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Games in which specific enhancements are made when played on an Xbox One X.
The twenty-second annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place June 14-16, 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
A broad spectrum of games can be described as remakes, from straightforward graphical overhauls to extensive revision of gameplay and story elements. In the most basic sense, a remake keeps the original's core gameplay and plot but makes significant changes to peripheral aspects.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
A high five is a gesture where two or more people simultaneously raise a hand and slap palms with each other. Jumping is optional.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
A tiered reward system usually involving players having to purchase to acquire certain rewards.
A visual effect where color channels are deliberately misaligned.
It's all in the family.
A listing of games that have functional mirrors inside the game. An in-game mirror must display the character as they move in order to qualify.
Some first-person games that wish to immerse the player in the experience more will go as far as to include full body awareness, or the ability to see the player character's body when looking down.
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
‘S-Rank’ is a term used in games, most commonly awarded at the end of stages with graded missions or side objectives.
The twelfth PAX Prime took place August 28-31, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
The thirteenth PAX West (formerly known as PAX Prime) took place September 2-5, 2016 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
The second annual PlayStation Experience took place December 5-6, 2015 at Moscone West in San Francisco, California.
The eighth annual PAX East took place March 10-12, 2017 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
The ultimate pressure feature. Players have to complete the task at hand, be it defeating opponents or cutting the right wire, in the allotted time.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
Games often feature working light switches that allow the player to manually switch on and off the lighting in a room.
To render explosive devices safe.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
Games that allow items to be rotated; this can be used to reveal information about certain objects for the purpose of puzzle solving.
Android games appearing on this page either optionally support or directly require the Samsung Gear VR peripheral.
The fourteenth PAX West took place September 1-4, 2017 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
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