Star Trek Online picks up series staffer

Perpetual Entertainment has hired Michael Okuda as design consultant for the upcoming massively multiplayer online game, Star Trek Online. A technical designer and all-around Star Trek guru, Okuda has worked as a technical consultant to the writers of The Next Generation, Voyager, and Deep Space Nine television series, as well as seven Star Trek films. He will primarily design the game's interface, along with serving as a more general Star Trek universe consultant. The MMOG holds the licenses for every Star Trek show, and it will let players join the Starfleet in a variety of capacities as they travel the galaxy. No release date has been announced.