Star Trek captains climb aboard Legacy

by Joystiq Staff on Aug 14th 2006 10:55AM

Bethesda announced today that all five actors who played their respective captains in the TV series Star Trek will reprise their roles in the upcoming game Star Trek: Legacy. William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Scott Bakula, Avery Brooks, and Kate Mulgrew have all signed up to make you feel all warm inside when battling through space.

Currently planned for release this fall on the 360 and PC, Legacy will guide players through all the eras of Star Trek using just about all of the ships. We've played the game on several occasions and if our last impression is anything to go by, getting the voices right could be the least of the developer's worries.

If you're so inclined, check out the full press release after the break.

Surrounding the 40th Anniversary of STAR TREK, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Scott Bakula, Avery Brooks, and Kate Mulgrew to Reprise Captain Roles for STAR TREK: Legacy™

Rockville, MD – August 14, 2006 – Bethesda Softworks® announced today that all five actors who portrayed the STAR TREK series captains -- William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Scott Bakula, Avery Brooks, and Kate Mulgrew -- will provide voiceovers in the STAR TREK: Legacy™ video game. The collaboration marks the first time the five actors have participated in a single STAR TREK project together.

"I am delighted to have the chance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek with my fellow captains by providing our voices to STAR TREK: Legacy," said Shatner. "Bethesda Softworks has done an excellent job in creating an exciting game that stays true to Star Trek's roots and accurately incorporates elements from each series."

STAR TREK: Legacy is in development for both the Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. STAR TREK: Legacy is scheduled to launch this fall under license from CBS Consumer Products. The STAR TREK franchise, which debuted with the Original Series in 1966, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this fall.

"We are absolutely thrilled to have the five actors who portrayed the STAR TREK captains take part in this project," said Todd Vaughn, vice president of development, Bethesda Softworks. "Their participation, especially since it takes place during the series' 40th anniversary, will add to the fun and excitement of the game and emphasizes our commitment to provide fans with the most authentic STAR TREK experience possible."

The five actors will reprise their roles from their respective series as follows:

· William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the STAR TREK: The Original Series – 1966-1969

· Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard from STAR TREK: The Next Generation® – 1987-1994

· Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko from STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine® –1993-1999

· Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway from STAR TREK: Voyager® – 1995-2001

· Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer in STAR TREK: Enterprise™ – 2001-2005

STAR TREK: Legacy places you in the role of the Admiral of a task force of warships, which you control in small and large-scale battles. Test your strategic and tactical skills in real-time combat featuring over 60 authentic spaceships, full damage modeling, and spectacular visual effects. Play through the single-player campaign or in the extensive multiplayer mode with a group of friends online.

The compelling storyline in Legacy spans the entire STAR TREK Universe, including the Original Series, STAR TREK: The Next Generation®, STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine®, STAR TREK: Voyager®, and STAR TREK: Enterprise™ eras. STAR TREK: Legacy is being developed under the direction of Bethesda Softworks at the studios of Mad Doc Software, creators of the highly successful and critically acclaimed STAR TREK Armada II.

Celebrity acquisition and voice production services provided by Blindlight LLC.

STAR TREK: Legacy has not yet been rated by the ESRB. For more information on the title, visit the official Web site at http://startrek.bethsoft.com.

Tags: PC, Star Trek, Star Trek Legacy, StarTrek, StarTrekLegacy, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (32)

I've heard this game is made by the same people as Oblivion. Any truth behind this?
If so - it should be good.

How could Bethesda stoop so low!?!

Avery Brooks could kick all their asses easily.

I'm personally curious how many people would play the Janeway missions just to do a suicide run.

Also, jsut for humor value, they have to include the Kobayashi Maru scenario.

Wow. 13 stars. Impressive.

The Kobayashi Maru test would be amazing. Hell, they could even include Kirk's famous cheat that allowed him to beat it.

And why the hate for Janeway? She totally held her own.

Look at that beer belly. LOL

Can anyone care to elaborate on the following statement from this Joystiq piece: "We've played the game on several occasions and if our last impression is anything to go by, getting the voices right could be the least of the developer's worries."

I thought Bethesda did an amazing job with Oblivion, and I had high hopes for some of their other forthcoming projects including Fallout 3 and Star Trek Legacy.

I've been keeping an eye on the game; it certainly looks to have promise, and I've been really looking forward to it. Read some previews that seemed relatively positive (like most previews, unfortunately) and this is the first I've heard that there may be trouble in paradise.

What's potentially wrong with Legacy?

That last image was from robin hood men in tights....j/k

Viridium, the last time I played the game, which was like a month ago, the controls were a little on the complicated side and steering the ship was near impossible.

I like the potential of the game and the direction they are taking it, I just hope they can fine tune the controls when it's finally released.

Shatner rules.

I almost want the games to be mic-operated. I doesn't really make sense to me that you are playing 3rd-person to a ship that is home to 400+ passengers like the Enterprise(s). Oh well.

It would be so amazing visually if they had the mission with Khan and the ensuing explosion and birth of a planet right beneath you.

Anyways, Shatner could kick Brooks' ass. Like he almost did in that one episode. :P You know he wanted to.

And they have to show where Jonathan Archer is actually the last leap before Sam finally makes it home.

Awesome.

Viridium -

Bethesda also made a game by the name of Pirates of the Caribbean back in 2003, which was absolutely terrible. Bethesda puts all the decent programmers on the Elder Scrolls team while the rest of them get shoveled into the "lets make games and use our name to sell them for a quick buck" team.

Every developer on Earth has put out garbage at one point or another. Given that this is a lisenced product, it may just re-create their Sea Dogs 2...I mean Pirates of the Caribbean fiasco.

I still play Armada II and Star Trek : Star Fleet Command III quite frequently. Both games are fantistic. If Bethsheda pulls this off, it could be the end-all-be-all of Trek games.

BTW, if you're into playing missions ripped directly from the cannons, get your hands on Star Trek : Starfleet Academy for the SNES or Genesis. Though crude looking, it does a fantastic job of simulating those scenerios, and putting you in the captains chair. They tried replicating this with Bridge Commander, but that game didn't quite do as good of a job as the SNES game did 8 years earlier.

I can't wait for this.. I will absolutely buy a 360 so I can play this since I won't be able to run it as well on my intel iMac (running windows). I would much rather play it on my 30" HDTV in 1080i.

Robert Summa - thanks for the update; I'm glad that for now it's a mere control issue, which can potentially be easily rectified. Althought I must admit concern that it's also something that could totally sink the game if not done properly.

LaughingTarget - I also remember my severe disappointment at Sea Dogs 2. I played the original quite a bit and really enjoyed it (I'm not sure I ever actually "finished" the game, I just had enough fun sailing around!). I'd forgotten that it was Bethesda that butchered the sequal, though. Hopefully that can be chalked up to having to rush it as a licensed game to coincide with release timing for the movie.

Here's hoping Legacy can still pull it off...

Although this game might possible have some potential, i cant see it being anything truly special.I mean, does anyone think this game will be an amazing top selling hit? I dont think so, personally.
But then again it might sell just because it has bethesda's good name on it.

Let me tell you, besides the overly complicated control scheme, this game is pretty cool.

I think the biggest part of it will be the huge multiplayer battles you'll be able to have.

It's a very epic looking game, I just wish the controls were better. Also, you should know that it's not very fast paced. Everything kinda goes at a slow speed.

Please tell me there will be a Tribble related mission. Perhaps an unlockable mini-game?

OMG I lOVE YOU Kate Mulgrew!!!

star trek isn't for retarded people like you number 2

Were the control issues on the 360 version, or the PC? I imagine the PC would controll better for this type of game, but I'm seriously contemplating the 360 version for both the achievements, and the thrill of playing on Live, on my HDTV.

i would imagine its probably as complicated as the LOTR BFME 2.. I mean.. is it going to be like the old pen and paper Star Fleet Command (which SFC 3 was an excellent game and did the paper game justice) or will it use totally different rules?.

I disagree with an earlier poster... Bridge Commander was pretty good.

Wait a minute -- where's Captain Garrett???? :)

Bakula?!?! They're actually going to consider ENTERPRISE to be a canon show? I refuse to accept it as part of the Trek mythology. They changed too much from TOS's descriptions of history, and B&B basically crapped on all of Trek with that show.

I like Bakula himself, but that show should never be considered a real part of Trek.

Funny how there have been so few good Star Trek videogames, while there have been a lot of worthwhile Star Wars games. I guess it's because SW is more action oriented than ST.

I notice Star Wars game developers have also been more willing to invent characters and whatnot to suit the needs of the games. With Star Trek they tend to reuse the characters from the shows.

Anyway, here's hoping Legacy turns out well and leads to more Trek gaming.

HOLD EVERYTHING! How can you not except Enterprise as the canon show, they did a great job!
And Kirk could not take Siscko. Come on now. The guy is like 6'2.
Sorry, but Archer could take any one of them easy, except Siscko, but it would be a great fight.

Archer Rules!

Mark Davis has reviewed the Region 1 release of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2. Here is the much anticipated second box set release from Paramount. It seems the reasonable collection of extras on the first set were not a one off. Also the quality of these early seasons is certainly better than I recall. So good news all round. Not quite a world exclusive this time, but we came close.

I just want some good attack runs with the Defiant against the Jem Har Dar and teh rest of the Dominion fleet. Oh man, and the Galaxy Cruisers vs Gallet class Cardassian starships. Drool!! Chubby!! Faint!!

"Favor the bold"

23. I disagree with an earlier poster... Bridge Commander was pretty good.

Don't get me wrong, I love that game for the immersion and the variety of play. It did make you feel like a bridge commander.

I appreciated the simplicity of play and the similar sense of immersion in the SNES Fleet Academy game. It was well ahead of its time. Bridge Commander was essentially the exact same game with a different game engine. That was its fault. But I still played it, and still do..

According to Reuters, Shatner's providing the voice of Kirk in Legacy because he "couldn't imagine someone else playing Captain Kirk, even in a video game."

Someone should tell him about the next Star Trek movie.

I am hoping this is amazing, it sounds it. And yeah time to see how long the voyager will last. I hate that show, except for the Doctor, Seven, and Kim.

I think Kirk and Picard were best for their times. I'm looking forward to the game.

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