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Elite and specially trained/equipped military troops and law enforcement tasked with carrying out specific and dangerous/sensitive objectives beyond the remit of regular military personnel. Many games feature special forces operators or units as protagonists or enemies.
The Rule of Three dictates that a certain action must be repeated three times, usually when fighting a boss battle, in order to complete an objective.
The 2011 Gamescom takes place at the Cologne Trade Fair Center, Germany from 17-21 of August.
Evolution marks the progression from one stage to the next.
Video games that include a physical cloth or paper map in their packaging.
Crawling is a form of locomotion in which a person lies down and uses the hands and knees to move around, or by dragging the body along the ground.
Real-Time Polygonal Tessellation is a method of drawing polygonal models. A dynamic process, tessellation renders and dumps triangular polygons in proportion to distance and level-of-detail. It is a flagship feature of DirectX 11 and OpenGL.
Yellow primordial beings who have assisted (and accidentally plagued) history's greatest villains since the dawn of man.
These big'uns would love to smash you into a pulp by charging full-speed in a perfectly straight line, but if you take two steps to the right you'll be safe and sound ... for a few seconds at least.
Need to know how many hit points that Boss has left? Want to learn more about that weird plant keeping you from progressing? Scanning refers to using in game abilities (like a move or a vision mode), to learn more information about the game world.
Proprietary game engine developed by Crystal Dynamics.
A system where bonuses are unlocked based on the amount of users that pre-purchase a particular game via Steam. This system was first introduced for XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Games that are heavily based on a developer's actual experiences, usually by way of allegory.
Citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which was a country that emerged after the Civil War in The Russian Empire.
In the Fullmetal Alchemist universe, a homunculus is a being that seeks to be human. They are created when a person has failed to resurrect someone from the dead with Alchemy. They look exactly like the dead person who was being revived except they have tattoos on their bodies.
First-person games in which the player character casts a shadow.
A law-enforcement officer with responsibility for a county.
Nameless and disposable characters, who follow commands from whoever they see as their leader or boss.
A large aquatic mammal.
"Dear Diary. Went to See Movie. Ate Some Ice Cream. Murdered in a horrific, mysterious way. At least I don't have to jog tomorrow!"
A version of a game purchased in one part of the world may not be playable in another. Region free games however, can be played anywhere.
These games were popular enough to be adapted for the theater.
A number of kills without a suffering a death.
Sometimes it's hard to resist the urge to accumulate a vast amount of valuables.
A sport in which the player throws a ball down a lane in order to knock over 10 pins that are set up in a triangular shape.
The 18th annual D.I.C.E. Awards celebrate the best games of 2014, as voted by industry professionals.
A path that is displayed on screen to help guide the player to certain objectives.
When the player character can execute a jump that is higher or farther than their normal jump. This can require holding the jump button or performing some different control input, and can be limited by energy or a cooldown.
The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA. The team use to be based in Vancouver before moving to Memphis.
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