Kill Stealing

Kill Stealing is a video game concept

Kill Stealing involves a player killing another player's target in order to gain his or hers "prize". These include loot, experience points, a point score, etc.

Overview


Kill stealing is extremely prominent in multi-player shooters and MMORPG's. Many times, one player will attack another player or A.I. enemy, and damage them heavily. Another player will attack the same target, do less damage overall, but is still able to inflict the final blow, getting the point or the experience. The player who attacked first feels as if their work was for nothing, and usually gets frustrated.

In team games where only 2 teams are competing, kill stealing is only a minor problem. While players who had kills stolen may feel some dismay, the points still go to the team's overall score. Some games will acknowledge both players work by giving one player a kill point, and the other an assist point. Assist points are rarely added to the team score, but are used as proof of the work done by helpful players. If, however, more than two teams are in a match, a kill can be stolen from a third player not on either team of the fighting players. In free-for-all games, kill stealing can be a major problem. A stolen kill will give a player a point many will think s/he did not deserve. Some players will deliberately steal kills, so that they will get points/experience with the minimal effort, spend less ammo/magic, and face a lowered risk of danger from other players.

Kill Stealing games Edit

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Name Platforms Developer
Overlord 2
PC, PS3, X360 Triumph Studios
Quake Live
PC, MAC id Software
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
PC, PS3, X360 Codemasters
Quake Arena Arcade
XBLM Pi Studios, LLC.
Anarchy Online: Alien Invasion
PC Funcom Productions A/S
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
released on Feb. 10, 2009
PC, PS3, X360 Monolith Productions, Inc.
Left 4 Dead
released on Nov. 18, 2008
PC, X360 Valve Corporation, Turtle Rock Studios, Inc., Certain Affinity
EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey
released on Nov. 18, 2008
PC Sony Online Entertainment
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
released on Nov. 13, 2008
PC, MAC Blizzard Entertainment
Gears of War 2
released on Nov. 7, 2008
X360 Epic Games
Resistance 2
released on Nov. 4, 2008
PS3 Insomniac Games
Far Cry 2
released on Oct. 21, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Ubisoft Montreal Studios
Crysis Warhead
released on Sept. 17, 2008
PC Crytek GmbH
Metal Gear Online
released on June 12, 2008
PS3 Kojima Productions
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
released on June 12, 2008
PS3 Kojima Productions
Haze
released on May 20, 2008
PS3 Free Radical Design
Grand Theft Auto IV
released on April 29, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Rockstar North, Rockstar Toronto
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
released on March 18, 2008
PC, PS3, X360 Ubisoft Montreal Studios
Wipeout Pulse
released on Feb. 12, 2008
PSP SCEE Studio Liverpool
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul
released on Jan. 16, 2008
PC S2 Games, LLC
Unreal Tournament 3
released on Dec. 10, 2007
PC, MAC, PS3, X360 Epic Games
Overlord: Raising Hell
released on Nov. 16, 2007
PC, PS3 4J Studios, Triumph Studios
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
released on Nov. 13, 2007
PSP, WII EA Canada
Crysis
released on Nov. 13, 2007
PC Crytek GmbH
BlackSite: Area 51
released on Nov. 12, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 Midway Studios Austin
F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate
released on Nov. 6, 2007
PC TimeGate Studios, Inc.
F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon - The Complete Trilogy (Platinum Collection)
released on Nov. 6, 2007
PC Monolith Productions, Inc., TimeGate Studios, Inc.
F.E.A.R. Files
released on Nov. 6, 2007
X360 TimeGate Studios, Inc.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
released on Nov. 5, 2007
PC, MAC, PS3, X360 Aspyr Media, Inc., Infinity Ward
World of Warcraft: Battle Chest
released on Oct. 30, 2007
PC, MAC Blizzard Entertainment
The Orange Box
released on Oct. 10, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 Valve Corporation
Team Fortress 2
released on Oct. 10, 2007
PC Valve Corporation
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
released on Oct. 9, 2007
PSP Rebellion
Medal of Honor: Airborne
released on Sept. 4, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 EA Los Angeles, Ritual Entertainment, Papaya Studios, Demiurge Studios
Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa
released on Aug. 9, 2007
PC NCsoft Austin, NC Interactive, NCsoft Santa Monica
Quake III Arena + Team Arena
released on Aug. 3, 2007
PC id Software
DOOM Pack Complete
released on Aug. 3, 2007
PC id Software, Nerve Software, LLC
The Quake Collection
released on Aug. 3, 2007
PC, X360 id Software, Xatrix Entertainment, Inc., Rogue Entertainment, Ritual Entertainment
Insurgency
released on July 2, 2007
PC
Overlord
released on June 27, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 Triumph Studios
The Darkness
released on June 25, 2007
PS3, X360 Starbreeze Studios AB
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
released on May 30, 2007
PC, MAC, PS3, X360 id Software, Aspyr Media, Inc., Splash Damage, Ltd, Nerve Software, LLC
Medal of Honor: Vanguard
released on March 26, 2007
PS2, WII EA Los Angeles
F.E.A.R. (Gold Edition)
released on March 20, 2007
PC Monolith Productions, Inc., TimeGate Studios, Inc.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
released on March 9, 2007
PC, PS3, X360 GRIN, Wizarbox, Ubisoft Paris Studios
Battlefield 2142: Booster Pack - Northern Strike
released on March 8, 2007
PC Digital Illusions CE AB, DICE
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
released on Jan. 16, 2007
PC, MAC Blizzard Entertainment
The House of the Dead 4
released on Dec. 31, 2006
ARC Sega, SEGA Wow Inc.
Anarchy Online: Lost Eden
released on Dec. 21, 2006
PC Funcom Oslo A/S
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
released on Nov. 21, 2006
PSP, PC, PS3, X360 Ubisoft Montreal Studios
Last Chaos
released on Nov. 20, 2006
PC
Star Wars: Galaxies - The Complete Online Adventures
PC Sony Online Entertainment
EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer
released on Nov. 14, 2006
PC Sony Online Entertainment
Resistance: Fall of Man
released on Nov. 14, 2006
PS3 Insomniac Games
Gears of War
released on Nov. 7, 2006
PC, X360 Epic Games, People Can Fly
Call of Duty 3
released on Nov. 7, 2006
PS2, XBOX, PS3, WII, X360 Treyarch
Unreal Anthology
PC Digital Extremes
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point
PC TimeGate Studios, Inc.
Medal of Honor: Heroes
PSP Team Fusion
Lineage II: The Epic Collection
PC NCsoft Corporation
Battlefield 2142
PC, MAC Digital Illusions CE AB, DICE
F.E.A.R. Combat
released on Aug. 17, 2006
PC Monolith Productions, Inc.
SWAT 4 (Gold Edition)
released on April 5, 2006
PC 2K Boston
Far Cry: Instincts - Predator
X360 Ubisoft Montreal Studios
Far Cry: Instincts - Evolution
XBOX Ubisoft Montreal Studios
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
released on March 14, 2006
PC Tripwire Interactive, LLC
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
released on March 7, 2006
PS2, PC, XBOX, X360 Ubisoft Paris Studios, GRIN, Ubisoft Shanghai Studios, Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky
released on Feb. 21, 2006
PC Sony Online Entertainment