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A non-player character (NPC), also called a non-playable character, is a character in a game that is not controlled by a player. [1] The term originated in traditional tabletop role-playing games where it applies to characters controlled by the gamemaster or referee rather than by another player.
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.
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.
The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat is the first game pack for The Sims 4, released on January 13, 2015. Outdoor Retreat focuses on outdoor camping, similar to a vacation in Three Lakes in The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, [12] [13] and that in the forest lots on Vacation Island featured in The Sims: Vacation. It includes a new destination, many new objects, new ...
The GeForce4 Ti (NV25) was launched in February 2002 [1] and was a revision of the GeForce 3 (NV20). It was very similar to its predecessor; the main differences were higher core and memory clock rates, a revised memory controller (known as Lightspeed Memory Architecture II/LMA II), updated pixel shaders with new instructions for Direct3D 8.0a support, [2] [3] an additional vertex shader (the ...
The video game industry in general was boosted by the pandemic, since people under pandemic lockdowns were forced to stay home, with video games becoming a popular pastime. Total spending in video games grew to US$33.7 billion in the United States during the first nine months of 2020 compared to US$27.9 billion for the same period in 2019. [87]
The set of NP-complete problems is often denoted by NP-C or NPC. Although a solution to an NP-complete problem can be verified "quickly", there is no known way to find a solution quickly. That is, the time required to solve the problem using any currently known algorithm increases rapidly as the size of the problem grows.
Due to the series' longevity, The Simpsons video games have also spanned many genres, such as the puzzle game Krusty's Fun House (1992), the sports game Itchy & Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness (1994) and racing game Road Rage (2001). The Simpsons is also one of the franchises spotlighted in the toys-to-life video game Lego Dimensions (2015).