massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Also known as MMORPG
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A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game where thousands of players can interact simultaneously in a shared virtual world, each controlling a character that they develop and customize. These games matter because they've become a major form of entertainment and social connection, allowing people worldwide to collaborate, compete, and form communities in persistent online environments.
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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.
As in role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a character (often in a fantasy world or science-fiction world) and takes control over many of that character's actions. MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player online RPGs by the number of players able to interact together, and by the game's persistent world (usually hosted by the game's publisher), which continues to exist and evolve while the player is offline and away from the game.