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multiplayer game is a
video game in which more than one person can play the same game at the same time. Unlike most other games, computer and video games are often single-player activities because the computing power exists to create
artificial opponents. In multiplayer games, players either all compete against each other (called
player versus player or PVP), or team up to achieve a common goal such as defeating an enemy that can consist of either computer or human players (called team play). Usually multiplayer games either use
computer networking to allow players to play together or require the players to gather around a single game system to play.
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