Infamous 2, the Glossary
Infamous 2 (stylized as inFAMOUS 2) is an action-adventure video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3 video game console.[1]
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92 relations: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Action-adventure game, Adaptive music, Ambient occlusion, AOL, Brain (musician), Canon (fiction), Cell (processor), Circana, Cooperative video game, Cutscene, D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, David Sullivan (actor), Dawn Olivieri, DC Comics, Defy Media, Demagogue, Destructoid, Digital Spy, Downloadable content, Draw distance, Eric Ladin, Eurogamer, Experience point, Frame rate, G4 (American TV network), Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Galactic, Game Informer, Gamescom, GameSpot, GameSpy, GamesRadar+, GameTrailers, Gannett, Giant Bomb, Graham McTavish, Grind (sport), HUD (video games), IGN, Imagine Publishing, Infamous (comics), Infamous (series), Infamous (video game), Infamous Second Son, Infamous: Festival of Blood, James Dooley (composer), Joystiq, Karma, Kotaku, ... Expand index (42 more) »
- Infamous (series)
- Video games scored by James Dooley (composer)
- Video games set in 2011
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is a non-profit organization of video game industry professionals.
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Action-adventure game
An action-adventure game is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres.
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Adaptive music
In video games, adaptive music (also called dynamic or interactive music) is background music whose volume, rhythm or tune changes in response to specific events in the game.
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Ambient occlusion
In 3D computer graphics, modeling, and animation, ambient occlusion is a shading and rendering technique used to calculate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting.
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AOL
AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET.
Brain (musician)
Bryan Kei Mantia (born February 4, 1963), known professionally as Brain, is an American rock drummer.
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Canon (fiction)
The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; those created by the original author or developer of the world".
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Cell (processor)
Cell is a 64-bit multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture that combines a general-purpose PowerPC core of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as many other forms of dedicated computation.
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Circana
Circana, formerly known as IRI Worldwide and The NPD Group (previously National Purchase Diary Panel Inc. and NPD Research Inc.) is an American market research and technology company.
Cooperative video game
A cooperative video game, often abbreviated as co-op, is a video game that allows players to work together as teammates, usually against one or more non-player character opponents (PvE).
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Cutscene
A cutscene or event scene (sometimes in-game cinematic or in-game movie) is a sequence in a video game that is not interactive, interrupting the gameplay.
D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
The D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards.
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David Sullivan (actor)
David Wade Sullivan is an American film and television actor.
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Dawn Olivieri
Dawn Olivieri (born February 8, 1981) is an American actress.
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DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Defy Media was an American digital media company that produced original online content for the 12–34 age group.
Demagogue
A demagogue (from Greek δημαγωγός, a popular leader, a leader of a mob, from δῆμος, people, populace, the commons + ἀγωγός leading, leader), or rabble-rouser, is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, especially through oratory that whips up the passions of crowds, appealing to emotion by scapegoating out-groups, exaggerating dangers to stoke fears, lying for emotional effect, or other rhetoric that tends to drown out reasoned deliberation and encourage fanatical popularity.
Destructoid
Destructoid is a website that was founded as a video game-focused blog in March 2006 by Yanier Gonzalez, a Cuban-American cartoonist and author.
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Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK.
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Downloadable content
Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher.
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Draw distance
In computer graphics, draw distance (render distance or view distance) is the maximum distance of objects in a three-dimensional scene that are drawn by the rendering engine.
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Eric Ladin
Eric Ladin is an American actor.
Eurogamer
Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
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.
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Frame rate
Frame rate, most commonly expressed in or FPS, is typically the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) are captured or displayed.
G4 (American TV network)
G4 (also known as G4TV) was an American pay television and digital network owned by NBCUniversal and later Comcast Spectacor that primarily focused on video games.
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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game, created by Jane Jensen, developed and published by Sierra On-Line, and released for MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Windows on December 17, 1993.
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Galactic
Galactic is an American funk band from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Game Informer
Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.
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Gamescom
Gamescom (stylized as gamescom) is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
GameSpot
GameSpot is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.
GameSpy
GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1999 by Mark Surfas.
GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+ (formerly GamesRadar) is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews.
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GameTrailers
GameTrailers (GT) was an American video gaming website created by Geoffrey R. Grotz and Brandon Jones in 2002.
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Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City.
Giant Bomb
Giant Bomb is an American video game website and wiki that includes personality-driven gaming videos, commentary, news, and reviews, created by former GameSpot editors Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis.
Graham McTavish
Graham McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish actor and author.
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Grind (sport)
Grinding is a sliding stunt performed in various sports such as skateboarding or inline skating.
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HUD (video games)
In video gaming, the HUD (heads-up display) or status bar is the method by which information is visually relayed to the player as part of a game's user interface.
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IGN
IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.
Imagine Publishing
Imagine Publishing was a UK-based magazine publisher, which published a number of video games, computing, creative and lifestyle magazines.
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Infamous (comics)
Infamous is a 2011 superhero comic book series based on the video game of the same name published by DC Comics in association with Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous 2 and Infamous (comics) are Infamous (series).
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Infamous (series)
Infamous (stylized as inFAMOUS) is a series of video games developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Infamous 2 and Infamous (series) are 3D platformers, Dystopian video games, open-world video games, superhero video games and video games set in the United States.
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Infamous (video game)
Infamous (stylized as inFAMOUS) is an action-adventure video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3. Infamous 2 and Infamous (video game) are 3D platformers, Dystopian video games, Infamous (series), open-world video games, PlayStation 3-only games, Sony Interactive Entertainment games, superhero video games, video games scored by James Dooley (composer), video games set in 2011 and video games set in the United States.
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Infamous Second Son
Infamous Second Son (stylized as inFAMOUS: Second Son) is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Infamous 2 and Infamous Second Son are 3D platformers, Dystopian video games, Infamous (series), open-world video games, superhero video games and video games set in the United States.
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Infamous: Festival of Blood
Infamous: Festival of Blood is an action-adventure standalone downloadable content video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the PlayStation 3 video game console. Infamous 2 and Infamous: Festival of Blood are 2011 video games, 3D platformers, Dystopian video games, Infamous (series), open-world video games, PlayStation 3-only games, PlayStation Move-compatible games, Sony Interactive Entertainment games and video games set in the United States.
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James Dooley (composer)
James Michael "Jim" Dooley (born August 22, 1976) is an American film score composer.
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Joystiq
Joystiq was a video gaming blog founded in June 2004 as part of the Weblogs, Inc. family of weblogs, now owned by AOL.
Karma
Karma (from कर्म,; italic) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences.
Kotaku
Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.
LittleBigPlanet 2
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. Infamous 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2 are 2011 video games, PlayStation 3-only games, PlayStation Move-compatible games, Sony Interactive Entertainment games and video games with user-generated gameplay content.
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Melissa Reese
Melissa Reese (born March 1, 1990) is an American musician who has collaborated frequently with Bryan "Brain" Mantia and is a current member of hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.
Michael Ensign
Michael Ensign (born February 13, 1944Ragan, David (1992).. New York: Facts on File. p. 496..) is an American actor who mostly played small roles.
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Mini-map
A mini-map or minimap is a miniature map HUD element that is often placed at a screen corner in video games to help players in orienting themselves within the game world.
Motion capture
Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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Nika Futterman
Nika Futterman (born October 25, 1969) is an American actress and singer.
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Open world
In video games, an open world is a virtual world in which the player can approach objectives freely, as opposed to a world with more linear and structured gameplay. Infamous 2 and open world are open-world video games.
Paramount Streaming
Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.
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Paste (magazine)
Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.
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Phil LaMarr
Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor.
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PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines.
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PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia.
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PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is a 2012 crossover fighting game developed by SuperBot Entertainment, in conjunction with Bluepoint Games, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Infamous 2 and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale are Sony Interactive Entertainment games.
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PlayStation Move
is a motion game controller developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network (PSN) is a digital media entertainment service provided by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store (PS Store) is a digital media store available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 game consoles via PlayStation Network.
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PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.
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Polygon (website)
Polygon is an American entertainment website by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture.
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Quality assurance
Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to assure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design, reliability, and maintainability expectations of that customer.
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Rate Your Music
Rate Your Music (often abbreviated to RYM) is an online encyclopedia of music releases and films.
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Review aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, and cars.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
Single-player video game
A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.
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Sly Cooper
Sly Cooper is a series of action-adventure and stealth video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. Infamous 2 and Sly Cooper are Sony Interactive Entertainment games.
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a Japanese-American multinational video game and digital entertainment company of Sony.
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Spike Video Game Awards
The Spike Video Game Awards (in short VGAs, known as the VGX for the final show) was an annual award show hosted by American television network Spike from 2002 that recognized the best computer and video games of the year.
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Stock keeping unit
In inventory management, a stock keeping unit (abbreviated as SKU, pronounced or) is the unit of measure in which the stocks of a material are managed.
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Street Fighter X Tekken
(pronounced "Street Fighter Cross Tekken") is a crossover fighting game developed and published by Capcom and released in March 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in May for Windows and in October for the PlayStation Vita. Infamous 2 and Street Fighter X Tekken are video games set in the United States.
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Sucker Punch Productions
Sucker Punch Productions, LLC is an American video game developer based in Bellevue, Washington.
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Superpower (ability)
A superpower is a special or extraordinary superhuman ability that is greater than what is considered normal.
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The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic is an American daily newspaper published in Phoenix.
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X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.
VG247
VG247 (previously videogaming247) is a video game blog published in the United Kingdom, founded in February 2008 by industry veteran Patrick Garratt.
Video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
Video game console
A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can be played with a game controller.
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Wolfgang's (Vault)
Wolfgang's (formerly Wolfgang's Vault) is a private music-focused company established in 2002 dedicated to the restoration and archiving of audio and video concert recordings and the sale of music memorabilia.
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Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis, Inc. is an American digital media and internet company.
15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 15th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2011.
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1Up Network
1Up.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.
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See also
Infamous (series)
- Fetch (Infamous)
- Infamous (comics)
- Infamous (series)
- Infamous (video game)
- Infamous 2
- Infamous First Light
- Infamous Second Son
- Infamous: Festival of Blood
Video games scored by James Dooley (composer)
- Bee Movie Game
- Dead to Rights II
- Disney Infinity 2.0
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- Epic Mickey
- Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
- Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
- Infamous (video game)
- Infamous 2
- Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
- Monsters vs. Aliens (video game)
- Nerf N-Strike
- SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs
- SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault
- SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- The Simpsons Game
Video games set in 2011
- Afghanistan '11
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
- Désiré (video game)
- Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
- Dead Rising 2
- F1 2011 (video game)
- Heavy Rain
- Infamous (video game)
- Infamous 2
- Killer7
- Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins
- Lego Dimensions
- NBA 2K11
- NBA 2K12
- NBA Elite 11
- NCAA Football 12
- NHL 12
- NHL 2K11
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- Persona 4
- Remember 11: The Age of Infinity
- Resident Evil: Revelations 2
- Rugby World Cup 2011 (video game)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
- Saints Row 2
- Strike Commander
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
- Train Simulator Classic
- WWE '12
- WWE '13
- WWE 2K15
- WWE 2K17
- WWE 2K22
- Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi to Kanojo no Uta
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infamous_2
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