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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.
Games that integrate support for Xbox Live Avatars.
A sport in which the player throws a ball down a lane in order to knock over 10 pins that are set up in a triangular shape.
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.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
The 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 15-17.
The 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 7-9.
FreeLC is free downloadable content. It is a sub-category of DLC which encompasses only free downloadable content.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
The 2011 Gamescom takes place at the Cologne Trade Fair Center, Germany from 17-21 of August.
"Hand to hand. It is the basis of all combat." -Gray Fox
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
Kinect PlayFit is an application for Xbox 360 that aggregates activity from specific Kinect titles to offer leaderboards, Achievements and stats.
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.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
Using gestures with the controller to control on-screen actions. Alternatively, these gestures can also be detected by motion-sensing cameras.
A game in which the player competes in several different real or invented sports events.
Game bundled with gaming hardware (usually a console) in order to boost sales. Most often these games are first party titles, meaning that the hardware and software are products of the same company.
The third annual PAX East took place from April 6-8, 2012 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
The 2010 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington from September 3-5.
The eighth annual Penny Arcade Expo took place from August 26-28, 2011 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
Games that are played without holding any type of controller or peripherals.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
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 exploitation of the original Starsiege: Tribes' physics model speeds up player movement down declining surfaces.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
Tennis, but on a table. Also known as Ping Pong or Pong.
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