Revealed exclusively at IGN Live, Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is the surprise upcoming game from Bloober Team, the developer of the critically and commercially acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake, and Cronos: The New Dawn. It stars Michelle Forbes, who reprises her role as Trek fan-favorite character Ro Laren and finds herself stranded on an alien planet. The newly formed Paramount Games Studio, which includes all Paramount and Skydance gaming studios, has invested heavily in the game, and, as Shawn Kittelsen, senior vice president, head of creative and production at Paramount Games Studio told IGN ahead of the reveal, it certainly has high hopes for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal is for Bloober to make the best Star Trek game of all time, if we can bring that to life,\u201d Kittelsen said. There have been many, many Star Trek games over the years, and everyone will have their own favorites. Birth of the Federation, 25th Anniversary, Judgment Rites, Bridge Commander, Armada, Starfleet Academy, Star Trek Online\u2026 the list goes on. Paramount, though, wants to top them all.<\/p>\n
To that end, Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is different from previous Star Trek games. It\u2019s from Bloober, a horror specialist, but Kittelsen says it\u2019s more of a \u201cpsychological thriller.\u201d He compares it to Ninja Theory\u2019s Hellblade series, rather than Bloober\u2019s previous hits like Silent Hill 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s interesting, Star Trek has had so many permutations over the years,\u201d Kittelsen said. \u201cIt can kind of genre bend. It’s the rare sci-fi show that can do a Sherlock Holmes Victorian era mystery as well as interplanetary warfare on an epic scale. And everything in between. Bloober has an incredible track record in the horror space\u2026 Silent Hill 2 remake, Cronos: The New Dawn I thought was really well done and showed them pushing into sci-fi horror. I think we consider Star Trek: Shadow Frontier more of a psychological thriller than a horror game, sort of akin to Hellblade in a lot of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, expect plenty of \u201cconflict within yourself\u201d moments from Ro Laren in a game that will show Bloober \u201chas more range.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at the history of Star Trek, a lot of fans and writers always would grumble about the Roddenberry rule, where Gene Roddenberry famously did not want interpersonal conflict between crew members,\u201d Kittelsen said. \u201cBut where that drove a lot of storytelling in the original series and in The Next Generation was into this sort of inward journey of intrapersonal conflict, like conflict within yourself.<\/p>\n
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