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A game in which the object is for each team to retrieve the opponent's flag and return it to their own base. Typically used in multiplayer first-person shooter games.
A Multiplayer game mode where two opposing teams battle for flags, bases, or outposts
Create-A modes allows the player to create the skate park of their dreams, their own action hero, or the next champion of wrestling.
A gameplay mode that pits two or more players in a fight to the death. John Romero is credited with coining the multiplayer term "deathmatch."
The floppy disk is a symbol for saving data that originated back when floppies were still the dominant format for computer games, but has persisted long after the technology became obsolete.
Forge is a mode in Halo 3, Halo: Reach, and Halo 4, which allows players to alter their favorite multiplayer maps and easily share them with friends and the Halo community.
Machinima is the concept of making a movie out of a video game. Popularized by the series, Red vs Blue.
A term coined by Sony for titles that focus heavily on user-created content that is shareable over the PlayStation Network. Despite initial teething issues it has been successfully implemented in Little Big Planet and other games.
The Strategic Point is an alternative to the staple of the Real Time Strategy Genre, Resource Gathering. Instead, armies fight over points on the map that earns the equivalent of resources.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
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