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The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
Matchmaking is a technique which allows players or teams to be matched with others for the purpose of playing an online multiplayer game.
Hot, high pressure gases released from the muzzle of a firearm when fired.
The eighth annual Penny Arcade Expo took place from August 26-28, 2011 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
The tenth annual PAX Prime took place August 30-September 2, 2013 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. It was the first 4-day PAX.
PhysX is a realtime physics engine middleware originally developed by Ageia and now maintained by nVidia. It is the only currently available physics engine that supports hardware acceleration.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
An in-game currency bought with real world currency.
The Pub Fund is a Sony program that provides an advance royalty payment for self-published games by independent developers, in exchange for timed exclusivity for PlayStation platforms.
Reloading is the action of replacing the ammunition magazine inside a gun. It adds a touch of realism to most modern shooters, and a certain amount of tension when a player is forced to reload while under fire.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
The ability to see through walls.
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.
This concept is featured in games that have a character wearing a helmet or mask with a skull graphic or picture on it, or else a helmet styled to resemble a skull. This does not pertain to characters who actually have skulls for heads.
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.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
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.
A Multiplayer game mode where two or more teams fight against each other to the death. The team with the most kills wins.
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.
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.
Games that have you going into a computer generated virtual universe.
A common cheat in multiplayer first-person shooters that allows people to see and/or shoot through solid walls and objects.
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.
Modifications can include, but are not exclusive to, upgrades. Modifications can be superficial changes such as color.
Found in many First Person Shooters or Role Playing Games, the player has the ability to swap their current weapon for another found on the ground or in their inventory.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
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