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Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Where a video game comes with something "exclusive" only when you Pre-Order it, sometimes from a specific location. This can be a piece of DLC or it can be something not in-game or even "exclusive" or early access to demo or beta.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
When the player character is a robot. This does any form of humans infused with robotics.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
Scouts explore new terrain, providing their leaders with strategic advantages. Low armor. High mobility.
The phenomenon of an enemy who is heavily resistant to damage (or even invulnerable) everywhere on its body - except for its back.
Like pirates, only spacier. Frequent antagonists in sci-fi games, especially the Metroid series.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
A Multiplayer game mode where two or more teams fight against each other to the death. The team with the most kills wins.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
Developed by Epic Games, Unreal Engine 3 is the third generation of the Unreal engine, and is base for numerous games, such as Unreal Tournament 3, Gears of War and Roboblitz.
Vehicular combat combines driving and combat to form a unique fast paced action game. Many games are purely vehicular combat based (e.g. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8) or can contain have sections for such combat (e.g. Halo or Mass Effect).
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting an Xbox 360 controller to your computer and using it to play the game.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
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