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  2. Matchmaking (video games) - Wikipedia

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    The cross-game server browser offered by Steam Some games (particularly those with dedicated servers ) present a list of active sessions to players and allow them to manually select one. This system can be used in conjunction with ranking and lobbies, but is frustrated by the on-demand session creation of playlists.

  3. Cross-platform play - Wikipedia

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    A related concept is cross-save, where the player's progress in a game is stored in separate servers, and can be continued in the game but on a different hardware platform. Cross-play is related to but distinct from the notions of cross-platform development, cross-platform releases, cross-buy, and cross-platform save game cloud synchronisation.

  4. List of video games that support cross-platform play - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, those that are only limited to Windows can work with Wine, or Proton on Linux or MacOS to have multiplayer working on their respective platform. Steam has support for them in use like the Steam Deck but it could be considered not cross-platform as those are only compatibility layers from Windows except certain games with Anti-Cheat ...

  5. Game server - Wikipedia

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    A game server (also sometimes referred to as a host) is a server which is the authoritative source of events in a multiplayer video game. The server transmits enough data about its internal state to allow its connected clients to maintain their own accurate version of the game world for display to players. They also receive and process each ...

  6. Multiplayer video game - Wikipedia

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    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, [1] 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).

  7. Player versus player - Wikipedia

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    The terms are most often used in games where both activities exist, [2] particularly MMORPGs, MUDs, and other role-playing video games, to distinguish between gamemodes. PvP can be broadly used to describe any game, or aspect of a game, where players compete against each other. PvP is often controversial when used in role-playing games.

  8. Cooperative video game - Wikipedia

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    Cooperative games in which players each use their own display system are known as "online co-op", "network co-op" or "multiplayer co-op" games due to the majority of such systems utilizing telecommunications networks to synchronize game state among the players.

  9. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steamworks provides networking and player authentication tools for both server and peer-to-peer multiplayer games, matchmaking services, support for Steam community friends and groups, Steam statistics and achievements, integrated voice communications, and Steam Cloud support, allowing games to integrate with the Steam client.