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Launched by Blizzard in 1997, this service provides a solid online foundation to Blizzard's franchises such as the Diablo, StarCraft and WarCraft series. As a constantly evolving service, a new version, Battle.net 2.0, was released in 2010 with the release of Starcraft 2.
A system allowing players on different gaming platforms to play together.
A gameplay mode that pits two or more players in a fight to the death. John Romero is credited with coining the multiplayer term "deathmatch."
Only available in Halo:Reach's Firefight.
Google Play game services is a collection of gaming services for Android, iOS and the web. Features include achievements and multiplayer matchmaking.
A continuously updated tally of each player's score, kills, deaths, and other info in a multiplayer match. It can usually be pulled up while playing by pressing a button or key.
Launched in 1997, NovaWorld is Novalogic's online matchmaking service, community and more recently also their online store. Originally used for F22 Raptor and the Integrated Battlespace games, it's since expanded to include the Delta Force, Comanche and Joint Operations series.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
The online service used on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
Games which don't allow you to play with friends located in other geographical regions (usually continents).
Also known as corpse-humping, tea-bagging is a slang term in video games when after a player has slain another player or NPC, they move their character over the dead character's body and crouch up and down repeatedly, adding a humiliating, and often humorous, factor to the character's death.
A Multiplayer game mode where two or more teams fight against each other to the death. The team with the most kills wins.
The act of killing a fellow teammate in a game, to boost score or just for fun. This often results in being booted from games, and several games allow the server to do this automatically.
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