multiplayer

UK[ˌmɐɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ə]US[ˌmʌɫtiˈpl̥eɪ̯ɚ]

adjectiveB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — play sits at #130mostly written

Multiplayer means played by several people at the same time. A multiplayer game, multiplayer mode, play multiplayer.

It is split into local and online, and the two make quite different experiences of the same game. A multiplayer game lives or dies by how many people are still playing it.

Definitions of multiplayer

1adjectivemultiplayerPlayed by several people at the same time.B2
“The multiplayer side of it kept the game alive for a decade.”

multiplayer is a quality.

Where it comes from

Middle English
pleyer
English
player
English, today
multiplayer

From multi- + player. player comes from Middle English pleyer. From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic plegārī. Equivalent to play + er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Games & Toys

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multiplayer in the wild

A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game.
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Particular acclaim was given for its campaign, graphics, soundtrack, and multiplayer, although minor criticism focused on the campaign's level design.
Halo: Combat Evolved
Due to multiplayer games allowing players to interact with other individuals, they provide an element of social communication absent from single-player games.
Multiplayer video game
The history of multiplayer video games extends over several decades, tracing back to the emergence of electronic gaming in the mid-20th century.
Multiplayer video game
Bungie found inspiration in plot points and gameplay elements that had been left out of their first game, including online multiplayer.
Halo 2

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