It was the first of the three major Star Trek video game sequel titles that were released by Activision from 2001 until their departure from the franchise in 2003. Star Trek: Armada II was released by Activision a year after they acquired the full rights to all the franchise holding of the video game's franchise from Viacom.
The game was developed by Mad Doc Software. Star Trek: Armada II is a real-time strategy video game published by Activision in 2001, based upon the Star Trek universe.