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Simlish is a constructed language devised by game designer Will Wright for the Sims game series developed by Electronic Arts.During the development of SimCopter (1996), Wright sought to avoid real-world languages, believing that players would grow to show disdain for repetitive dialogue.
Sim racing is the collective term for racing games that attempts to accurately simulate auto racing, complete with real-world variables such as fuel usage, damage, tire wear and grip, and suspension settings. [4] To be competitive in sim racing, a driver must understand all aspects of car handling that make real-world racing so difficult, [5 ...
A 4-directional rocker button that allows the player to direct game action in eight different directions: up, down, left, right, and their diagonals. Invented by Gunpei Yokoi for the Game & Watch series of handheld consoles, Nintendo used the "directional pad" (or "cross-key" in Japan) for their Nintendo Entertainment System controller and it ...
The company grew with the 2007 release of the iPhone, as Unity Technologies produced one of the first engines supporting the platform in full. [9] [10] Because the games industry was focused on console games when the iPhone and App Store were released, Unity was positioned to support developers looking to create mobile games.
The iPhone App Store opened on July 10, 2008. [10] [11] [12] On July 11, the iPhone 3G was released and came pre-loaded with support for App Store. [13] [14] Initially apps could be free or paid, but then in 2009, Apple added the ability to add in-app purchases [15] which quickly became the dominant way to monetize apps, especially games.
The iPhone Dev Team, which is not affiliated with Apple, has released a series of free desktop-based jailbreaking tools. In July 2008 it released a version of PwnageTool to jailbreak the then new iPhone 3G on iPhone OS 2.0 as well as the iPod Touch, [41] [42] newly including Cydia as the primary third-party installer for jailbroken software. [43]
[4] The Apple SIM is known as a Removable SIM with Remote Provisioning [5] – it is a special SIM card that may be configured with different operator profiles. This is in contrast to an embedded SIM, which is not removable and may also be remotely provisioned. It appears that Apple has begun to include both types of SIM in their newer devices. [6]
Twitch is an American video live-streaming service popular in video games, including broadcasts of esports competitions. It also offers music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams.