Massively multiplayer online game. A massively multiplayer online game (also called MMO and MMOG ) is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting large numbers of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet . Many games have at least one persistent world , however others just have large numbers of players competing at once in one form or another without any lasting effect to the world at all. These games can be played on any platform, be it the personal computer , a game console such as the internet capable PSP , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Nintendo DS , PS Vita or Wii , or mobile devices and smartphones based on such operating systems as Android , iOS and Windows Phone .
MMOGs can enable players to cooperate and compete with each other on a large scale, and sometimes to interact meaningfully with people around the world. History [ edit ] Commercial MMORPGs gained acceptance in the late 1980s and early 1990s. MMOGs have only recently begun to break into the mobile phone market. Monde virtuel. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Un monde virtuel est un monde créé artificiellement par un logiciel informatique et pouvant héberger une communauté d'utilisateurs présents sous forme d' avatars ayant la capacité de s'y déplacer et d'y interagir [ 1 ] . La représentation de ce monde et de ses habitants est en deux ou en trois dimensions.
Ce monde peut simuler le monde réel, avec ses lois physiques telles que la gravité, le temps, le climat, la géographie ou tout au contraire être régie par d'autres. Les lois humaines peuvent également être reproduites. La communication entre les utilisateurs se fait le plus souvent sous forme de texte (ou audio). Les domaines d'application [ modifier ] Les mondes virtuels sont ou peuvent être utilisés dans une variété de domaines tels que: Recherches sur les mondes virtuels [ modifier ] Les mondes virtuels sont l'objet d'un certain nombre de recherches universitaires [ 5 ] , [ 6 ] , [ 7 ] sur les aspects : Liste de mondes virtuels [ modifier ] List of massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Business models[edit] MMORPGs today use a wide range of business models, from completely free of charge (no strings attached) or advertise funded to various kinds of payment plans.
This list uses the following terms. Free-to-play (F2P) means that there might be a cost to purchase the software but there is no subscription charge or added payments needed to access game content.Pay-to-play means that players must pay, usually by monthly subscription, in order to play the game.Freemium means that the majority of game content is available for free but players can pay for extra content or added perks. List of notable MMORPGs[edit] See also[edit] Notes[edit] Gaia Online | Welcome to Gaia. World of Warcraft.