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Gardens Raises Over $35 Million for Social Sandbox From Journey Veterans
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Gardens Raises Over $35 Million for Social Sandbox From Journey Veterans

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Gardens Interactive has secured more than $35 million in Series B funding to finish and support its debut social sandbox game. Led by Lightspeed, the round backs a...

Gardens Interactive has secured more than $35 million for its debut social sandbox, where players can leave lasting consequences for strangers exploring the same fantasy world.

Tick Rate
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Tick Rate

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Tick rate measures simulation updates per second, commonly in hertz. On a 60-tick server, the server processes the game state roughly sixty times each second. A higher rate...

Tick rate is how often a game server or simulation updates its state each second.

Player versus Player (PvP)
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Player versus Player (PvP)

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Player versus player, abbreviated PvP, puts people on opposing sides of the game’s rules. It includes duels, team matches, battle royales, invasions, ranked ladders, open-world conflict, and many...

PvP means human players compete directly against other human players.

Nerf
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Nerf

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If a patch lowers a weapon’s damage, lengthens a cooldown, weakens an item, or removes a strong interaction, players call the change a nerf. Developers use nerfs to...

A nerf reduces the power or effectiveness of a game element through a balance change.

Metagame
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Metagame

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The metagame, often shortened to meta, develops around the game’s written rules rather than being one rule itself. Players study results, patches, maps, character matchups, item builds, and...

The metagame is the evolving set of strategies and choices considered strongest within a player community.

Matchmaking
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Matchmaking

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Before an online match begins, matchmaking searches the available population and decides who should play together. Its rules may consider skill rating, party size, region, latency, platform, input...

Matchmaking selects players and assembles online sessions according to a game’s rules and priorities.

Esports
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Esports

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Esports turns competitive video games into organized spectator competition. Players or teams meet under defined rules in leagues, tournaments, qualifiers, and championship events, often with coaches, broadcasters, sponsors,...

Esports are organized competitive video games played within structured tournaments, leagues, or professional circuits.

Cross-Play
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Cross-Play

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Cross-play connects multiplayer communities that would otherwise be separated by platform, such as PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, or mobile. A game may support every platform together, limit certain...

Cross-play allows players on different hardware platforms to join the same multiplayer sessions.

Co-op
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Co-op

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Short for cooperative play, co-op asks two or more players to collaborate rather than compete against one another. Cooperation can form the main campaign, a separate mission set,...

Co-op is a mode in which players work together toward shared objectives.

Buff
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Buff

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In game balance language, a buff is an increase in power or usefulness. Developers might raise a weapon’s damage, shorten an ability cooldown, improve a character’s health, or...

A buff makes a character, item, ability, or strategy stronger or more useful.

Battle Pass
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Battle Pass

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Rather than selling every reward separately, a battle pass arranges items along a progression track for a limited season. Players earn levels through play, challenges, or experience and...

A battle pass is a seasonal reward track advanced through play, challenges, or purchased progress.

AFK
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AFK

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When a player types AFK, they mean “away from keyboard.” The expression began in computer chat but now applies across PC, console, and mobile games, even when no...

AFK means a player is temporarily away from their keyboard or controls.