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  2. Player versus environment - Wikipedia

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    Player versus environment (PvE, also known as player versus monster (PvM) and commonly misinterpreted as player versus entity) is a term used for both single player and online games, particularly MMORPGs, CORPGs, MUDs, other online role-playing video games and survival games to refer to fighting computer-controlled enemies [1] - in contrast to PvP (player versus player) which is fighting other ...

  3. Player versus player - Wikipedia

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    Player versus player (PvP) is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between human players. [1] This is often compared to player versus environment (PvE), in which the game itself controls its players' opponents.

  4. Game balance - Wikipedia

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    Player versus player (PvP) describes games that feature a competition between players. PvE is an acronym for player versus environment, where players instead compete with the environment and non-player characters (NPCs). Co-op is short for "cooperative" and refers to PvE and PvP games where you can work with other players.

  5. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    Meaning "away from keyboard". Generally said through a chat function in online multiplayer games when a player intends to be temporarily unavailable. [11] aggro An abbreviation of 'aggravation' or 'aggression'. 'Causing aggro' or 'aggroing' in a video game means to attract hostile attention from NPCs or enemies to attack the player-character.

  6. Raid (video games) - Wikipedia

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    In video games, a raid is a type of mission in Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) where a much larger number than usual of people specifically gather in an attempt to defeat either: (a) another number of people at player-vs-player (PVP), (b) a series of computer-controlled enemies (non-player characters; NPCs) in a player-vs-environment (PVE) battlefield, or (c) a very ...

  7. PVP - Wikipedia

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    PVP may refer to: Media and culture. Player versus player ... PvP (webcomic), a webcomic; PVP Live, an Esports news and statistics database website; Pony VS Pony, ...

  8. Multiplayer online battle arena - Wikipedia

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    [47] [48] This could be regarded as the first example of MOBA gameplay, depending on the definition of the genre. [49] The Windows version of Future Cop: LAPD allows online competitive play. [50] [51] In the same year, Blizzard Entertainment released its best-selling real-time strategy game StarCraft (1998) with a suite of game editing tools ...

  9. 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).