Difference between revisions of "MMORPG"
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== History == | == History == | ||
--Pen and Paper RPGs | --Pen and Paper RPGs | ||
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--MUDs | --MUDs | ||
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--Neverwinter Nights | --Neverwinter Nights | ||
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--WoW | --WoW | ||
== Prominent Examples == | == Prominent Examples == | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 6 April 2014
Overview
MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) is a genre in which players from all over the world take control of (often unique) avatars in an online gameworld. MMORPGs often take place in fantasy or sci-fi settings much like other Action/Adventure games. MMORPGs, like other role-playing games are what Simon Egenfeldt Nielsen et al. might call "process games:"
History
--Pen and Paper RPGs
--MUDs
--Neverwinter Nights
--WoW
Prominent Examples
Neverwinter Nights
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic (or SWTOR), was released in 2011 as was the fastest growing MMORPG of all time, accruing 1 million subscribers only three days after its launch mid-December [1].
