By David Wharton | 8 years ago

While most of the Star Trek buzz lately has been on the two rather awesome trailers and the continuing debate about Benedict Cumberbatch’s “John Harrison,” the gaming inclined amongst us know there’s another dose of possibly cool Trek-dom headed our way this spring. Set to release on April 23, 2013, a few weeks before Star Trek Into Darkness’ bows in May, the new Star Trek video game will have Kirk and Spock facing off against the Gorn in an in-canon storyline penned by God of War writer Marianne Krawczyk, working in collaboration with the Trek movie writers, Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof. Here’s the cover art:

Set between the events of the first film and the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness, the game will feature the voices of the film cast, most notably Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as Kirk and Spock, respectively. You can play the entire game in co-op mode, with one player as Kirk and the other as Spock. As you’d expect from a game ideally focused on two players, both Kirk and Spock have different talents and abilities that complement each other.

Even if you’re more of a Trek fan than a gamer, the Star Trek game should offer some of the same appeal as the ongoing IDW comic series: showing us more of the tangential movie universe created by Nero’s arrival in J.J. Abrams’ first film. Amongst other things, that will mean getting a look at this universe’s version of the lizard-like Gorn, who are the primary antagonists.

Star Trek will be available for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC this April. You can check out the official product description and a gallery of screenshots below.