reported on this mod in the past, however we are happy to say that the Sacrifice of Angels 2 mod for Sins of a Solar Empire has recently been updated!

Released on July 6th, the latest version of the mod includes:

• A new Romulan Starbase
• Bug fixes
• The beginnings of an eventual pirate rework.
• Diplomacy

In addition, a news update was posted on September 15th bringing news of  the next version of the mod:

The upcoming SoA 2 0.5D.1 is making good progress. Most mesh issues have been fixed. Crash issues are fixed. TSOP is fully incorporated. We are looking into changing the Fleet Supply caps, and other stats for ships. We added some new ships, and new artwork. No ETA on new update. We still have much to do, but we are close.

SoA 2 0.5D.1 will be a full install, Instead of a series of patches. We shall also look into “downgrading” the mod for Entrenchment, and Original Sins for one final release for those two versions.

Keep an eye on the mods development and download the latest version at http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-sacrifice-of-angels-2

We have news of a fairly new Star Trek mod for Homeworld 2, which has an alpha version available for download as of August 2011 – here is the official synopsis of the mod:

Homeworld 2 meets Star Trek: Armada 2. Set in the 2380′s you will find three superbly balanced factions to face off one another, the Alpha Quadrant superpowers! The versitile United Federation of Planets, the formidible Klingon Defence Force and the enigmatic Romulan Star Empire.

Visit their ModDB page and download the alpha version of the mod at http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-continuum

Early last year, the long anticipated modification for Half Life 2, Enterprise Temporal Cold war was cancelled after the resignation of the mods leader, leaving behind a hole in the hearts of its fans and a bucket load of high quality assets that would never be used.

We are happy to say that as of September 2011, the modification has been resurrected, renamed and has some new life, with the announcement of “Star Trek Enterprise – M.A.C.O”.

Star Trek: Enterprise – M.A.C.O. is the re-launch of the cancelled Star Trek: Enterprise – Temporal Cold War (E:TCW) single-player Half-Life 2 modification, now based on CryTek’s CryEngine 3 technology. By learning from the mistakes we made during the development of E:TCW, and utilizing the majority of the modelling and texturing assets created for its predecessor, we are confident that production will move forward at a far greater speed than during our last attempt.

Storywise, STE:M aspires to showcase the character-based storytelling format intended for E:TCW in small, one-hour episodes. Gameplay-wise however, it embraces the formula used in the Elite Force series of video games, offering both linear combat levels and free roam sections to let players explore the NX-01 Enterprise within reasonable bounds.

The official website for the mod is currently in the works and is expected to be launched soon – as soon as it is, we will let you know but until then, be sure to keep an eye on the projects “ModDB” page at http://www.moddb.com/mods/na7240