Sony has released a ‘gaming dictionary’ and it’s a lot better than it sounds

For example, if you’re unsure what griefing is, you can now consult this Sony list.

If you haven’t already been sucked into the world of video games with your mother’s milk, you may be wondering what this term actually means from time to time. At least that’s how it still feels for me, even though I’ve been in this profession for many years, not only privately but also professionally. But don’t worry, Sony has published an “ultimate list” of commonly used gaming terms and explanations on PlayStation Blog, which is really helpful.

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Maybe you know this: You’re playing online with friends or strangers and suddenly terms or abbreviations come up in the chat that you don’t understand. This can sometimes be confusing or even marginalizing and can of course lead to difficult communication. A list like Sony’s comes in handy.

What is explained? Really a lot of terms like certain gameplay elements or terms about tactics. But outside of that, it’s also about genre classifications or technical details and their abbreviations. All in all, the chances are good that you will find what you are looking for here if you should stumble across a term.

Unfortunately, the list of gaming terms is not available in the German-language PlayStation Blog, only in English. We have therefore selected a small selection of terms that may not be familiar to everyone:

• AOE: Stands for Area of ​​Effect and refers to attacks or other effects that affect not only individual opponents, but an entire area.
• juggling: In fighting games and beat’em ups, it refers to the technique of launching opponents into the air and keeping them there with further attacks.
• OHK: Stands for One Hit Kill, i.e. an attack that kills your opponent with just a single hit.
• RNG: Stands for Random Numbers Generator and thus for the random effect in games. For example with loot, hits, enemy orders or the like.
• zoning: Describes the strategy of controlling a certain area of ​​the game world in order to make the opponents retreat.

Check out the full list on the PlayStation Blog here.

What else Sony is doing right now:

As examples, some terms associated with games are also used in the blog and examined in more detail. AoE is explained using the example of Elden Ring, No Man’s Sky stands for the procedurally generated worlds and the endgame of Destiny 2 also serves as an exemplary example.

What terms do you know/didn’t know and are they in Sony’s list?