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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.
* '''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 game's 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''' = Describes content that is in the game data, but not used.
* '''Unused''' = Content that is in the game data, but not used.
* '''Cut/scrapped''' = Describes content that was in a prototype version, but is absent in later builds. Also describes content that was planned to be or suggested to be in the game, but was never actually implemented.
* '''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''' = A near-final version of a game or other software that is used to test for bugs before the final release.
* '''Beta''' = not to be used unless 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 unreleased media|unreleased media]], entire games which never see release.
Pre-release elements should not be confused with [[List of unreleased media|unreleased media]], entire games which never see release.

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