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In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
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 that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
A subscription service from Microsoft on Xbox platforms and Windows 10. Described as "Netflix for video games", users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles or buy to own them at a discount price.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
The online service used on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
Collectibles are items such as coins, rings, gems, packages etc. that can be gathered, usually for some kind of reward, or sometimes to simply beat a level. Often (almost too often) the source of earning achievements and trophies on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
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