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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.
Arsenal Football Club is an English professional soccer club based in Holloway, North London. They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English soccer.
Stereoscopic 3D that works without the assistance of any other accessories (i.e. colored glasses).
A professional soccer club based in Barcelona, Spain.
An online game mode where players play as nations against other nations attempting to win an international tournament.
Bicycle kick, chalaca, chilena, overhead kick, or scissors kick is a move in soccer, which is made by throwing the body up into the air, making a shearing movement with the legs to get one leg high overhead to reach the ball (in original head height), which gets kicked backward.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
A character in the game actually increase in size. This may be a temporary or permanent transformation.
Chelsea FC are considered one of the top football (soccer) teams in the world, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge football ground in west London. Chelsea are currently FA Cup Champions.
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.
Over time, it's common for publishers to stop supporting the online components of old or unpopular games. In addition to saving money, this also serves to boost sales of newer games in the same series or genre.
Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
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.
A draw occurs when two or more players end a versus match where no player is determined to be the winner. This can be caused by a double knock out, or when players have an equal point value at the end of a set period of time.
Heroes can only fight for so long. If they don't get rest or are able to recuperate, their performance will suffer (and so might they).
Is the act of singing songs or chants at a football (soccer) match.
A Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto, best known for the professional soccer team. Commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto.
Gravity is a physical phenomenon, specifically the mutual attraction between all objects in the universe. In a gaming setting, gravity determines the relationship between the player and the "ground," preventing the player or game objects from flying off into space, and hopefully acting in a predictable/realistic manner.
An instantreplay is a gameplay element typically associated with sports games, and widely made popular with the Madden Franchise. Instant replays allow players to go back and view gameplay footage, occasionally from varying points of view.
Football Club Internazionale Milano is an Italian professional soccer club based in Milan, Lombardy.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Lenticulars are images that change or move when viewed from different angles. Occasionally they are used on the cover of a game. The process is based on stereoscopic vision and is made possible through the use of arrays of carefully designed parallel lenses.
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.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
Liverpool Football Club are an English professional soccer club based in Anfield, Liverpool.
A Football (soccer) club that plays at Old Trafford Football Ground in the English Premier League. The most successful club in the English premier league to date. It has won a record 13 titles since the start of the premier league.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Penalties are most commonly found in sports game. Penalties usually result in a loss of yards, free kick or a free shot against the team/player that was penalized. In special cases, the offending player(s) may be ejected from the game.
These are games that support the PlayStation Eye.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
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