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  2. Netcode - Wikipedia

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    During an online match, games must receive and process players' input within a certain time for each frame (equal to 16. 66 ms per frame at 60 FPS), and if a remote player's input of a particular frame (for example, of frame number 10) arrives when another one is already running (for example, in frame number 20, 166. 66 ms later ...

  3. List of game engines - Wikipedia

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    Efficient 6-directional height map based geometry (versus traditional Polygon soup model), hence the name Cube, FPS engine Dagor Engine: C++: 2017 Yes 3D Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux, macOS: List: BSD: Dark Engine: C++: 1995 No 3D Windows: Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, Thief II: The Metal Age: Proprietary

  4. Valorant - Wikipedia

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    Valorant is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. [3] A free-to-play game, Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.

  5. List of video game genres - Wikipedia

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    Examples of hero shooters include Overwatch, Paladins, Apex Legends, and Valorant. [9] [10] Light gun shooters are controlled with a gun-shaped controller. Light guns function via a light sensor, hence the name "light gun". The technology has been used as early as the 1920s for shooter games, although electronic video gaming did not exist at ...

  6. Riot Games - Wikipedia

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    Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles.It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.

  7. Latency (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Latency, from a general point of view, is a time delay between the cause and the effect of some physical change in the system being observed. Lag, as it is known in gaming circles, refers to the latency between the input to a simulation and the visual or auditory response, often occurring because of network delay in online games.

  8. Thin client - Wikipedia

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    The Wyse Winterm was the first Windows-display-focused thin client (AKA Windows Terminal) to access this environment. The term thin client was coined in 1993 [3] by Tim Negris, VP of Server Marketing at Oracle Corporation, while working with company founder Larry Ellison on the launch of Oracle 7. At the time, Oracle wished to differentiate ...

  9. Cheating in video games - Wikipedia

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    Cheating in video games involves a video game player using various methods to create an advantage beyond normal gameplay, usually in order to make the game easier.Cheats may be activated from within the game itself (a cheat code implemented by the original game developers), or created by third-party software (a game trainer or debugger) or hardware (a cheat cartridge).