Interplay Announces Star Trek: Shattered Universe for the PlayStation2

May 9 -- Interplay Entertainment Corp. announced today that their final Star Trek game, Star Trek: Shattered Universe, is currently in development for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. Star Trek: Shattered Universe is a space based action-shooter that takes place in the dark alternative universe to the classic Star Trek setting. Based on the story elements first revealed in the original Star Trek series episode, "Mirror, Mirror", the game takes place in the time just after the events portrayed in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." In the game, the USS Excelsior, under the command of Captain Sulu, is stranded in the "Mirror Universe" with a new mission, to find a way home. Star Trek: Shattered Universe is scheduled to ship for the PlayStation 2 in Q4, 2001. Developed by Starsphere Interactive, Inc., Star Trek: Shattered Universe will allow gamers to embark on a different kind of Star Trek adventure, a dark voyage across hostile territories encountering an array of alien races (Klingons, Romulans, Vulcans, Tholians, and Gorn) and artifacts including the "Guardian of Forever" (an ancient time portal) and "The Doomsday Machine" (a giant robot ship that consumes planets for fuel). Piloting a series of agile single pilot ships, players will engage swarms of enemy fighters, and fleets of capital ships in a variety of space environments. Stranded in this hostile universe, the player must aide the Excelsior and seek out vital resources in order to survive and return to the normal universe. Players can gain additional fighters and technologies through alliances or through defeating attacking ships. The newly acquired technology can then be used to upgrade their fighter with more powerful weapons and shields including some exotic alien devices like the Romulan cloaking device.

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