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, 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). Multiplayer games usually require players to share a single game system or use networking technology to play together over 🤑 a greater distance; players may compete against one or more human contestants, work cooperatively with a human partner to achieve 🤑 a common goal, or 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.
Beginning with the Sega NetLink in 1996, Game in 1997 and 🤑 Dreamcast in 2000, game consoles support network gaming over LANs and the Internet. Many mobile phones and handheld consoles also 🤑 offer wireless gaming with Bluetooth (or similar) technology. By the early 2010s online gaming had become a mainstay of console 🤑 platforms such as Xbox and PlayStation.[citation needed] During the 2010s, as the number of Internet users increased, two new video 🤑 game genres rapidly gained worldwide popularity – multiplayer online battle arena and battle royale game, both designed exclusively for multiplayer 🤑 gameplay over the Internet.
Multiple types of games allow players to use local multiplayer. The term "local co-op" or "couch co-op" 🤑 refers to local multiplayer games played in a cooperative manner on the same system; these may use split-screen or some 🤑 other display method. Another option is hot-seat games. Hot-seat games are typically turn-based games with only one controller or input 🤑 set – such as a single keyboard/mouse on the system. Players rotate using the input device to perform their turn 🤑 such that each is taking a turn on the "hot-seat".
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