The Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois was transformed into Starfleet headquarters for three days (October 22 through 25 2010) as hundreds of Trekkies – or Trekkers – gathered for the Official Star Trek Convention sponsored by Creation Entertainment. This year’s convention was a huge hit, very entertaining and very fun.

The most famous guests were Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and Christopher Lloyd (played a Klingon in one of the Star Trek movies and more widely known as Doc Brown from the Back to the Future film series). However, Nimoy canceled as the show began (due to minor abdominal surgery), frustrating fans who had arrived from afar to attend the convention. This was only a temporary setback as the rest of the activities progressed.

Today (July 28, 2008), Cryptic Studios officially announced, launched a website for and set a date for gameplay unveiling for Star Trek Online. Previously P2 Entertainment was originally going to create the massive multiplayer online rpg, but dropped the project back in January, 2008. Cryptic Studios then working on Star Trek Online.

A few screen shots and news stories are available on the official Star Trek Online site, but gameplay trailers won’t be available until August 10, 2008. Cryptic Studios is going to debut the footage at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention in the Gene Roddenberry Theater at the Las Vegas Hilton. The presentation will also be available in the form of a webcast on the site as well.