Players will take the role of a starship captain for either the Federation or Klingons, and take part in both deep-space shipboard gameplay and exploration of planet surfaces, and other ships, on foot.
No word on which consoles, although we'd say Xbox 360 is more than likely since Cryptic's other project, superhero MMO Champions Online, is coming to Microsoft's machine. Star Trek Online is being developed 'for both PC and console formats'.
The worst-kept secret in massively multiplayer gaming has been outed: the troubled Star Trek Online project has been saved from oblivion and is in development with City of Heroes creator Cryptic Studios.