The popular naval-themed World of Warships massive multiplayer online game has headed into the final frontier with a new official collaboration with Star Trek.
Boldly sail…
Following up on Kelvin-themed Star Trek event with World of Tanks in May, publisher Wargaming.net is bringing Star Trek: The Next Generation into their World of Warships game. Available now through August 7 players can jump into a unique Star Trek port (“Vulcanis-A2”) available free to all players which includes an interactive tour of the Enterprise-D bridge. Players can participate in new missions, unlocking a free Star Trek-themed commander. The new Star Trek collaboration includes three factions (Federation, Klingon, and Romulan) and four unique commanders (Picard, Spock, Sela, and Gowron).
Check out the launch video…
Players can now purchase faction-themed bundles (priced around $30 in the in-game “Dubloons” currency) and smaller Trek-themed premium containers or get all of it in a single “Star Trek Large Pack” (priced around $100). In addition to various bonuses, the packs include the different faction commanders, faction flags, and Trek-themed camouflages for specific World of Warships ships, such as the USS Enterprise-D skin you can get for the in-game USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. Each Trek commander includes an individual voiceover and comes with 10 skill points and a specialization for their specific ship.
The Enterprise-D “camouflage” for World of Warships (Wargaming.net)
World of Warships is a multi-platform game available for Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Android and iOS. For more details on the Star Trek x World of Warships collaboration visit worldofwarships.com.
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Yep the one thing I always associate with Star Trek is rampant microtransactions and violence
Star Trek has always had violence.
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before and shoot them in the face!
I mean, that is pretty much what they often do…
I belive it’s “continuing” and “no one.”
Sounds like you’re describing Orion. Or Ferenginar on a really bad day.
Now I’ve seen it all… and cannot un-see it!
No. No to all of that.
This is by far the dumbest thing related to star trek I have ever seen!
And not in a “So dumb is funny” way. This is just awefull!
There was a World of Tanks promo that was similar a little while ago. Yes just as stupid
Nope, nothing will ever beat those horrible starship NFTs from a few years back.
I didn’t even know about those.*sigh*
What’s next, a Trek themed monster truck rally?
STOP GIVING THEM IDEAS!!!! :D
Why not?
Monster Trek!
:-D
Yes please!
As long as it’s not canon, I’m in!
On a positive note, the top half of the key art (the portraits in front of the TMP-style rainbow) looks good, and got me excited for something new (until I realised what it was for haha).
OK I’m not a gamer and never played a Star Trek video game in my life. But I saw the comments and was confused why everything was so negative. So I clicked on the video….and WTF???? Is that a real thing??? Like why? Who would buy this?
I have never said this before, but I feel a bit shamed this it was even posted lol.
World of Warships players who are also Star Trek fans would buy this?
Wouldn’t it make more sense, though, to take the basic gameplay of WoW and set it in space with the actual starships from Star Trek?
“Make sense” is not really the point of this kind of promotional collaboration. Moving the action to space would entail an extensive redesign to the game software. What the developer did here (disclosure: I’m not a player myself, but judging from the trailer video and comments from players) is much simpler and cheaper: re-skin four existing ships and model a new “port” (i.e., water and landmasses to serve as a combat arena). Basically, WWII warships are cosplaying. (I mean, what’s the point of a navigational deflector on a wet-navy vessel? To shove aside fog and seabirds?)
Awful awful. I hope the devlopers check the comments of this article. Shameful
It’s so ridiculous I can’t help but love it.
I once heard that Gene Roddenberry did not like the new uniforms in Star Trek II because they looked too militaristic. Roddenberry would have absolutely detested this mash-up/ promotion thing. Extremely anti-Star Trek.
To quote the TNG bible he made.
“Starfield is not a military organisation it is science research and diplomatic body”
uniforms are “To be much less military looking than the recent Star Trek films since the 24th century centers on enhancing the quality of life”
But at the same time… the Dominion War. (And USS Defiant, a dedicated warship). The Klingon War. MACOs. It’s not like this is the first time Trek has dipped its toes in or had a very military tone or showed military ships. And Roddenberry may well have hated those, too. Just saying, it’s not like this is breaking that ground, just following in footsteps.
(But also, Roddenberry may have appreciated a Starfleet-styled aircraft carrier, considering his own WWII service.)
Okay, I need your help with a slightly off-topic issue, friends. The graphic for this game reads “Star Trek: The Next Generation x World of Warships…. what purpose does the “x” (Star Trek x Kid Cudi, Gozdilla x Kong) serve? I see this “x” thing everywhere and, being an old Herbert, have no idea what it means.
“Cooler” way of writing vs basically
many thanks.
Sometimes “X” means “versus” but more often it’s short for “crossover”. I think the usage originated in Asia (China, Japan and/or South Korea), where the mobile game industry often does promotional collaborations with TV shows, food brands and sports. (See: https://www.gamerefinery.com/the-most-unbelievable-collaboration-events-in-chinese-and-japanese-mobile-games/) Consider “Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross x Stranger Things” (2021) (a card battler) or “Sailor Moon x Moon Princess” (2023) (a slot-like game).
On a somewhat related note, are these what the vessels of the Federation Maritime Patrol look like?
Yes folks, it’s Star Trek Wars!
The Imperial Federation of Planets.
Starring Darth Picard and Jar Jar Riker. Featuring Lt. Deatha
All the other non war story lines have been done so let’s just shot at each other in space.
Puts the stoo in stoo-pid!
Absolutely what Trek is all about.
LET’S BATTLE!!!!!
This is a colossal failure. $100 for a camo for a ship you will never be allowed to own in game