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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Dec 29, 2010
Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
When unlocking an Achievement/Trophy, the game you are playing slows down, freezes or "hitches up" for a few seconds after the Achievement/Trophy is awarded.
Avatar Awards are items or clothing that are unlocked for Xbox Live avatars by completing certain tasks within the game.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
A crossover occurs when a character from one franchise makes a special appearance in a game from an unrelated franchise. Some games are specifically designed to be crossovers that bring together characters from two or more franchises.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
The controversial practice of incorporating "access control technology" into digital media so as to limit what owners of that media can do with it, most commonly for the stated purpose of preventing piracy.
Games that involve characters racing on foot. This could be a portion of the game or could be the game's main focus.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
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.
Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.
Keflings are the resource gathers and citizens of the Kefling kingdom, the obedient little guys can be trained to do several different tasks from shearing sheep to being the King.
When a level select screen takes the form of a map.
A movie reference in a game, is where a game references a film. This can be done in many different ways.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
The second annual PAX East took place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 11-13, 2011.
The 2010 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington from September 3-5.
Games nowadays take a long time to make and often they aren't the only things developing during the process. It has become common to list the babies that have been born during the development of any game.
The rare occurrence of a game being released between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
While completely normal from the neck down, these characters seem to be lacking a bit of skin up top. Creepy.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
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