Multiplayer video game: Difference between revisions

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,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=Dictionary.com {{!}} Meanings & Definitions of English Words |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/multiplayer |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Dictionary.com |language=en}}</ref> either locally on the same computing system ([[couch co-op]]), on different computing systems via a [[local area network]], or via a [[wide area network]], most commonly the [[Internet]] (e.g. ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', ''[[Call of Duty]]'', [[DayZ (video game)|''DayZ'']], [https://uygamingnation.blogspot.com/ Free Fire]). Multiplayer games usually require players to share a single game system or use [[Mobile network|networking technology]] to play together over a greater distance; players may compete against one or more human contestants, work [[Cooperative video game|cooperatively]] with a human partner to achieve a common goal, or [[Gamemaster|supervise]] other players' activity. Due to multiplayer games allowing players to interact with other individuals, they provide an element of social communication absent from single-player games.

Online cheating (in gaming) usually refers to modifying the game experience to give one player an advantage over others, such as using an "[[aimbot]]"{{Snd}}a program which automatically locks the player's crosshairs onto a target{{Snd}}in shooting games.<ref>{{cite dictionary|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cheating|title=Cheating|dictionary=Dictionary.com|access-date=December 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/games/2007/04/gamesfrontiers_0423|title=What Type of Game Cheater Are You?|last=Thompson|first=Clive|date=December 19, 2012|access-date=2009-09-15|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3149/how_to_hurt_the_hackers_the_scoop_.php|title=How To Hurt The Hackers|access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> This is also known as "hacking" or "glitching" ("glitching" refers to using a [[glitching|glitch]], or a mistake in the code of a game, whereas "hacking" is manipulating the code of a game). Cheating in video games is often done via a third-party program that modifies the game's code at runtime to give one or more players an advantage. In other situations, it is frequently done by changing the game's files to change the game's mechanics.<ref>Carter, M. & Gibbs, M. (2013) "eSports in EVE Online: Skullduggery, Fair Play and Acceptability in an Unbounded Competition.". In Proceedings of FDG'13. ACM</ref>

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