Some highlights as I watch through this:
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Cryptic is transitioning to Deca Games within Embracer.
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Deca is currently staffing up, and their staff are being trained to work on the Cryptic games.
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In the long term, it is anticipated that Deca will be handling development, with Cryptic functioning in a "support role." They're honestly not sure what that looks like in 4 years' time.
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None of the Cryptic games are being sunset, and their Star Trek license for "several more years."
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The reason for moving these games to Deca is that they want to keep them going for as long as humanly possible.
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Embracer regularly identifies STO as one of the top-performing games in its back catalogue, and it doesn't make sense to sunset a game that still "has gas in the tank."
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There are no "known" changes coming to content release, frequency, etc. The current release size can be used as a rough indicator for future releases.
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They are working with Deca games to teach them what kind of content they think the audiences of their games enjoy and expect.
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Here's a screenshot of the near-future STO roadmap:
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The new ship bundle scheduled for May is a T6 Dyson ship.
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Small preview of the next season (it's not "House Reborn," Phil Frazier just liked the picture):
- The TFO is an "endless battle" style mission.