The gaming world over the past half a decade or so has really exploded with online games taking over such a large part of people’s times. With gaming competitions having cash prizes of millions of dollars and there being talks of Sky and mainstream TV channels beginning to stream the finals of some eSports events, there’s definitely interest in the area. However, with gaming, there comes quite a few new wording terms that you’re going to have to get used to. We’ve decided to pick 10 of the most used and popular terms that gamers casually use when communicating.
A Beta is the stage in a game’s life before it is fully released to the public. it has become more and more common for popular games to offer a Beta to the players of the game so they can give the developers tips on how to improve the game before they release it to the general masses. An Open Beta means anyone can sign up and play straight away and a Closed Beta is when you can sign up and hope to receive the ability to play but may never.
