Star Trek: Shadow Frontier has been announced as an official TNG sequel set for 2027, with Michelle Forbes returning as Ro Laren. The game follows her after a distress call leads to a crash on a hostile alien world.
01Summary
- 01Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is a new sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation planned for release in 2027.
- 02Michelle Forbes is returning to play Lieutenant Ro Laren, a character first introduced in season 5 of TNG.
- 03The game is being made by Bloober Team and published by Paramount Games Studio.
- 04The story follows Ro after she answers a distress call, crashes on an uncharted planet and is forced to survive on a hostile world.
- 05The project is described as a third-person action-adventure with survival-horror elements, puzzles and Starfleet technology such as a tricorder and phasers.
02Why it matters
The announcement brings a major Star Trek character back into a new official story after years away, which will interest TNG fans. It also shows the franchise continuing to expand into new game formats ahead of Star Trek's 60th anniversary.
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