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Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Whenever there's a new Pixar, superhero or Harry Potter movie they have to make one of these.
At E3 2013, Microsoft announced their Games with Gold campaign. The campaign offered two downloadable games a month for free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers for a limited number of months. On October 18, 2013, Microsoft stated they were extending the promotion indefinitely.
A digital distribution platform that focuses on providing DRM-free computer games, both old and new.
Greatest hits is a general term for re-releases of games which have sold a certain number of copies, as part of a program managed by the console manufacturer.
A style of play in multiplayer gaming with the purpose of annoying, irritating and angering other players.
Fixer, Clone Trooper RC-1140, is the member of the four-clone squad that is extremely good at slicing terminals.
HD Remaster is a term to a single game that has been updated to conform with the HD standards on that console.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Most modern shooting games add the realistic touch of rendering shots to the cranium instantly fatal. Glorious for the shooter, kind of a bummer to the shootee.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Bugs that are sapient beings and have humanoid and/or anthropomorphised features to varying degrees. This page includes Arachnids (Spiders, Scorpions) for brevity.
A standard in nearly all competitive online shooters, the Kill Feed is the live on-screen update of the kills in an multiplayer game, providing updates as to whom is killing whom, as well as other important events.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
An extremely dangerous and expensive Droid model designed to fight alongside and protect General Grievous and other important Separatist figures. Skilled enough to challenge Jedi in combat.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
A small, closed-off area in a game containing enemies that opens at some trigger point. Often used to surprise the player, or as an alternative to spawning enemies out of thin air.
Occurs when a player kills an enemy using a sniper rifle without the aid of the scope. Generally in FPS games, sniper rifles are not equipped with crosshairs, thus making this feat impressive.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
A form of level transition, mainly used in the early 90's. The act of travelling from one planet to another.
While all games on PlayStation 3 (2009 onwards) and later consoles have trophies, only games deemed large enough get to have the coveted Platinum Trophy for earning every Trophy in the base game.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
A pseudonym is a fictional name that is different from the owner's real or legal name. They can be pen names, secret identities, or even alternative names because their real name is unpronouncable or shouldn't be said.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Regenerating health is a gameplay mechanic which automatically refills the players health bar after successfully escaping damage for a set amount of time. It is typically seen in RPGs and modern first/third-person shooters.
Reloading is the action of replacing the ammunition magazine inside a gun. It adds a touch of realism to most modern shooters, and a certain amount of tension when a player is forced to reload while under fire.
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