Multiplayer Video Game

A Multiplayer Video Game is a video game that is a multiplayer game.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be played on a Multiplayer Video Game Platform, such as Sony PSN Platform, Xbox Live Platform, or Steam Platform.
  • It can range from being an Online Multiplayer Video Game to being an Offline Multiplayer Video Game (such as a multiplayer arcade game).
  • It can (typically) make use of Video Game Player Matchmaking.
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• Example(s):
  • a Multiplayer Survival Video Game, such as:
    • Fortnite Battle Royale (2017).
    • ...
  • Destiny 2 (2017): PS4.
  • Overcraft (2016): PS4, PC Game.
  • Rocket League (2015): PS4.
  • Halo 5: Guardians (2015): Xbox.
  • Minecraft (2009): Xbox Game.
  • League of Legends (2009): PC Game.
  • World of Warcraft (2004): PC Game.
  • Doom Video Game: PC Game.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Single-Player Video Game.
• See: Non-Player Character, Co-op Video Gameplay, Game Master, Videogame Matchmaking.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game Retrieved:2017-9-19.
  • A multiplayer video game is a

     video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time. Video games are often single-player activities, putting the player against preprogrammed challenges or AI-controlled opponents (which lack the flexibility of human thought). Multiplayer games allow players interaction with other individuals in partnership, competition or rivalry, providing them with social communication absent from single-player games. In multiplayer games, players may compete against two (or more) human contestants, work cooperatively with a human partner to achieve a common goal, supervise other players' activity, co-op, and objective-based modes assaulting (or defending) a control point. Multiplayer games typically require players to share the resources of a single game system or use networking technology to play together over a greater distance.

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