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The Taken King
''Destiny: The Taken King'' is a major expansion for Bungie's first-person shooter, '' Destiny''. Released on September 15, 2015, as the third expansion of ''Destiny'', it revolves around Oryx, The Taken King and his plot for revenge after players slew his son Crota in ''Destiny''s first downloadable content (DLC) pack, '' The Dark Below''. Players must face the "Taken", Oryx's army of corrupted aliens forced to fight for him. ''The Taken King'' adds content across the game, including new missions, a Player versus Environment location, Player versus Player maps, player gear, weaponry, and a new raid. Upon the expansion's release, retailers also issued ''Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition'' which includes ''Destiny'' (base game)'','' ''The Taken King,'' and the previous two expansions, ''The Dark Below'' and ''House of Wolves''. Two days after its release, Sony announced that the game broke the record for the most downloaded day-one game in PlayStation history, in terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungie
Bungie, Inc. is an American video game company based in Bellevue, Washington. It is a studio owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The company was established in May 1991 by Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones (programmer), Jason Jones after publishing Jones' game ''Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete''. Originally based in Chicago, Illinois, the company concentrated on Macintosh games during its early years and created two successful video game franchises called ''Marathon Trilogy, Marathon'' and ''Myth (video game series), Myth''. An offshoot studio, Bungie West, produced ''Oni (video game), Oni'', published in 2001 and owned by Take-Two Interactive, which held a 19.9% ownership stake at the time. Microsoft acquired Bungie in 2000, and its project ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' was repurposed as a Glossary of video game terms#Launch title, launch title for Microsoft's Xbox (console), Xbox console. ''Halo'' became the Xbox's "Killer application, killer app", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raid (video Games)
In video games, a raid is a type of mission in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) where a number of people attempt to defeat either: (a) another number of people at player-vs-player (PVP), (b) a series of computer-controlled enemies (non-player characters; NPCs) in a player-vs-environment (PVE) battlefield, or (c) a very powerful boss (superboss). This type of objective usually occurs within an instance dungeon, a separate server instance from the other players in the game. In military real-time strategy (RTS) games like ''StarCraft'', "raids" usually refer to the military tactic. Origin The term itself stems from the military definition of 'a sudden attack and/or seizure of some objective'. ''Raiding'' originated in the class of text MUDs known as DikuMUD, which in turn heavily influenced the 1999 MMORPG EverQuest, which brought the raiding concept into modern 3D MMORPGs. As of 2019, the largest and most popular game to feature ''raiding'' is Bliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experience Point
An experience point (often abbreviated as exp or XP) is a unit of measurement used in some tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) and role-playing video games to quantify a player character's life experience and progression through the game. Experience points are generally awarded for the completion of missions, overcoming obstacles and opponents, and successful role-playing. In many RPGs, characters start as fairly weak and untrained. When a sufficient amount of experience is obtained, the character "levels up", achieving the next stage of character development. Such an event usually increases the character's statistics, such as maximum health, magic and strength, and may permit the character to acquire new abilities or improve existing ones. Levelling up may also give the character access to more challenging areas or items. In some role-playing games, particularly those derived from ''Dungeons & Dragons'', experience points are used to improve characters in discrete experience l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolan North
Nolan North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor best known for his voice acting roles. After his breakthrough role as Dr. Chris Ramsey on the ABC soap opera ''Port Charles'' in 1997, North moved into voice acting when the show ended in 2003 and has since become best known for his video game roles as Nathan Drake in the ''Uncharted'' series, Desmond Miles in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series, Merasmus in ''Team Fortress 2'', the Prince in Prince of Persia (2008), Dr. Edward Richtofen in the ''Call of Duty'' Zombies mode, Deadpool in various Marvel Comics media, the Penguin in the '' Batman: Arkham'' franchise, Captain Martin Walker in '' Spec Ops: The Line'', David in ''The Last of Us'', himself as one of the voices for the player character in ''Saints Row IV'', Tony Stark in '' Marvel's Avengers'', and Ghost in the ''Destiny'' video game series. In animation, North voices Smokescreen on '' Transformers: Prime'' and Superboy on ''Young Justice''. Early life North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dinklage
Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American film, television and stage actor. He received international recognition for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record of four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Dinklage studied acting at Bennington College, performing in a number of amateur stage productions. He made his film debut in the black comedy ''Living in Oblivion'' (1995), and had his breakthrough with a starring role in the 2003 comedy-drama ''The Station Agent''. His other films include ''Elf (film), Elf'' (2003), ''Lassie (2005 film), Lassie'' (2005), ''Find Me G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Informer
''Game Informer'' (''GI'', most often stylized ''gameinformer'' from the 2010s onward) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 when video game retailer FuncoLand started publishing an in-house newsletter."10 Years of ''Game Informer''" (August 2001). ''Game Informer'', p. 42. "In August 1991, FuncoLand began publishing a six-page circular to be handed out free in all of its retail locations." The publication is now owned and published by GameStop, who bought FuncoLand in 2000. Due to this, a large amount of promotion is done in-store, which has contributed to the success of the magazine. As of June 2017, it is the 5th most popular magazine by copies circulated. Starting from the 2010s, ''Game Informer'' has transitioned to a more online-based focus. History Magazine ''Game Informer'' debuted in August 1991 as a six-page magazine. It was published every two mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth; however, with its larger volume, Saturn is over 95 times more massive. Saturn's interior is most likely composed of a core of iron–nickel and rock (silicon and oxygen compounds). Its core is surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, an intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium, and finally, a gaseous outer layer. Saturn has a pale yellow hue due to ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere. An electrical current within the metallic hydrogen layer is thought to give rise to Saturn's planetary magnetic field, which is weaker than Earth's, but which has a magnetic moment 580 times that of Earth due to Saturn's larger size. Saturn's magnetic field strength is around one-twentieth of Jupiter's. The outer atmosphere is g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undead
The undead are beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if alive. Most commonly the term refers to corporeal forms of formerly-alive humans, such as mummies, vampires, and zombies, who have been reanimated by supernatural means, technology, or disease. In some cases (for example in Dungeons & Dragons) the term also includes incorporeal forms of the dead, such as ghosts. The undead are featured in the belief systems of most cultures, and appear in many works of fantasy and horror fiction. The term is also occasionally used for real-life attempts to resurrect the dead with science and technology, from early experiments like Robert E. Cornish's to future sciences such as "chemical brain preservation" and "cryonics." History Bram Stoker considered using the title, ''The Un-Dead'', for his novel '' Dracula'' (1897), and use of the term in the novel is mostly responsible for the modern sense of the word. The word does appear in English before Stoker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameSpot
''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition to the information produced by ''GameSpot'' staff, the site also allows users to write their own reviews, blogs, and post on the site's forums. It has been owned by Fandom, Inc. since October 2022. In 2004, ''GameSpot'' won "Best Gaming Website" as chosen by the viewers in Spike TV's second ''Video Game Award Show'', and has won Webby Awards several times. The domain ''gamespot.com'' attracted at least 60 million visitors annually by October 2008 according to a Compete.com study. History In January 1996, Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein quit their positions at IDG and founded SpotMedia Communications. SpotMedia then launched ''GameSpot'' on May 1, 1996. Originally, ''GameSpot'' focused solely on personal computer games, so a sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capture The Flag
Capture the flag (CTF) is a traditional outdoor sport where two or more teams each have a flag (or other markers) and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base", and bring it safely back to their own base. Enemy players can be "tagged" by players in their home territory and, depending on the rules, they may be out of the game, become members of the opposite team, sent back to their own territory, or frozen in place ("in jail") until freed by a member of their own team. Overview Capture the Flag requires a playing field of some sort. In both indoor and outdoor versions, the field is divided into two clearly designated halves, known as territories. Players form two teams, one for each territory. Each side has a "flag" which is most often a piece of fabric, but can be any object small enough to be easily carried by a person (night time games might use flashlights, glowsticks or lanterns as the "flags"). Sometimes teams wear dark colors at nig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurogamer
''Eurogamer'' is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 and owned by alongside formed company Gamer Network. Its editor-in-chief is Martin Robinson. Since 2008, it is known for the formerly eponymous games trade fair EGX organised by its parent company, which was called Eurogamer Expo until 2013. From 2013 to 2020, sister site USGamer ran independently under its parent company. History ''Eurogamer'' (initially stylised as ''EuroGamer'' was launched on 4 September 1999 under company Eurogamer Network. The founding team included John "Gestalt" Bye, the webmaster for the PlanetQuake website and a writer for British magazine ''PC Gaming World''; Patrick "Ghandi" Stokes, a contributor for the website Warzone; and Rupert "rauper" Loman, who had organised the EuroQuake esports event for the game '' Quake''. ''Eurogamer'' hosts content from media outlet ''Digital Foundry'' since 2007, which was founded by Richard Leadbetter in 2004. In January 2008, Tom Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Strike
In the military of the United States, strikes and raids are a group of military operations that, alongside quite a number of others, come under the formal umbrella of military operations other than war (MOOTW). What the definition of a military strike is depends on which particular branch of the military is using them. However, they do have formal, general, definitions in the United States Department of Defense's ''Joint Publication 1-02'': ::;strike:An attack to damage or destroy an objective or a capability. ::;raid:An operation to temporarily seize an area in order to secure information, confuse an adversary, capture personnel or equipment, or to destroy a capability culminating with a planned withdrawal. For the United States Air Force, strikes and raids are the least common types of MOOTW, there only having been eight of them in the period from 1947 to 1997, including Operation Just Cause, Operation Urgent Fury, and Operation El Dorado Canyon. For the United States Marine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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