Ironically, the Star Trek D-A-C downloadable PC and console game from the first film ended up scoring higher across the board on Metacritic (50 PC, 53 Xbox Live) than the much more expensive shooter that had such promise.

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In addition to PC, console, online and browser games, mobile and social games joined the party.

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Going to be missing your PC or console over the holiday break?

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