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Multiple teams featuring more than two or more players, compete against each other. At the end of a game, one team is declared the winner.
The footsoldiers of the reborn Emperor Palpatine's "Final Order". Not to be confused with the Sith Empire's Sith Troopers.
A PC based anti-cheat service.
An increasingly popular feature in games that notifies you of how well your friends are doing compared to your own progress.
Sony Computer Entertainment's cross-platform game engine designed to make it easier for PC developers to make PS3 games. It is used in many notable games such as flower and Shatter.
A location where the player character is relatively assured to avoid patterns of incoming fire or enemy movement.
An in-game design interface that allows the player to configure aspects of a game, among other things.
A mode found in certain Turn-Based Strategy games where all the players take their turns at the same time instead of in a sequence.
The game detects a player's achievement progress and shows some form of progress indicator on-screen.
An alien species from X-COM: UFO Defense. They are physically powerful and serve as the foot soldiers of the alien force threatening Earth.
In video games Plasma is often used as a core ingredient in weapons due to its high temperature. Due to the amount of damage it can inflict it is effective against any type of target, whether organic or metallic
A grid that is organized for the start of the race in rows of 2, 3 or more. Very useful for standing starts in various racing titles.
A form of racing designed to test the car and driver's skill and endurance. It evolved into closed circuit racing like modern Formula 1 and MotoGP. Even the Mario Kart series has it.
DLC that is technically available on the disc, but requires the player to buy a key separate from the game to activate it.
Leaping fish-bot foes of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.
Umbrella term for any alien species with elongated limbs, enlarged heads and large black eyes.
A Scottish goblin that soaks its cap in the blood of its victims.
This small, grey alien race is the first main alien species you encounter in both X-COM: UFO Defense and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Their large brains give them some basic psionic abilities.
The Rule of Three dictates that a certain action must be repeated three times, usually when fighting a boss battle, in order to complete an objective.
A squad is a group of military personnel who work together as a group. Popular in both single-player and multiplayer games, the other players within the squad can be either AI or other people.
Episodic games that were left incomplete due to the project being halted or cancelled before the final episode could be released.
A stronger, more psionic-focused variant of the Sectoid. It possesses more health then normal Sectoids and has a propensity for casing Mind Control.
Recognizing excellence (and messes) in games since 2008.
An even stronger variant of the Muton species of alien. The Berserker is capable of extreme amounts of damage, but only at melee range.
Most games have a suggested retail price, but these games insist on it.
Frankenstein's monster is the creature inspired by the Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein. Usually creatures inspired by this theme are made from different body parts and almost always have bolts through their necks. They're usually naive and destructive.
A flying reptile. Although mistaken for dinosaurs, they are very much not dinosaurs.
First-person games in which the player character casts a shadow.
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