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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.
A professional and amateur sport, played world-wide, in which two teams advance a ball up and down a court in order to score "field goals," by throwing the ball through a basket or hoop. The team with the highest score at the end of timed play wins.
These games include an option for testing the performance of the hardware on which it is running.
The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA.
A position in basketball, generally played by someone of great height.
Games that feature cheerleaders. Whether they be girls with pom-poms or burly Japanese men, they know how to get people motivated.
Any spoken words conjunct with and descriptive of on-screen action . This is prevalent in most sports games.
These games have an official mobile app that integrates or communicates with a main game.
A real-life athlete who appears on the cover art of a sports game. Usually an up-and-coming star in the sport or a perennial fan favorite.
Dialogue trees are a feature through which the player selects responses from a list of choices, eliciting reactions from NPCs and determining the path of the conversation and story.
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.
Dolby Digital is an audio compression technology codec first used in movie theaters. It's now commonly used in many modern day audio/video media formats, including video games.
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 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 5-7.
Games which feature a Twitter-like feed that is written by the developers, and not by real users.
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.
Gamescom 2012 was held in Cologne, Germany, from August 15th to 19th.
Modify the height of your created character.
A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
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.
Games released coinciding with new hardware.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
The mental and emotional condition (confidence, doubt) of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand.
A mode in the NBA 2K games that allows players to build a team throughout NBA history with different cards.
The NBA is North America's highest level of professional basketball.
Nintendo Network is the online service for Wii U and 3DS.
A function of the Wii U that allows games to be played exclusively through the Wii U GamePad.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA. They were formerly known as the Seattle Supersonics before making the move to Oklahoma City.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
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