Gameforge has ended their efforts to make a free-to-play, browser-based MMO based on. The German publisher and developer said they were unable to find another company willing to help them bringto market. .would have allowed players to engage in massive ship-to-ship battles. The MMO was said to draw inspiration from the TV series. Gameforge even enlisted talent from thetelevision shows to help out. Lee Sheldon is said to have penned the story, while Michael and Denise Okuda served as consultants.Gameforge originally planned to release the game in fall 2011. However, when fall came around, the company laid off 100 staff members and cancelled two other games. They then announced that they needed a co-publisher for. The cancellation of the game is not altogether surprising given these earlier troubles."Since autumn 2011 we made many efforts to find a publishing and marketing partner for Star Trek: Infinite Space," Gameforge told GI.biz . "Unfortunately, our efforts were not successful. So we have decided with a heavy heart to finally abandon the project Star Trek: Infinite Space. The discontinuation is very regrettable. Unfortunately it happens from time to time that a good concept for a game cannot be implemented as originally planned."One reasonmight have had trouble finding a co-publisher is the fact that there's already a free-to-playMMO with ship-to-ship combat on the market. Cryptic'slaunched in 2010 and made the F2P switch in 2012 due to low subscriber numbers. The fact thatfailed to catch fire, added with the massive risks associated with MMOs in general, probably made other publishers wary.-loving gamers still have something to look forward to. Digital Extremes is currently making a Trek co-op shooter for release next year.