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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.
Avatar Awards are items or clothing that are unlocked for Xbox Live avatars by completing certain tasks within the game.
When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
Microsoft's proprietary 3D graphics API used in computer and console games.
The modified Neon Engine that is used to power Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, among other games. Created by Codemasters.
In-Game Advertising is the placement of advertisements for real-world products within the game, sponsored by companies external to the developer.
Kinect is a camera and depth sensor-based peripheral for the Xbox 360 that allows users to interact with and play games using their whole bodies, rather than using a standard controller.
Developed by Slightly Mad Studios, this engine powers games such as Project CARS and Shift 2: Unleashed.
CD or DVD based games that are shipped in a single package with 2 or more discs due to limited storage capacity.
The interactive music visualizer built into the 360 that allows up to 4 controllers to change and alter the lights, backgrounds and a wide range of effects.
New Purchase Incentives is a business strategy established by publishers to encourage consumers to buy games new. It is also primarily used as a means of profiting from used game sales where they otherwise could not.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
Immersing the player using sound directed from 5 speakers and a sub-woofer, surround sound is the way of choice to hear game audio.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 2000 and 2009.
Games in which there is built-in Twitter support.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
The Xbox 360 has limited compatibility with original Xbox games through software emulation. Originally there were 213 Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360, now there are 478.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
The Xbox Live Marketplace and the Xbox 360's compatibility with certain Xbox games are utilized to make Xbox Originals - Xbox games that can be downloaded to and played on the Xbox 360.
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