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Xbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital ___MASK63___ delivery service created and operated by Microsoft . It was first made available to the Xbox system in November 2002 . An updated version of the service became available for the Xbox 360 console at the system ' s launch in November 2005 , and a further enhanced version was released in 2013 with the Xbox One . Ubisoft Entertainment SA ( formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment Software until 2003 , commonly referred to as Ubisoft ) is a French multinational video game publisher , headquartered in ___MASK73___ , France . It is known for developing games for several acclaimed video game franchises including " Assassin ' s Creed ", " Far Cry ", " Tom Clancy ' s Ghost Recon ", " Just Dance ", " Rainbow Six ", " Prince of Persia ", " Rayman ", " Watch Dogs " and " Tom Clancy ' s Splinter Cell ". Deep Silver is the video game publishing division of German multinational corporation Koch ___MASK63___ , based in ___MASK9___ , Bavaria . Since its founding in 2002 , Deep Silver has published and co - published several major titles . In total , the company has released more than 200 games . Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to , or has the capacity to frighten , scare , disgust , or startle their readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror . Literary historian J . A . Cuddon has defined the horror story as " a piece of fiction in prose of variable length ... which shocks or even frightens the reader , or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing ". It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere . Horror is frequently supernatural , though it can be non - supernatural . Often the ___MASK39___ menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society . Techland is a Polish video game developer and publisher founded in 1991 by Pawe Marchewka . They are ___MASK65___ known for developing Western - themed first - person shooter " Call of Juarez " ( 2006 ) and its prequel "" ( 2009 ), and first - person survival horror video games " Dead Island " ( 2011 ) and " Dying Light " ( 2015 ). The company is headquartered in ___MASK34___ in central Poland and has offices in Wrocaw , Warsaw , and Vancouver . Call of Juarez is a 2006 first - person shooter Western video game developed by Techland . It was published for Microsoft Windows by Focus Home Interactive in ___MASK31___ in September 2006 , and by Ubisoft in ___MASK71___ in June 2007 . It was ported to the Xbox 360 in 2007 , published worldwide by Ubisoft . It was released on Xbox Live in March 2011 . The North American PC release version of the game was one of the first PC games optimized for Windows Vista and DirectX 10 . " Call of Juarez " is the first game in the " Call of Juarez " series . Dead Island is a 2011 open world survival horror action role - playing video game developed by Polish developer Techland and published by German studio Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows , Linux , OS X , PlayStation 3 , and Xbox 360 . Centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie - infested open world with a major emphasis on melee combat and crafting , the plot focuses on four playable survivors trying to survive and escaping off the island of Banoi . Windows ___MASK95___ ( codenamed Longhorn ) is an operating system by Microsoft for use on personal computers , including home and business desktops , laptops , tablet PCs and media center PCs . Development was completed on 8 November 2006 , and over the following three months , it was released in stages to computer hardware and software manufacturers , business customers and retail channels . On 30 January 2007 , it was released worldwide and was made available for purchase and download from the Windows Marketplace . The release of Windows ___MASK95___ came more than five years after the introduction of its predecessor , Windows XP , the longest time span between successive releases of Microsoft Windows desktop operating systems . It was succeeded by Windows 7 , which was released to manufacturing on 22 July 2009 and released worldwide for retail on 22 October 2009 . Survival horror is a subgenre of video games inspired by horror fiction that focuses on survival of the character as the game tries to frighten players with either horror graphics or scary ambience . Although combat can be part of the gameplay , the player is made to feel less in control than in typical action games through limited ammunition , health , speed and vision , or through various obstructions of the player ' s interaction with the game mechanics . The player is also challenged to find items that unlock the path to new areas and solve puzzles to proceed in the game . Games make use of strong horror themes , like dark maze - like environments and unexpected attacks from enemies . Techland is a Polish video game developer , founded in 1991 by Pawe Marchewka . They are ___MASK65___ known for developing Call of Juarez and its prequel Call of Juarez : Bound in Blood , Western - themed first - person shooters . They also developed Dead Island , a first person RPG survival horror zombie game , and Dying Light , another zombie game . The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units , 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch . Its successor , the PlayStation 2 , was released in 2000 . The PlayStation 2 is the ___MASK65___ - selling home console to date , having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28 , 2012 . Sony ' s next console , the PlayStation 3 , was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013 . Sony ' s latest console , the PlayStation 4 , was released in 2013 , selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale , becoming the fastest selling console in history . The PlayStation 3 ( abbreviated as PS3 ) is a home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to PlayStation 2 , and is part of the PlayStation ___MASK74___ of consoles . It competed with Microsoft ' s Xbox 360 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles . It was first released on November 11 , 2006 , in Japan , November 17 , 2006 in North America , and March 27 , 2007 in Europe and Australia . Microsoft Windows ( or simply Windows ) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed , marketed , and sold by Microsoft . It consists of several families of operating systems , each of which cater to a certain sector of the computing ___MASK36___ with the OS typically associated with IBM PC compatible architecture . Active Windows families include Windows NT , Windows Embedded and Windows Phone ; these may encompass subfamilies , e . g . Windows Embedded Compact ( Windows CE ) or Windows Server . Defunct Windows families include Windows 9x ; Windows 10 ___MASK100___ is an active product , unrelated to the defunct family Windows ___MASK100___ . Video game development is the process of creating a video game . Development is undertaken by a game developer , which may range from one person to a large business . Traditional commercial PC and console games are normally funded by a publisher and take several years to develop . Indie games can take less time and can be produced cheaply by individuals and small developers . The indie game ___MASK36___ has seen a rise in recent years with the growth of new online distribution systems and the ___MASK100___ game market . A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development  the process and related disciplines of creating video games . A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities ___MASK85___ between individual disciplines , such as programming , design , art , testing , etc . Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support . Self - funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games .