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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.
Players can design a base or dungeon for their characters to inhabit.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
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.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
The twenty-second annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place June 14-16, 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
The twenty-third annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place June 13-15, 2017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
The 25th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, which took place June 11-13, 2019 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
A screen where players can adjust the luminance value of a game's visuals. This is common in horror games.
The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
Some games will give the player hints and tips on how to play while the game loads.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
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.
The ninth annual PAX East took place April 5-8, 2018 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the first PAX East to span four days.
The fifteenth PAX West took place August 31-September 3, 2018 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
A 3D optimization middleware.
SpeedTree is a software toolkit that generates realistic forests on the fly.
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.
Not to be confused with just any metal case, SteelBook is a brand of metal packaging for disc-based media.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
A way to reveal the map that requires the player to use a tall object, usually climbing a tower. First made prevalent in Assassin's Creed (2007), often a feature of Ubisoft open world games.
The fourth major iteration of the Unreal Engine from Epic Games. This engine is said to only be suitable for the 8th generation of video game consoles and PC hardware, though it is scalable to a variety of older platforms and mobile.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Microsoft's application storefront introduced in Windows 8.
A female mechanic, usually an attractive one.
A subscription service from Microsoft on Xbox platforms and Windows 10. Described as "Netflix for video games", users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles or buy to own them at a discount price.
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