Glossary of Games Terminology - Revision history

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 *'''digital rights management (DRM)''' - Software tools for copyright protection
-*''''discord''' - A freeware communications platform designed for creating communities, enabling audio, text, video and image communication between users. Popular with video games communities, the platform allows users to create communal channel topics as well as enabling direct one-to-one messaging. Discord communities may be run by individual users, groups or games companies themselves. Discord may also be used to refer to the community itself, e.g. "Would you like you like to join our discord?".
+*'''discord''' - A freeware communications platform designed for creating communities, enabling audio, text, video and image communication between users. Popular with video games communities, the platform allows users to create communal channel topics as well as enabling direct one-to-one messaging. Discord communities may be run by individual users, groups or games companies themselves. Discord may also be used to refer to the community itself, e.g. "Would you like you like to join our discord?".
 *'''downloadable content (DLC)''' - Additional content for a video game that is acquired through a digital delivery system.

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 *'''rhythm game''' - A genre of video game requiring the player to perform actions in time to the game's music.
-*'''roguelike''' - A genre that describes games of increasingly varied central mechanics where each playthrough of the game comprises unique map layouts, enemy placements, enemy types, available items etc. This effect is frequently acheived through use of '''procedural generation'''. Player-character death is often permanent, requiring that the game is restarted from the beginning. The term refers to the 1980 game ''Rogue''. A number of alternative and derivative words (such as "roguelite") exist to describe games employing the above ideas with greater specificity.
+*'''roguelike''' - A genre that describes games of increasingly varied central mechanics where each playthrough of the game comprises unique map layouts, enemy placements, enemy types, available items etc. This effect is frequently acheived through use of '''procedural generation'''. Player-character death is often permanent, requiring that the game is restarted from the beginning. The term refers to the 1980 game ''Rogue''. A number of alternative and derivative words (such as "roguelite") exist to allow games employing the above ideas to be described with greater specificity.
 *'''role-playing video game (RPG)''' - An RPG is a game in which the human player takes on the role of a specific character "class" and advances the skills and abilities of that character within the game environment. RPG characters generally have a wide variety of skills and abilities available to them. Historically, RPG games had a 'Dungeons & Dragons' style theme although in contemporary times RPGs incorporate many genres and styles.

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 *'''rhythm game''' - A genre of video game requiring the player to perform actions in time to the game's music.
-**'''roguelike''' - A genre that describes games of increasingly varied central mechanics where each playthrough of the game comprises unique map layouts, enemy placements, enemy types, available items etc. This effect is frequently acheived through use of '''procedural generation'''. Player-character death is often permanent, requiring that the game is restarted from the beginning. The term refers to the 1980 game ''Rogue''. A number of alternative and derivative words (such as "roguelite") exist to describe games employing the above ideas with greater specificity.
+*'''roguelike''' - A genre that describes games of increasingly varied central mechanics where each playthrough of the game comprises unique map layouts, enemy placements, enemy types, available items etc. This effect is frequently acheived through use of '''procedural generation'''. Player-character death is often permanent, requiring that the game is restarted from the beginning. The term refers to the 1980 game ''Rogue''. A number of alternative and derivative words (such as "roguelite") exist to describe games employing the above ideas with greater specificity.
 *'''role-playing video game (RPG)''' - An RPG is a game in which the human player takes on the role of a specific character "class" and advances the skills and abilities of that character within the game environment. RPG characters generally have a wide variety of skills and abilities available to them. Historically, RPG games had a 'Dungeons & Dragons' style theme although in contemporary times RPGs incorporate many genres and styles.

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 *'''battle royale game''' - A video game genre that blends elements of survival games with last-man-standing gameplay. Players search for equipment while eliminating competitors in a shrinking safe zone.
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 *'''rhythm game''' - A genre of video game requiring the player to perform actions in time to the game's music.
 *'''role-playing video game (RPG)''' - An RPG is a game in which the human player takes on the role of a specific character "class" and advances the skills and abilities of that character within the game environment. RPG characters generally have a wide variety of skills and abilities available to them. Historically, RPG games had a 'Dungeons & Dragons' style theme although in contemporary times RPGs incorporate many genres and styles.
-*'''rubber banding''' - A game mechanic resulting from dynamic game difficulty balancing that alters the rules of the game to keep the game competitive and fun. It is most notable in racing games where human players may easily outdistance computer opponents; when this happens, the computer opponents are often given the ability to go faster than normal or to avoid certain obstacles as to allow them to catch up and outpace the player. The effect is likened to stretching and releasing a rubber band between the player and the computer opponent.
+*'''rubber banding''' - A game mechanic resulting from dynamic game difficulty balancing that alters the rules of the game to keep the game competitive and fun. It is most notable in racing games where human players may easily outdistance computer opponents; when this happens, the computer opponents are often given the ability to go faster than normal or to avoid certain obstacles as to allow them to catch up and outpace the player. The effect is likened to stretching and releasing a rubber band between the player and the computer opponent. This term is also used independently to describe some effects of '''lag''' where the player's position is constantly reset and they cannot make forward progress.
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 *'''season''' - The full set of downloadable content that is planned to be added to a video game, which can be entirely purchased with a '''season pass''', or a finite period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content, such as themes, rules, modes, et cetera, becomes available, sometimes replacing prior time-limited content.
-*'''season pass''' - A purchase made in addition to the cost of the base game that generally enables the purchaser access to all downloadable content that is planned for that title without further cost.
+*'''season pass''' - A purchase made in addition to the cost of the base game that generally enables the purchaser access to all downloadable content that is planned for that title without further cost. See also '''battle pass'''.
 *'''shoutcaster''' - The common name for the commentator in '''esports'''. As with other sports, shoutcasters need an in-depth knowledge of the games, teams, players and strategies, as well as an engaging style in bringing the matches to life.

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 *'''game mechanics''' - An overarching term that describes how a particular game functions and what is possible within the game's environment; the rules of the game.
-*'''game-of-the-year edition" - A later re-release of a game that includes all previously released '''DLC''' and any other additional components into one package.
+*'''game-of-the-year edition''' - A later re-release of a game that includes all previously released '''DLC''' and any other additional components into one package.
 *'''game port''' - When a game is ported from one platform to another (e.g. PC to console).

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	*'''game mechanics''' - An overarching term that describes how a particular game functions and what is possible within the game's environment; the rules of the game.		*'''game mechanics''' - An overarching term that describes how a particular game functions and what is possible within the game's environment; the rules of the game.
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		+	*'''game-of-the-year edition" - A later re-release of a game that includes all previously released '''DLC''' and any other additional components into one package.

	*'''game port''' - When a game is ported from one platform to another (e.g. PC to console).		*'''game port''' - When a game is ported from one platform to another (e.g. PC to console).

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 *'''skin''' - A cosmetic customization option for a player's in-game avatar or equipment that changes its appearance but not its function. Skins are usually rewarded to players for completing certain objectives or placing high in competitive modes, or can be purchased via '''microtransactions'''. Skins can allow players to showcase their online identity or achievements.
-*'''skin gambling''' or '''skin betting''' - the use of virtual goods, most commonly cosmetic elements such as '''skins''', as virtual currency to bet on the outcome of a game, professional match or other game of chance. In the vast majority of instances, skin gambling takes place outside of the video games themselves, often on unlicensed (hence illegal) third-party websites.
+*'''skin gambling''' or '''skin betting''' - the use of virtual goods, most commonly cosmetic elements such as '''skins''', as virtual currency to bet on the outcome of an event, whether a randomised digital game of chance or real-world events such as traditional sports or esports matches. In the vast majority of instances, skin gambling takes place outside of the video games themselves, often via unlicensed (hence illegal) third-party websites.
 *'''speedrun''' - An attempt to complete a game as fast as possible. Depending on the rules for the speedrun, players may exploit glitches or bugs in the game to speed their progress.

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	*'''skin''' - A cosmetic customization option for a player's in-game avatar or equipment that changes its appearance but not its function. Skins are usually rewarded to players for completing certain objectives or placing high in competitive modes, or can be purchased via '''microtransactions'''. Skins can allow players to showcase their online identity or achievements.		*'''skin''' - A cosmetic customization option for a player's in-game avatar or equipment that changes its appearance but not its function. Skins are usually rewarded to players for completing certain objectives or placing high in competitive modes, or can be purchased via '''microtransactions'''. Skins can allow players to showcase their online identity or achievements.
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		+	*'''skin gambling''' or '''skin betting''' - the use of virtual goods, most commonly cosmetic elements such as '''skins''', as virtual currency to bet on the outcome of a game, professional match or other games of chance. In the vast majority of instances, skin gambling takes place outside of the video games themselves, often on unlicensed (hence illegal) third-party websites.

	*'''speedrun''' - An attempt to complete a game as fast as possible. Depending on the rules for the speedrun, players may exploit glitches or bugs in the game to speed their progress.		*'''speedrun''' - An attempt to complete a game as fast as possible. Depending on the rules for the speedrun, players may exploit glitches or bugs in the game to speed their progress.

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 *'''immersive technology''' - Despite all game technology incorporating various degrees of immersion, immersive technology tends to refer to anything incorporating 'virtual reality''', '''mixed reality''' or '''augmented reality'''. See also '''XR'''
-*'''in-app purchase (IAP)''' - A microtransaction in a game (commonly in mobile), usually for virtual goods.
+*'''in-app purchase (IAP)''' or "in-game purchase" - The ability to purchase digital goods and services within a game, using real world currency. Purchases include but are not limited to bonus levels, skins, items, music, virtual coins and in-game currency, subscriptions, season passes and upgrades(e.g. to disable ads).
 *'''in-app advertising''' - A '''monetisation''' strategy to generate revenue by serving adverts to players inside the game.