Paradox announce Star Trek: Infinite, a grand strategy game

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Paradox beamed down into Geoff Keighley's Level Up Pool Party today to announce Star Trek: Infinite, a new grand strategy game arriving this autumn. Stinfinte will let you take command of the Federation, Romulan Star Empire, Cardassian Union, or Klingon Empire. Beyond that, we don't know much. Oh, but the Borg are on the loose. See 'em in the trailer below.

Paradox say Infinite is "set a few decades before Star Trek: The Next Generation" so I don't know why the game's official artwork (up ↑ top) has TNG-era characters. Could they not have drawn younger versions of the gang? Baby Picard frowning at a baby Gowron who's gnawing on a brightly coloured teething toy shaped like a bat'leth. Adorable.

"Star Trek: Infinite puts players in command of one of four major powers in the galaxy, each with individualized traits, stories, quests, and more to make their play feel distinct," the announcement says. "With stunning visuals, difficult choices, and unique gameplay, this game allows players to experience a beloved franchise in a new way as they navigate contact with other empires and worlds."

For better or worse, Paradox are not making Stinfinite themselves, merely publishing. The actual developers are Nimble Giant Entertainment, the studio behind time loop FPS Quantum League and 2016's modern take on Master Of Orion. Our review called that MOO "simply boring" but I do see Steam player reviews are sitting on 'mostly positive' these days. Thoughts, gang? (Y'all recently voted MOO 2 one of your favourite space games, by the way.) I mean, I know that if Paradox were the ones making it, they'd need at least a year of post-launch patches for the game to even begin to find its identity. Swings and roundabouts.

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