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Dead Space 3

Dead Space 3 is Visceral Games' 2013 sci-fi survival horror game for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, the third main entry, adding drop-in co-op as John Carver, weapon crafting, and Kinect voice commands on the icy planet Tau Volantis.

Dead Take

Dead Take: 2025 first-person psychological horror FMV game by Surgent Studios (Abubakar Salim), published by Pocketpair Publishing for PC. Chase searches producer Cain's mansion for missing friend Vinny; Metacritic 76, Steam 87% positive.

Dead-ball era

Dead-ball era: period of Major League Baseball, roughly 1901–1919, of dominant pitching and low scoring, ended in 1920 by Babe Ruth's home runs, the spitball ban, and the clean-ball policy after Ray Chapman's death.

Deadhaus Sonata

Deadhaus Sonata is a gothic-horror co-op action role-playing game by Denis Dyack's Apocalypse Studios in which players fight as the undead; it entered Steam Early Access in 2026.

Deadlift

Deadlift: barbell lift from the floor to standing, one of powerlifting's three competition lifts with squat and bench press. IPF rules require locked knees, shoulders back, and the "Down" command; variants include Romanian and trap bar deadlifts.

Deadlock (video game)

Deadlock is Valve's free-to-play MOBA-shooter hybrid in early development, invite-only on Steam (app 1422450), formerly the sci-fi shooter Neon Prime, with 38 heroes, no draft, and a 262,145-player concurrent peak surpassing Team Fortress 2.

Deadly Premonition

Deadly Premonition (Red Seeds Profile in Japan) is SWERY's 2010 Access Games open-world survival horror mystery about FBI agent York in Greenvale, famous for a 68% Guinness-record review swing and cult status.

Deadpool (video game)

Deadpool is a 2013 action hack-and-slash video game based on the Marvel Comics character, developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

Deaflympics

The Deaflympics, also called the International Silent Games, are the elite international multisport Games for deaf athletes, first held in Paris in 1924 and run by the ICSD.

Dealer's choice

Dealer's choice is a poker format, not a single game, where the rotating dealer names each hand's variant; best with 5-7 players, a WSOP bracelet event since 2014, and also a craps term.

Dean Ashton

Dean Ashton (born 1983), English former striker for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City, and West Ham United; one England cap in 2008; retired at 26 in 2009 after an ankle injury suffered in England training; later a broadcaster.

Dean Butler

Dean Butler (Dean William Butler, born 1977, Warwick, Queensland) is a retired Australian field hockey defender, nicknamed Butts, who won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 with the Kookaburras and earned 203 caps with 14 goals.

Dean Connors

Dean Connors (born 2003, Bend, Oregon), American football running back, Riverside CC/Rice/Houston, undrafted 2026 signed by Los Angeles Rams; only FBS back with 700+ rushing and 400+ receiving yards in both 2023 and 2024.

Dean Court

Dean Court, known since 2015 as Vitality Stadium, is AFC Bournemouth's football ground in Kings Park, Bournemouth, opened 1910, rebuilt 2001 with the pitch rotated 90 degrees; smallest Premier League stadium, expanding to about 20,200 seats.

Dean Crawford

Dean Crawford (1958-2023), Canadian rower from Victoria, BC, won gold in the men's coxed eight at Los Angeles 1984 by 0.42 seconds over the USA; later president of Swimming Canada.

Dean Elgar

Dean Elgar (born 1987, Welkom) is a South African former left-handed Test opener and Test captain 2021-2024; 86 Tests, 5,347 runs at 37.92, 14 centuries, carried his bat three times, retired from all cricket after the 2026 Essex season.

Dean Henderson

Dean Bradley Henderson (born 1997) is an English goalkeeper for Crystal Palace and England who, after loans at Sheffield United, saved a penalty in the 2025 FA Cup final.

Dean Huijsen

Dean Huijsen (Dean Donny Huijsen Wijsmuller), born 2005 in Amsterdam, is a Spanish centre-back for Real Madrid and Spain. Málaga youth, Juventus, Roma loan, Bournemouth, then a 2025 transfer to Real Madrid; Spain debut March 2025.

Dean Jones (cricketer)

Dean Mervyn Jones (1961–2020), Australian Test and ODI batsman, 1987 World Cup and 1989 Ashes winner, famed for his 210 in the 1986 Madras tied Test; later coach and commentator, died in Mumbai aged 59.

Dean Karnazes

Dean Karnazes (born 1962) is a Greek-American ultramarathon runner and author who won Badwater and the inaugural South Pole Marathon and ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days in 2006.

Dean Kelley

Dean Kelley (Melvin Dean Kelley, 1931-1996) was an American basketball player who won gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and the 1955 Pan American Games, played for the University of Kansas and the Peoria Cats, and was brother of 1960 Olympian Allen Kelley.

Dean Kennedy (American football)

Dean Kennedy is an American college football coach, UCLA offensive coordinator from 2026 under Bob Chesney, formerly James Madison OC (2024-25, first CFP berth) and Holy Cross OC/QB coach (2022-23).

Dean Lukin

Dean Lukin (Dinko Lukin, born 1960), Australian tuna fisherman and weightlifter; won super-heavyweight gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with 412.5 kg, Australia's only Olympic weightlifting gold, plus 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games titles.

Dean Malenko

Dean Malenko, American retired professional wrestler born Tampa, Florida, 1960, son of Boris Malenko; nicknamed The Iceman and The Man of 1,000 Holds; champion in ECW, WCW, and WWE, later a WWE producer and trainer.

Dean Potter

Dean Potter (1972–2015), the "Dark Wizard," American free soloist, speed climber, highliner, and wingsuit BASE jumper; inventor of FreeBASE, Nose record holder, killed in a 2015 Taft Point wingsuit flight.

Dean Saunders

Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 1964, Swansea) is a Welsh former striker and manager; record £2.9m move to Liverpool, FA Cup 1992, League Cup 1994, 75 Wales caps, 22 goals, later managed Wrexham, Doncaster, Wolves, Crawley, Chesterfield.

Dean Smith

Dean Smith (1931-2015), American college basketball coach, head coach at North Carolina 1961-1997, 879-254 record, NCAA titles 1982 and 1993, 1976 Olympic gold, Four Corners offense innovator, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.

Dean Smith (footballer, born 1971)

Dean Smith (born 1971, West Bromwich) is an English football manager and former defender; managed Walsall, Brentford, Aston Villa (2019 promotion), Norwich, Leicester, and since December 2023 Charlotte FC of MLS.

Dean Spanos

Dean Spanos (Dean Alexander Spanos), owner and chairman of the Los Angeles Chargers, son of Alex Spanos; moved the franchise from San Diego to Los Angeles in 2017 for a $650 million relocation fee, now plays at SoFi Stadium.

Dean Windass

Dean Windass, born 1969 in Hull, English striker; scored the 2008 play-off final volley that took Hull City into the Premier League; later revealed a stage two dementia diagnosis in 2025.