"Star Trek: Infinite," which was supposed to boldly go where no one has gone before, has instead gone to sleep quietly: the Paradox-published Space 4X, developed by NimbleGiant, has announced that it will not receive any further updates (via RPS).

In fact, it (Jim) has been dead for some time. The announcement was made via a development journal posted on the Paradox forums two weeks ago, on March 27, but it took all but the most ardent fans of the game to notice.

"Unfortunately, we must inform you that Star Trek: Infinite will not be receiving any future updates," a Paradox staffer wrote on the game's forums. Instead, the bulk of the post was devoted to thanking Paradox's business partners and the game's fans.

That it took so long for most of us to notice the game's passing probably goes some way to explaining why it has been left behind, but it is not clear that Star Trek 4X, like Stellaris, is Paradox's in-house development It's still cringe-worthy for those who were hoping it would be set on the long tail of updates like the majority of strategy games.

Unfortunately, Imperator, a strategy game based on Paradox's ancient theme, was quietly moved to the northern latifundium due to a lackluster response from players. The response has been predictable: the "Recent Reviews" tab on Steam has turned an ugly red, "overwhelmingly negative" due to the negative response (overall reviews remain "mixed" for now).

"What a huge disappointment this game is," wrote the first reaction to the announcement on the Paradox forum."

[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [21] [22] "It might have been better to announce a new management team," and "Not a great addition to the recent string of abandoned or problematic PDX-related titles.

It's another misfire in a long line for Paradox, which has been in bad shape for the past few years. In addition to the failure of Star Trek, the chaotic development of Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodines 2, the split with Harebrained Schemes due to poor sales of Lamplighters League, the resignation of former CEO Ebba Ljungerud and replaced by Fredrik Wester, and the continuing decline due to the C-suite turnover after the resignation of former CEO Ebba Ljungerud.

Wester had been CEO before Ljungerud, but resigned in 2018; less than two weeks after succeeding Ljungerud in 2021, after most women working at Paradox reported abuse in the studio, he apologized for his "inappropriate He apologized for his "behavior. More and more, the company seems stuck in an era of trouble.