I like Star Trek as much as the next geek and definitely prefer Picard to Kirk. I did enjoy the new Star Trek film and have played a few of the Star Trek video games over the years. The Star Trek online MMORPG game is set to launch next month and pricing has been unveiled.

The MMORPG game will have a standard monthly subscription rate of $14.99 per month. Game cards will be sold at retail outlets and a free 30 day trial will be included with the game.

After announcing they would distribute the game to Europe and Asia, Atari along with CD Projekt announced today that they will market and distribute ‘The Witcher’, an RPG game that will be released on Games for Windows this fall in North America.

“The Witcher is a tremendous game that has been on everyone’s radar since CD Projekt began development,” said Jeremiah Cohn, Product Manager, Atari, Inc. “With this publishing deal, Atari continues its quest to bring highly impressive titles to North America and we have our sights set on making The Witcher one of the most anticipated RPGs of the year.”

The Witcher, based on a world created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, will add a new twist to traditional role playing games in that decisions made by the player can make significant changes in the game outcome. …