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Pre-release and unused content definitions:
Pre-release and unused content definitions:
* '''Prototype (version) / early version / Pre(-)release (version)''' = A non-final version of a game or part of a game. Pre(-)release (version) is sometimes used to specifically mean an early version that is seen in pre-release materials. The writer should be make clear what is meant.
* '''Prototype (version) / early version / Pre(-)release (version)''' = A non-final version of a game or part of a game. Pre(-)release (version) is sometimes used to specifically mean an early version that is seen in pre-release materials. The writer should be make clear what is meant.
* '''Pre(-)release material''' = Screenshots, videos, interviews etc depicting or describing a prototype version of the game, or the games development history.
* '''Pre(-)release material''' = Screenshots, videos, interviews, and others depicting or describing a prototype version of the game or the game's development history.
* '''Unused''' = Content that is in the game data, but not used.
* '''Unused''' = Content that is in the game data, but not used.
* '''Cut/scrapped''' = Content that was in a prototype version, but is no longer. Or content that was planned to be, or suggested to be in the game, but was never implemented. The writer should be make clear what is meant.
* '''Cut/scrapped''' = Content that was in a prototype version, but is absent in later builds. Also includes content that was planned to be or suggested to be in the game, but was never actually implemented. The writer should be make clear what is meant.
* '''Beta''' = not to be used unless it a version is actually a beta version. Should not be capitalised (unless as part of names that are capitalised or at the beginning of the sentence, of course).
* '''Beta''' = not to be used unless it a version is actually a beta version. Should not be capitalized (unless as part of names that are capitalized or at the beginning of the sentence, of course).


Pre-release elements should not be confused with [[List of cancelled games and vaporware|vaporware]], entire games which never see release.
Pre-release elements should not be confused with [[List of cancelled games and vaporware|vaporware]], entire games which never see release.