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Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Oct 23, 2015
Abstergo Industries is a multinational pharmaceutical corporation worth billions of dollars. Secretly, they are the modern public face of the conspiracy started hundreds of years ago by the Knights Templar, and seek to enslave all of humanity.
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.
A protagonist who lacks some or all of the qualities traditionally seen as heroic.
Anvil Next is a game engine designed by Ubisoft for Assassin's Creed III. The engine has the ability to render crowds of over 1000 people and realistic weather patterns. It also has improved visuals and AI over previous Assassin's Creed titles.
Assassins are people who are tasked with the action of violence against peoples, though their general aims are to be discreet and as minimally violent as possible in order to remain discreet if necessary.
Short one-line audio clips spoken by the NPCs that populate the game world. Can be random or in reaction to the player or events.
The Blighters are a Templar-controlled street gang in London, England during the 19th Century.
Child labor is seen as an exploitative practice in commerce and industry, involving children and adolescents who are pressured into employment. While almost no game would ever endorse the practice, it can occasionally be portrayed as an element of the historical and societal world the game is set in.
Climbing is a common tradition in games, particularly platformers. There is often a particular type of surface that can be climbed, and it has a recognizably different look than other surfaces in the game. Climbing ladders or stairs doesn't count.
Limited editions of games that include extra "perks" like Making of DVDs and a nice and shiny tin with extra box art
Communism is an economic and political ideology which (at least in theory), seeks to eventually achieve a classless society that promotes equality in gender, racial, and/or social terms. Despite this, most Communist regimes are often dictatorial rather than utopian.
Plotting and scheming, usually for wealth or power.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
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 twenty-first annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place June 16-18, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
Eagle Vision is an ability that any person of Assassin lineage possesses, but few know how to activate. The person is able to identify an ally or enemy by glowing colors. The most well-trained Assassins can train it into an advanced form called Eagle Sense.
The accent of someone traditionally from England. Not to be confused with Welsh or Scottish, which are totally different despite being sometimes referred to as simply "British" accent.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
An evil organization is a group of super-villans who are hell bent on world domination or something of a similar nature. Usually defeated by a single Spy/Superhero/Average Joe/small child.
A device used in many games with vast open worlds, to travel instantaneously from one place to another. It sometime appears in the form of an item or skill.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
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.
The head honcho of a group of miscreants
A gang isn't just two crude dudes, it's a whole mess of them. There's all kinds of different gangs represented in games: street gangs, organized criminals, and even high school cliques.
Whether it be Mario vs. Bowser, Jedi vs. Sith, Link vs. Ganon, or Elves vs. Orcs, the forces of good are in an eternal battle with the hordes of evil.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Nothing helps set a game in a specific point in time more than having a few famous faces from history drop by to say hi.
Kidnapping is often used in videogames as a motivation for the protagonist to venture into unknown worlds and fight seemingly hopeless battles.
The act of breaking the law.
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