Star Trek XBLA/PSN game detailed

By Robert Purchese Published 26 March, 2009

Not just a rehash of the film.

Paramount bigwig Benjamin Hoyt has said the Star Trek game for XBLA and PSN is "focused on fun, not a retelling of the [upcoming film's] story".

Roboblitz developer Naked Sky will develop, according to Kotaku, and aims to launch alongside the JJ Abrams big-screen venture this May. The PSN version will arrive later for a "couple of reasons", but Hoyt didn't elaborate.

Star Trek: DAC (a subtitle no one will explain) will be a top-down 3D space shooter where players fly around space as the USS Enterprise zapping nasty Romulans with laser bombs or whatever they use in the future. Don't expect a deep and meaningful exploration of Star Trek canon.

Strategic elements will underpin the arcade action, we're told, and involve protecting and harvesting resources and completing goals within set time limits. Ships can be upgraded, and there should be three gametypes on offer.

Naked Sky also promises multiplayer bouts for two teams of six, which can be filled with bots if friends are at a premium or have been stolen by bumpy-headed Klingons.

Extra ships and levels via DLC are a possibility for the future.

Star Trek: DAC has no price yet, but there will be demos to try before you decide to buy.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • mcmonkeyplc #1 3 years ago

    It's gonna be shit and we all know it.

  • Rirekon #2 3 years ago

    It's true, there is a pattern to Star Trek games;

    All the odd numbered ones are shit
    All the even numbered ones are shit
    All the prime numbered ones are shit
    All the 3d ones are shit
    All the 2d ones are shit
    All the downloadable ones are shit
    All the boxed ones are shit

    ... did I miss any?

  • GiarcYekrub #3 3 years ago

    Will the real Enterprise be there as well as the Gimp Version?

  • brooza #4 3 years ago

    Star Trek: DownloadAble Content

  • brooza #5 3 years ago

    "there will be demos to try before you decide to buy"

    A first for XBLA titles!

    EDIT: Sorry for the double post, but my original wasn't showing up so I couldn't edit it
    Edited by 1 at 26/03/09 @ 12:16

  • scowat #6 3 years ago

    Post deleted at 16:41:01 08-02-2012

  • viper_h #7 3 years ago

    Rirekon - I enjoyed quite a few Star Trek games actually.

    Judgement Rites, 25th Anniversary, a Final Unity, Armada, Elite Force and Bridge Commander spring to mind. But yeah, there are a lot of shit Trek games out there.

  • photoboy #8 3 years ago

    "Paramount bigwig Benjamin Hoyt has said the Star Trek game for XBLA and PSN is 'focused on making something as quickly as possible regardless of quality so we can get it on the shelves in time for the film's release, not a retelling of the [upcoming film's] story because the film was written by the idiots who wrote Bayformers'."

    Fixed that for you.

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #9 3 years ago

    This actually sounds kinda fun.

  • metalangel #10 3 years ago

    The 25th Anniversary Gameboy game was pretty good... Sidescrolling space battles with a beautifully animated starship mixed with top-down away team action (limited exploration and puzzle solving). This has to be at least as good, please. The TNG game was a pretty cool if frantic realtime command sim... alas, while trying to beam crew off a stricken freighter or get Geordie to boost power to the shields, Romulans could turn up and blow you up.

  • the_dudefather #11 3 years ago

    Star Trek: Dogs and cats

    all animal cast in hilarious costumes doing people things :3

  • bad09 #12 3 years ago

    I was really disappointed to hear we are only getting a top down XBLA shooter, waste of the license IMO. :(

  • Whizzo #13 3 years ago

    If only someone would do a version of Starfleet Command for the consoles.

  • penhalion #14 3 years ago

    Hey I liked starfleet command....though it was buggy and crashed a lot and .......awww ok it was kind of shit when I look back at it.

  • Spekingur #15 3 years ago

    I liked Armada and their use of nebulae in that game. The first Elite Forces was also quite fun. But we haven't seen a proper Star Trek game yet, and this won't be it :p

  • udat #16 3 years ago

    If they could make a decent Netrek I would buy it.

  • DFawkes #17 3 years ago

    I remain cautiously optimistic, since I can usually wring enjoyment from even the worst Trek games. But memories of Battlestar Galactica are hard to set aside, this could potentially be the thing that finally kills my interest in the franchise. That's coming from someone who liked Nemesis and all of Enterprise.

  • bad09 #18 3 years ago

    Hey! Enterprise rocks DFawkes!

    Sam Beckett, that whitey bloke from Desmonds AND the best theme EVER!

  • DFawkes #19 3 years ago

    Preaching to the choir, bad09 :) It wasn't popular though. I liked it, and wished just once, Captain Archer had gone "Oh boy!", possibly before the next leap.

  • bad09 #20 3 years ago

    "I liked it, and wished just once, Captain Archer had gone "Oh boy!", possibly before the next leap. "

    LOL! Scott Bakula = Legend

  • spamjavelins #21 3 years ago

    Who thought this top-down bollocks was a good idea?