Star Trek: D-A-C, a space shooter game where up to twelve players can compete in intergalactic battles, has launched in conjunction with the Blu-ray and DVD release of Star Trek XI.

According to the press release, “Star Trek: D-A-C features NVIDIA 3D Vision compatibility, allowing equipped PC players to engage in intense stereoscopic 3D battles. Planets, ships, space stations, meteors and asteroids jump off the screen in 3D for an immersive deep space flight experience. Players with an NVIDIA GeForce GPU in their PC can experience dynamic NVIDIA PhysX effects including blazing explosions and reactive debris.”

Star Trek: D-A-C supports online multiplayer, online co-op and the recently added single player gameplay.

The updated content for Star Trek: D-A-C will soon be available via XBox Live Arcade. Players who previously purchased the game will receive the additional content for free.

Star Trek D-A-C has three pre-existing multiplayer game types; Team Deathmatch, Conquest and Assault, but now single players will be able to use the new Survival Mode.

Using Survival Mode, Starfleet captains will choose between four ships. Their goal is to get through four rounds with five different zones each, shooting down as many Romulan enemy drones as they can before their three lives end.

Destroying a Romulan drone will earn the player special pick-ups that help them to win more lives and to move up the Starfleet ranks and leader boards.

There will be three types of Romulan drone ships, controlled by AIs: Space Pirate, a quick and nimble flyer that offers the most reward for shooting it down; a Ramming Drone, an offensive fighter that uses kamikaze attacks against Federation ships; the Demolition Drone, a slower model that uses explosions to destroy everything around it.

Two new features are also offered in Survivor Mode: Temporal Shift, where everything slows down except for the player; Fire Everything, where all one’s weapons can be fired without energy stores depletion.

Already available on the Xbox live Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, the new Windows PC and PlayStation Network versions of Star Trek: D-A-C will feature exclusive new content, including two new ship classes, a new game mode, several new pick-ups, a new map for assault mode and more.

On the PC, the game will also be 3D compatible with the Nvidia 3D VisionTM 3D stereoscopic experience. Star Trek: D-A-C will be available for PC users to download through Valve’s Steam distribution service.

Star Trek: D-A-C allows fans to directly control a variety of ships and pitch battles between Starfleet and the Romulan Empire. Up to 12 players can compete in thrilling team combat. There are three game play modes: Single player, online multiplayer and online co-op. For each mode, there are four different game types – Team Assault, DeathMatch, Conquest, and the all-new Survival mode, pitting players against increasingly overwhelming waves of enemies in order to set the record for survival time.

Players can now choose from five ship types for each faction – the all-new Missile Corvette, all-new Support Frigate, Bomber, Fighter and Flagship – with each ship offering unique capabilities for players to master and manipulate as they fight for victory.

In addition to featuring the new U.S.S. Enterprise, Star Trek: D-A-C incorporates music and signature sounds taken directly from the new Star Trek film.

As reported byKotaku, and TeamXBOX, Paramount Digital Entertainment has officially announced Star Trek D-A-C, for the Playstation network, Xbox Live Arcade and the P.C.As reported at TrekToday, last month, the game will be based on Star Trek XI. Up to twelve players can compete in a game of Star Trek: D.A.C. There are three game modes, including one with two six-player teams (Federation vs. Romulan) and a single-player mode where the player battles against A.I. bots.

There are three game play modes; single player, online multiplayer and online co-op and there are three different game types per mode; Team DeathMatch, Assault and Conquest.

“The upcoming Star Trek film has ignited interest among a new generation of fans as well as longtime fans of the original,” said Tom Lesinski, president of Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment. “With that same goal in mind, Star Trek: D-A-C was designed to appeal to Star Trek fans and gamers alike.”

Star Trek: D-A-C will be released in May.

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As reported by Shacknews and IGN, the Star Trek: D.A.C. game, designed for Xbox Live and Playstation 3, will be based on J.J. Abram‘s Star Trek XI.Up to twelve players can compete in a game of Star Trek: D.A.C. There are three game modes, including one with two six-player teams (Federation vs. Romulan) and a single-player mode where the player battles against A.I. bots.

Three classes of vessels will be offered; bomber, fighter and flagship, including the new Star Trek XI USS Enterprise. The music for the game will also come from Star Trek XI.

The game is based on Star Trek XI, but it won’t recreate the plot. “I think it’s a mistake that most movie games try to emulate the plot of the movie,” said Paramount Producer Benjamin Hoyt. The battles are “inspired by the movie, but not seen in it.”

Star Trek: D.A.C. will release in May 2009, according to a promotional poster for the game.

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