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Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
First starting out as simple machines throwing stones, artillery has evolved greatly and is an important weapon in war.
A Build Queue allows a production unit or structure to immediately build a new unit once the current unit is finished building.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
CTRL 1-9 = CTRL Group. Crucial to battlefield success, using Control Groups in most RTS games allows one to better manage ones forces.
Games which the creative minds, or rather their marketing departments, saw fit to put their name on the box.
Popular audio/video middleware tools developed by CRI Middleware, INC. Used in over 1,700 games spanning the PS2, PS3, Gamecube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, Arcade, DS, PSP and more.
Customization in games that allow users to change various parts of their equipment or moves to fit their gaming style.
An objective where players have to ward off enemies for a set duration.
A destructible environment means the player has the ability to destroy his/her surroundings. This allows players to use the environment to their advantage.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
Digital distribution method for PC games. Direct2Drive is maintained and owned by Gamefly Digital Inc.
The 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 10-12.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
A fleet is a group of ships, typically military warships, that sail together for mutual protection and to consolidate their power.
A staple in both the real-time and turn-based strategy genres, Fog of War simulates the unknowns of the battlefield by covering areas of the map, to be progressively revealed by the player.
Since 1998, an independent group of about forty worldwide media outlets who determine the best games of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
Hotkeys allow advanced players to map game functions to a single button on a keyboard for quick and easy access.
Map Makers or Editors are built-in tools that allow the average gamer to tweak or fully customize a map of their own, with no mod or programming skills required.
An infinite resource spot is an area that allows the player to obtain an unlimited amount of a particular resource such as health, ammunition, money, or energy.
Known sometimes as jump gates, hyperspace gates, star gates, these structures are like Satellites that use wormhole technology to propel ships either simultaneously to another sector in space or greatly cuts down the travel time. Though they can be human made, they often have been created hundreds or thousands of years before humanity travels the stars, by an ancient race that often are extinct.
Machinima is the concept of making a movie out of a video game. Popularized by the series, Red vs Blue.
In real time strategy games, Macromanagement or "macro" is a loose term used to describe the ability to produce units.
Micromanagement is the act of increasing the efficiency and longevity of units during a battle, or managing equipment, statistics and abilities on an obsessive level.
The minimap is a small, simplified version of a larger map. This plays a vital role in many games, especially Real Time Strategy, where it is important to have an overview of the entire map.
PC games that support the use of two or more monitors.
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