Near London? Like cosplay? We're working with the folks at Guinness to try to break a world record. Read on to learn more.

Namco Bandai Partners, the Distributor of Star Trek Online, in association with Atari, will attempt to set a world record for the ‘largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek characters’ on February 14th at 1.00pm on London’s Millenium Bridge to help celebrate the arrival of brand new MMO, Star Trek Online.

Star Trek fans are invited to attend dressed as anything Star Trek related, from an ‘Andorian Ensign’ to a ‘Zakdorn strategist,’ and adjudicators from Guinness World Records will be present to log the record attempt and ensure that everyone present is dressed in full Star Trek attire.

The best dressed fans on the day will win exclusive Star Trek Online prizes including lifetime subscriptions worth over £150 and recently released digital version of the Star Trek movie.

“This should be an absolutely fantastic fun filled day and definitely one all fans of Star Trek should get involved in,” said Lee Kirton, Head of UK PR Namco Bandai Partners. “This is the chance to become part of history with a ‘World Record’ for the largest group of dressed up Star Trek characters in one place. Namco Bandai will also have a bunch of fantastic prizes up for grabs on the day for the best dressed ‘Trekkers’ and some prizes for just being part of the day should make it a trip worthwhile!”

Gaz Deaves, Gaming Editor of Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition, said: “Star Trek has such a huge following around the world, and its legion of fans deservedly has a reputation as one of the most committed groups in Sci-Fi fandom. It will be a great honour to adjudicate the first official world record attempt of this kind.”

Welcome to the first of a three-part feature on Cryptic Studios Star Trek Online. In this first entry, we'll be tackling how STO handles the story and questing game, aka the PvE (Player versus Environment) content. Check back with us soon for features on the PvP system and on STO's endgame.

Star Trek Online drives content in two different ways. Firstly, it strives to make the player feel that they are taking part in one of the movies or television shows. Secondly, the game will always direct the player along by presenting a variety of content options. The idea is to never have the player come across one of those "what do I do now?" moments that inevitably lead to shelving the game and moving on to more directed (and ultimately more fun) alternatives.

The primary story-driven PvE content comes in the form of Episodes. These should take roughly 45 to 75 minutes per episode and take place across multiple mission maps, offering a mix of both space- and ground-based action.

Hey guys / ladies. It's no secret that 6 major Klingon fleets (that I know of) have shut down and spread members throughout several fed fleets. I wanted to post here for a couple reasons. Primarily to hopefully keep as many Klingon fleets from shutting down as possible and also to make my own fleet available to lost players who may feel pressure to go Fed simply because of the entirely overboard negative press Cryptic is getting on the Klingon race.

There are lots of conspiracy theorists out there in the MMO Media and individual players who claim "doom & gloom" and are crying wolf over the recent Klingon information releases. Don't get me wrong, some of the media is getting it right but it's really easy to tell who is writing reviews and opinions based on experience and who are writing them based on a standard "the world is ending read my article" system. Be selective about what you read, consider the source always. Some websites will let anyone write a review!

I feel the need to point a few things out.

First, what in the world qualifies me to make some of the comments I'm going to make? I've been running Total Aggression Gaming for 11 years. We are a multi-game online community, arguably the first of our kind. We have been supporting multiple games new and old for many years and have a roster of members who have been in TAG / MoK since 1998. We as an organization have played almost every single game which had multi-player support on PC since our formation. If you poll TAG/MoK you will find a significant percentage of our player base has been together for more than 5 years and hundreds of them for more than 8-10.

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TAG is proud to announce the addition of Aion Online to it's growing list of official MMO divisions. The new Legion is growing it's ranks on the server Israphel and dons the time-honored name "Total Aggression Gaming". For more information about TAG, the Legion and how to join, please visit the Aion general forums.

At a Glance

• Game Update 11

Star Wars Game Update 11
Publish Notes, June 23rd, 2009

Highlights

• Empire Day: We're bringing back the event from last year and have added many new features to ensure it is as exciting if not more so, than our past three events. Enhancements were made to the entire event from last year.

• Bounty Hunter: In this update we have changed Carbine expertise line to effect both carbines and pistols. You will find that deadly strikes now effect pistols as well. We have made changes to allow Relentless Onslaught to work with pistols.

• Community Requests: Introducing the ability to wear backpacks with all Jedi robes. In addition to this update head-wear can now be worn with elder Jedi robes.

Empire Day

• This year the tension heats up between the Alliance and the Empire. Both factions are recruiting members to help post propaganda and tear down whatever propaganda the other side managed to post. Entertainers are recruited to boost the troops' morale, while Traders are hired to help keep supplies flowing to the front lines.
• Darth Vader will be making appearances in Theed every 15 minutes.
  • Darth Vader will be handing out badges to 3 to loyal Imperial players every time he arrives.
  • To attain the badge, select the Bow radial option on Darth Vader.
  • Imperials seeking Empire Day quests and events can go to Theed and seek out:
    • Major Brenn Tantor for Recruitment and Anti-Propaganda Events (Naboo -5395 4465)
    • Droid Kaythree for Trader and Entertainer Quests (Naboo -5536 4372)
    • Mara Jade for Combat Quests (Naboo -5534 4369)
• Princess Leia will be making appearances in Coronet every 15 minutes.
  • Princess Leia will be handing out badges to 3 to loyal Alliance players every time she arrives.
  • To attain the badge, select the Bow radial option on Princess Leia.
  • Rebels seeking Remembrance Day quests and events can go to Coronet and seek out:
    • Captain Derlin for Resistance and Vandalism Events (Corellia -187 -4112)
    • Major Carlist Rieekan for Trader and Entertainer Quests (Corellia -188 -4115)
    • Wedge Antillies for Combat Quests (Corellia -243 -4150)
• Both Ceremonies have been expanded upon and improved.
  • There are now Imperial and Rebel naval flybys at the end of the ceremonies.
  • There are new Imperial and Rebel fireworks at the end of the ceremonies.
  • Sentries have been placed to help keep order.
  • More troops are participating in the ceremonies.
• New rewards have been added to the Celebration Coordinators for purchase by players participating in the events.
• Both the Emperor's Statue and Yoda's Fountain display the player's eligibility for a badge from Princess Leia and Darth Vader.
• Both the Emperor's Statue and Yoda's Fountain have new gifts for players.
• All 2008 issues with choosing of players for badges have been fixed.
• Neutral players can participate in Kiosk events for the faction of their choice.
• Neutral players can participate in Entertainer and Trader quests for the faction of their choice.
• A player may switch faction to complete the other factional content but can only receive one Champion badge from Princess Leia or Darth Vader.

Hey Taggers! Check out the new cinematic trailer for one of the most highly anticipated MMOs ever, "Star Wars: The Old Republic", released at E3 2009.

View it in HD 720 !

From Gamespot

Star Wars: The Old Republic Impressions - Combat, Bounty Hunters, Smugglers, and Gameplay

E3 2009 is well underway at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and one of the most highly anticipated--and mysterious--games on display has finally revealed itself. Star Wars: The Old Republic is being shown in playable form for the very first time to the press here at E3, and the game looks great. From what we can tell, it'll have all the best elements of BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic single-player game, updated with all the best features from BioWare's more-recent games since then (such as Mass Effect). And, of course, it'll have online multiplayer for you and your 1, 000 closest friends.

The "Invalid Session Resubmit Form" bug has been dealt with. To insure you have no trouble in the future, you should take the following steps.
 

1. Using Firefox AND Internet Explorer, please delete the browsing history and all cookies for BOTH BROWSERS within the browser while you do NOT have the TAG website up.
2. Using Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup in ALL Vista Versions and ALL XP Versions you need to perform a complete disk cleanup, including all temporary files of all types.
3. For all MAC users, please perform the same steps. This only applies to OS10+ users.

This will cause a forced replacement of all TAG related files on your hard drive and of course remove any bunk DNS entries left over from the former server. The problem had to do with reverse DNS and was an issue I was able to resolve at the fire wall level, however to benifit from the change I made you need to perform the steps above.

Thanks!
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We are currently aware of the issue the majority of the registered users are having with the 'Invalid Session Error'.  We are currently working to have this issue addressed as soon as possible.

Email confirmations for the site is working properly, please check your junk mail folder for the response.

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Publish Notes, May 7, 2009

Player Structure

• Items picked up (either manually or with the /pickupAllRoomItemsIntoInventory command) from the top level of a room of a structure or POB ship into the top level inventory will no longer autostack, so that their original unique id is preserved, so that they can be restored with the /restoreDecorationLayout command. If the item is subsequently stacked (either manually through the item's radial menu, or automatically by moving the item around), the item will lose its unique id, and the item subsequently pulled from the stack will be a different item with a different id, and will not be restored with the /restoreDecorationLayout command.
• Reverted Medium House Footprint to correct medium house maximum capacity.

Miscellaneous

• Traders should no longer have issues selecting a vendor gender if both male and female vendor options are available for the vendor species.
• Added the ability to name the rustic armoire. This change is not retroactive.
• Fixed some issues with color customization on some beasts and mounts.
• The Shipwright Helper Monkey Collection now has the correct tooltips associated with it.