While multiplayer modes were absent on the PC version ( as with the previous games ), third-party modifications like Multi Theft Auto and San Andreas Multiplayer provide such functionality.

The first version of Multi Theft Auto, dubbed Grand Theft Auto III: Alternative Multiplayer, attempted to fill in this gap by extending an already existing cheating tool with functionality that allowed the game to be played with a very crude form of two-player racing over a computer network purely as a proof of concept, similar to how the now-defunct XBAND service worked by manipulating game memory in order to add online multiplayer functionality.

Multiplayer functionality is possible with LAN, local, and online play.

Artemis is a playable character in the Multiplayer online battle arena, SMITE.

Hel is a playable character in the Multiplayer online battle arena, SMITE.

The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer ( often called simply 3DO ) is a video game console originally produced by Panasonic in 1993.

Multiplayer games generally are either " Free-For-All " ( FFA ), where each player has his own army and competes with everyone else, or " Team ," where each army is controlled by a group of players with a captain who disperses units for his teammates to control.

Multiplayer mode allows for play against other people, via the internet, instead of playing against computer-controlled characters as is done in the single-player custom game mode.

MTV Multiplayer editor Jason Cipriano described the idea as a long shot, and while a Mario character receiving a spin-off is not unprecedented, citing the video game Super Princess Peach, he states that Bowser deserves one before Waluigi.

Anhur is a playable character in the Multiplayer online battle arena, SMITE.

Bastet is a playable character in the Multiplayer online battle arena, SMITE.

It is divided into three main parts: a " Campaign " game, " Skirmish " games and a " Multiplayer " game.

* One of the Multiplayer Maps in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a replica of Mont Saint-Michel.

Multiplayer components allow players to enjoy interaction with other individuals, be it in the form of partnership, competition or rivalry, and provide them with a form of social communication that is almost always missing in single-player oriented games.

In City of Heroes, a Massively Multiplayer Online RPG about superheroes, an entire zone within the game ( Pérez Park ) is named after him.

Multiplayer is significantly improved.

It is technically an MMOSG or Casual Multiplayer Online ( CMO ) by definition, though its stated goal was to realize the concept of the Metaverse from Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash.

Unreal Tournament: Expanded Multiplayer ( UT XMP ) is a port of the same to Unreal Tournament 2004.

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1995 for the PC, with ports for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and Sony PlayStation in 1996.

Multiplayer is supported through Wi-Fi.

Furcadia is a MMOSG / MMORPG ( Massively Multiplayer Online Social Game / Roleplaying Game ) or graphical MUD, set in a fantasy world inhabited by anthropomorphic creatures.

Multiplayer mode is an important part of the Nintendo Wars series.

Multiplayer games generally are either " Free-For-All " ( FFA ), where each player has his own army and competes with everyone else, or " Team ," where each army is controlled by a group of players with a captain who disperses units for his teammates to control.

Multiplayer games with more than one game console is possible with Link mode, and requires the use of a Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable.

Multiplayer is available over a LAN, or the Internet.

Soccer Kid is a video game that was released in 1993 for the Commodore Amiga, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and Super NES.

Multiplayer is argued to be the best feature of this game with a near-unanimous opinion among Puyo Pop players, especially in the Nintendo DS version which supports 2 to 8 players, as opposed to the others which only support 2 or 4.

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Multiplayer Mode Original Sound Collections is a download-only soundtrack album for the multiplayer tracks released through the Japanese iTunes Store and the Square Enix Music Download website on August 22, 2006.

Multiplayer games can be played over a local area network or the Internet ; however, since the Sierra Internet Gaming System ( SIGS ) stopped supporting online play for Outpost 2, the most common avenue of playing online is through virtual networks such as Hamachi.

* Multiplayer gaming for up to four players with Bluetooth wireless technology

The original game was re-released in 1997 as Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition, which bundled both prior expansion packs and added options for networked and hotseat play, and features tweaked AI.

In Multiplayer mode, players can compete against the AI or against other human players.

" Party Play " is used for both Single and Multiplayer, where the up to four players ( Using AI players to replace any missing slots ) can set up a quick battle on whatever stage they choose.

* Multiplayer games played over a LAN require an active connection to a TCP / IP network.

Multiplayer supports up to 8 players either competitively or against bots via LAN or Gamespy.

Multiplayer games have little to no latency ( subject to player's connection and host location ), even while playing the 40 player online due to the implementation of dedicated servers across the PlayStation Network.

Multiplayer over an internet connection was added in the Gold Edition / Windows 95 Edition release of Command & Conquer, which sports several other improvements over the original DOS version.

MTV Multiplayer conducted two awards that included the dog ; the " Greatest Video Game Canine " and " Greatest Video Game Animal " awards.

The design of EverQuest, like other Massively Multiplayer Online Games, makes it highly amenable to cooperative play, with each player having a specific role within a given group.

The history of modern Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games ( MMORPGs ) like World of Warcraft, and related virtual world genres such as the social virtual worlds exemplified by Second Life, traces directly back to the MUD genre.

However, with the increase in computing power and Internet connectivity during the late nineties, and the shift of online gaming to the mass market, the term " graphical MUD " fell out of favor, being replaced by MMORPG, Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, a term coined by Richard Garriott in 1997.

Multiplayer games became popular, almost a sport ; demos of matches between teams of players ( clans ) were recorded and studied.

Multiplayer Quake was one of the first games that people singled out as a form of electronic sport.

It also has a New Shotgun weapon found in Single player as well as the Soldier and Engineer for Multiplayer games.

Multiplayer has remained a key feature of the series and has expanded from the two-player modes available in Super Mario Kart ; first to allow up to four simultaneous players in Mario Kart 64 and eventually up to twelve simultaneous on-line players in Mario Kart Wii.

After 3DO's flagship video game console the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer failed in the marketplace, the company exited the hardware business and became a third-party video game developer.

The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer was originally conceived by The 3DO Company, founded in 1991 by Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins.

During the peak of Flight Simulation gaming, and during the first release of X-Wing Alliance, the game was a very popular Multiplayer Dogfighting and Clan-Based Game.

Multiplayer can be played by up to four players at one time.

Multiplayer was soon expanded to allow playing over the internet.

" Virtually every Massively Multiplayer Online game displays numerous instances of this, with players attempting to kill ( or, in the case of friendly NPCs, cause the death of ) virtually every NPC or monster, howsoever powerful, meek, friendly, or ethereal.

In other methods of play, such as Multiplayer and Instant Action ( Skirmish ), the Cardassian Union, Romulan Star Empire, and Species 8472 are added as playable factions.

Now the ordinary gamer was able to create his / her own ship and add it into the game. Multiplayer games are conducted over servers which are referred to collectively as the " Dynaverse.