Portal:Massively multiplayer online games
Template:/box-header A Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG or MMO) is a computer game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously, and is played on the Internet. Typically, this type of game is played in a giant persistent world.
MMOs can enable players to compete with and against each other on a grand scale, and sometimes to interact meaningfully with people around the world. Most MMOs require players to invest large amounts of their time into the game. Many MMOs can be played for free on the internet such as: RuneScape, Shadowbane, Silkroad Online, and Renaissance Kingdoms. Template:/box-footer
MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is a genre of online role-playing video games in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character (most commonly in a fantasy setting) and take control over many of that character's actions. MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player RPGs by the number of players, and by the game's persistent world, usually hosted by the game's publisher, which continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game.
MMORPGs are very popular throughout the world, with combined global memberships in subscription and non-subscription games exceeding 15 million as of 2006. Overall, revenues for MMORPGs exceeded half a billion dollars in 2005 and are expected to reach over a billion dollars by 2009. Template:/box-footer
Template:/box-header that on November 19, 2006, World of Warcraft reached 10 million subscribers?
that Guild Wars sold over 3 million copies of the game in the first year and a half since its release?
that Disney's Toontown Online is one of the few MMORPGs aimed at children as young as seven? Roblox is another game aimed at this age group.
And though the majority of RuneScapes players is between 11-19 there are players well over 30! Template:/box-footer
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