Following last spring’s Star Trek Legends, the final frontier expands into the mobile gaming arena once more as Vancouver’s East Side Games gets a little animated.. with the Star Trek: Lower Decks crew!
Announced late last week, East Side Games is launching Star Trek: Lower Decks — The Badgey Directive as a new free-to-play mobile game, where players will “join Mariner, Boimler and the USS Cerritos crew as they take on a rogue AI — Badgey — in their attempt to return to the real world!”
Here’s the full game description:
Finally, after yet another tedious duty roster, the Lower Decks crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos is ready to party at a Zebulon Sisters concert! Tendi’s even more excited, as this’ll be her first Chu Chu Dance! But first, they need to get through routine training exercises on the holodeck, which Boimler has been entrusted to organize. Boimler? With power? When has that ever been good?
Impatient to get to the dance, the crew try to end the simulation only to find the Cerritos’ computer has been hijacked by rogue AI Badgey. He’s locked them in the holodeck and deactivated all safety protocols – so now Boimler, Tendi, Rutherford and Mariner must work through Star Trek stories, both familiar and new, so they can return to the real world. But be careful – if they don’t succeed, they’ll die for real. And even worse: they’ll miss the party!
THE ENTIRE STAR TREK UNIVERSE IN YOUR HANDS: Star Trek Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive gives you the chance to tap through classic Star Trek stories in the humorous style of Lower Decks. Enjoy your favorite storylines with a fresh funny twist – and maybe even give them new endings!
DEFEAT MAJOR STAR TREK VILLAINS: Every holodeck simulation will see the Cerritos crew facing off with a big bad boss, who must be defeated to get to the exit. Level up your crew with training exercises and mini-games in Science, Engineering, Security and Command!
UNLOCK AND TRADE MORE CREW: It’s not just the Lower Decks crew of the Cerritos here to play – Badgey has a whole array of characters from the Star Trek universe for you to collect and trade! Complete regular events to unlock special characters to bolster your crew!
NEW SIMULATIONS ALWAYS AWAIT YOU: With mini-events landing twice a week and a main event each weekend, there’s always new simulations for you to explore! And you won’t miss out even if you’re busy – you can automate your crew to train while you’re away!
Initially launching on iOS in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines, the game is also planned for Android users — and is expected to expand to the United States, to the UK, and to other global regions “very, very soon.”
Here’s the official announcement from East Side Games, which also notes that “characters and settings from across the entire Star Trek library” will also appear in the game.
Vancouver, BC, February 23, 2022 – East Side Games Group, Canada’s leading free-to-play mobile game group, announces that it has entered into a multi-year partnership with ViacomCBS Consumer Products (“VCP”) for the worldwide release of a Star Trek: Lower Decks-themed mobile game on iOS and Android.
In addition to the storylines and characters from Star Trek: Lower Decks, the mobile game will include characters and stories from across the franchise, reimagining them for fans through the lens of Star Trek: Lower Decks. The Star Trek: Lower Decks-themed game will be developed by East Side Games (“ESG”), in partnership with VCP, utilizing ESGG’s proven Game Kit-Idle technology, and will be published by ESG. Australian-based video game company Mighty Kingdom Limited (“MK”) will be co-developing the game alongside ESG, providing the project with MK’s franchise knowledge and development expertise. The Star Trek: Lower Decks-themed idle game is expected to launch worldwide in 2022.
The free-to-play mobile game will feature the Star Trek: Lower Decks style and humour to transport players into the Star Trek Universe and will feature characters and settings from across the entire Star Trek library.
More information about Star Trek: Lower Decks — The Badgey Directive will eventually be available on the official TBD website, where interested fans can also sign up for its newsletter.