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  Multiplayer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Multiplayer is a mode of play for computer and video games in which multiple people can play the same game at the same time.
Usually multiplayer games either use computer networking to allow players to play together or require the players to gather around a single game system to play.
Networked multiplayer games tend to be most enjoyable when played on a LAN because it essentially eliminates problems common in Internet play, such as lag and rude, anonymous players.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Multiplayer   (921 words)

  
 Asynchronous multiplayer - Apolyton Civilization Site Forums
The old multiplayer threads are heavily slanted toward direct-connection multiplayer.
I'm with ChrisShaffer, in that the best multiplayer games are those "where humans and AI are indistinguishable to the players".
I've always hated that in Civ II multiplayer you always knew who was human and who was AI, but I guess it would take an increadibly sophisicated AI to compete against imaginative players.
apolyton.net /forums/Forum21/HTML/000241.html   (667 words)

  
 The Emperor salutes you sneaky folks who found this page.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Whereas if the same maps could be used for single-player, multiplayer and our new Open Play system, then all three modes of play could have a lot more variety in their terrain.
The multiplayer game experience was now going to be remarkably similar to solitaire play.
Therefore, manually increasing your game speed in a multiplayer game is wasted effort, because the program will automatically update it for you.
emperor.breakawaygames.com /design_multiplayer.html   (2505 words)

  
 FreeSpace Watch - Part of the Volition Watch Network
FreeSpace multiplayer games transmit incredible amounts of data between the machines, since almost every object in the game is visible.
Many of the multiplayer missions were converted from the single-player missions and made more difficult to compensate for the skill of human pilots.
Multiplayer missions must be validated in order to gain statistics and improve your rankings on PXO.
freespace.volitionwatch.com /fs1/multi   (2067 words)

  
 so is clash going to be a multiplayer game? - Apolyton Civilization Site Forums
FE I play Ultima Online which is made only for multiplayer and it does have things that are drastically differnt than a single player rpg, but at its core it still is the same as the other ultimas.
Glad to see that you agree with me. I think it would be nice to focus on multiplayer and then have the AI try to be like a human.
In multiplayer, the AI should be there to handle what you don't have time to.
apolyton.net /forums/Forum21/HTML/000164.html   (8584 words)

  
 Shacknews - Brothers In Arms Multiplayer Q&A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
You need to suppress and flank the enemy to be effective, and you need to use your fireteam as well as your weapon.
Matthew Armstrong: There are a couple of Multiplayer missions that are inspired by single player, but they are all unique and different from the ground up.
While in single player every enemy position has a flank, in Multiplayer every friendly position must also have a flank, and every flank must have some sort of counter-flank.
www.shacknews.com /extras/interviews/030205_bia.x   (851 words)

  
 Planet Duke
Yes, if you're interested in estimating DNF's multiplayer performance on your current Internet connection, the most reliable benchmark will be the performance of Unreal Tournament multiplayer with the latest patches installed.
Yes, via TCP/IP play, DNF multiplayer games can also be set up on your LAN, although the settings may need to be tweaked for ultimate performance.
Yes, you will be able to tell whether your opponent is rushing at you with a shotgun or an RPG before he pulls the trigger and it's too late.
www.planetduke.com /duke4/faq/multiplayer.shtml   (1075 words)

  
 Civilization Fanatics' Center: News
Though multiplayer has always been kind of an afterthought in the world of Civilization, Civilization IV includes fantastic, irresistible online play right out of the box; we're still playing online matches till the wee hours of the morning.
Therefore, it is vital that all players who wish to play multiplayer games ensure that their firewall is set up to allow Civilization IV to construct the necessary peer-to-peer network.
Multiplayer is still the best aspect, and features a huge amount of options.
www.civfanatics.com   (4118 words)

  
 Empire Earth Aeon - Covering Empire Earth & Empires
Multiplayer gaming brings a whole new dimension to Empires: Dawn of the Modern World.
This multiplayer experience will help to further a gamer's skill while they interact with the multiplayer community and meet fellow players who share their passion for Empires.
Multiplayer scenarios can easily be hosted and played online or over a LAN.
www.strategyplanet.com /empires/game/multiplayer   (164 words)

  
 Civilization IV Hands-On - Multiplayer - PC News at GameSpot
Previous Civs were all designed as single-player games, with multiplayer modes uneasily tacked on to them, which was why they didn't work as multiplayer games.
Determined to create a multiplayer Civ experience that not only worked but also was fun and fast to play, the designers went about creating the multiplayer game first for Civ IV.
We played one of the multiplayer modes which is specifically designed for fast-paced play--it was actually limited to 100 turns.
www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/civilizationiv/preview_6133286.html?part=rss&tag=gs_pc&subj=6133286   (1143 words)

  
 187 Ride or Die Multiplayer Hands-On - PlayStation 2 News at GameSpot
The core story doesn't play much of a part in the dedicated multiplayer mode in the game, although the characters and vehicles you'll be able to access are taken from it.
Two main multiplayer options--co-op and multiplayer--will be available to you in the single-player and dedicated multiplayer modes.
As a result, drivers will have to rely on their gunners to trigger the speed boost, and gunners will have to rely on their drivers to adjust the camera angle, ensuring they get good shots at their foes.
www.gamespot.com /ps2/driving/notorious/preview_6128534.html   (1213 words)

  
 VE3D Boards - StarCraft Ghost Going Multiplayer?
BlizzPlanet seems to believe that StarCraft: Ghost may be adding multiplayer, after checking out the latest help wanted ads which seem to indicate that having multiplayer experience is a must.
Although Blizzard has not officially confirmed Multiplayer features for Starcraft: Ghost, the job opening may suggest that Blizzard and Swinging Ape Studios are studying the possibility of adding Multiplayer capabilities to the Console game.
Adding multiplayer to this will, for me, move this over from the "rent" column to the "buy" column.
ve3dboards.ign.com /message.asp?topic=18785779   (479 words)

  
 Jedi Outcast - Jedi Knight II / Jedi Knight 2 by Jedi Knight II .Net! Welcome!
And so ensued some of the most impassioned deliberations in these forums, forcibly dividing the community along sharp ideological lines - one camp in favor of the new restrictions, the other wanting the freedom to choose.
I think you'll find what Pat has to say very interesting, and regardless of your degree of agreement with his statements, at least you'll better understand why things were done the way they were, and what the future may hold.
So clearly, making JKII multiplayer successful was going to be a tall order, with many disparate groups to please and accommodate.
www.jediknightii.net /column005.shtml   (1720 words)

  
 Games Mania - free multiplayer games for download   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Cube is an open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine.
The all new XMP mode is a class-based multiplayer game where teams use vehicles, cooperation and Unreal II: The Awakening's devastating weaponry to battle it out across large-scale terrain maps.
Stellar Frontier is a free massively multiplayer game that plays like an arcade game but with an overall strategic look and feel.
www.megspace.com /entertainment/gamesmania/multi.html   (1593 words)

  
 Kuma\War Multiplayer Information
Customize your multiplayer games by serving your own match, or jump in a game hosted by one of several servers we have running 24/7.
Co-op is cooperative multiplayer game where you and your allies play together to complete the mission as a team against enemy forces.
Mission 28, Ramadi Convoy Exercise, is primarily a multiplayer Coop map designed for the US Army.
www.kumawar.com /multiplayer.php   (4535 words)

  
 StarCraft: Ghost - Screenshots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
ow that the multiplayer component for Ghost has been revealed, it's time to take a closer look at the unique game modes that Swingin' Ape has introduced to the game.
Ghost will boast the usual collection of multiplayer modes, such as Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and King of the Hill.
The goal of Capture the Base is to fly into the Terran factory and gain control of it in order to fly it back to your start point.
www.blizzard.com /ghost/covertops/multiplayer   (504 words)

  
 Multiplayer from LiveJournal
The expression is most popular on USENET posts [1], multiplayer computer games (especially first-person shooters), IRC chats, and instant messages, though use on the World Wide Web in the form of weblogs or in forums is by no means uncommon.
Multiplayer: Quickdraw tournaments against friends, staging a bank holdup with buddies, or playing Cowboys and Indians would be great.
The random element of the environment really helps to keep things interesting and multiplayer games are short enough to be...
www.ljseek.com /search/Multiplayer   (834 words)

  
 HALO Center - Your place for all the HALO 2 and HALO PC/CE/MAC information....downloads too!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Like every other multiplayer game, Halo supports both LAN and Internet matchmaking games.
For now it is not known if custom maps are supported in multiplayer.
Although we have a feeling they are, since this is a big request with many multiplayer games.
halo.ogresnet.com /html/halo/multiplayer.php   (216 words)

  
 GameSpy.com: How Our Review Scores Work
After long and serious debate involving (we're not making this up) wall charts, we decided that gamers like you were better served by a much more straightforward in-your-face set of shiny gold stars when it came time to decide what games you should consider dumping cash on.
By multiplayer, we mean either online or with friends sharing a system in the same room.
Playing multiplayer is somewhat enjoyable, but it's either not a focus of this game or it's simply not implemented well.
www.gamespy.com /reviews/ratingsystem2   (854 words)

  
 Open Directory - Games: Video Games: Multiplayer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Free Online Multiplayer Games - Forum discussions and surfer ratings of MMORPG games that are available for free play.
Multiplayer Online Games Directory - Games listing, daily news, reviews, interviews, reader submissions, and message boards.
Multiplayer Strategies - Strategies for most of your favorite MMORPG's such as Everquest, Asheron's Call, and Starwars Galaxies.
dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Multiplayer   (656 words)

  
 IGN: Red Faction II Preview
In early form, the multiplayer game runs quite well, too, with several different game types available for up to six participants (although only four of them can be human).
All the single-player weapons are available for multiplayer games, with a completely customizable arsenal.
Weapons are not modeled in 3D in multiplayer -- instead, they're represented as flat polygons to save system performance.
ps2.ign.com /articles/367/367950p1.html   (1146 words)

  
 Civilization III: Play the World
Featuring new multiplayer and single player features, Civilization III: Play the World pits you against the best Civilization players from all corners of the earth via the Internet.
Multiplayer Modes: Includes Turn-Based and Simultaneous game types and appearing for the first time in a Civilization game, a Turn-less mode.
Multiplayer games: Face off against the best Civilization players worldwide with fast-paced multiplayer games like Elimination, Domination, Regicide and Capture the Flag.
www.civ3.com /ptwexpansion.cfm   (369 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
I've managed to dock a ShuttlePB with another ShuttlePB in multiplayer so it can be done and it doesn't seem that time acceleration is that big a problem unless you are trying to coordinate with another player.
Yes there are all sorts of ingenious complex plans of getting round this, in fact the only ever implemented and working Multiplayer used such a scheme to good effect.
However, in the end, without being able to have finer grained control over Orbiters engine, I dont think fluid and smooth multiplayer is something thats going to be done as an addon without at least some support from Martin.
orbit.m6.net /v2/read.asp?id=22972   (1039 words)

  
 Brittlefish » DS Wireless Roundup
My only beef with the multiplayer on this game is that the game is too dark.
Anyway, the multiplayer is fun, but not fun enough to justify buying the game soley for it.
It’s still useful to know which games are multiplayer to guide you in knowing which ones to look for.
www.brittlefish.com /2005/08/29/ds-wireless-roundup   (2446 words)

  
 Free Multiplayer Game - Online Games - NabiscoWorld.com
Let the good times roll as you challenge strangers and friends to some multiplayer Backgammon action.
You will want to jump all over this addictive multiplayer version of the classic game of Checkers.
Don't become a pawn in the NabiscoWorld multiplayer chess circuit.
www.nabiscoworld.com /games/GameCategory.aspx?CategoryId=10004   (181 words)

  
 Halo 2 Preview (Xbox)
Tonight Bungie gave viewers a demo of Halo 2 and it's multiplayer combat in action.
Last year we got a peek at the single player action and Bungie decided to blow our minds this year and they certainly did just that.
Watch as some multiplayer action goes down between a Spartan and a Covenant Elite.
previews.teamxbox.com /xbox/720/Halo-2/p1   (197 words)

  
 Multiplayer Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ SomethingPersonal.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Multiplayer Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ SomethingPersonal.com
Looking For multiplayer - Find multiplayer and more at Lycos Search.
Find multiplayer - Your relevant result is a click away!
www.somethingpersonal.com /encyclopedia/Multiplayer   (1030 words)

  
 IGN: Samus No Longer Alone
Insiders were unable to provide IGNcube with any concrete details regarding the mode, except to say that it has been part of the design spec for the game since the original was released.
One source speculated that players might be able to assume the roles of Samus or a Metroid in the multiplayer mode.
The media has half-heartedly speculated that Metroid Prime 2 might include a multiplayer mode ever since the game was revealed to be in development at last year's E3, but only with these recent allegations have credible sources really opened up the possibility for consideration.
cube.ign.com /articles/461/461851p1.html   (464 words)

  
 GameSpy: Halo: Combat Evolved Preview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
But we're pretty big on multiplayer ourselves here at the GameSpy offices, and we couldn't help but feel a little … underwhelmed … by Halo's multiplayer support.
Gearbox has also added one new weapon to multiplayer: the fuel-rod gun that the Covenant used in the single-player game.
The other big change: you'll be able to fly the Covenant Banshee fighter in multiplayer, something you couldn't do on the Xbox.
pc.gamespy.com /pc/halo-combat-evolved/498661p1.html   (793 words)

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