An online game is a game played over some kind of computer network.. This almost always refers to the Internet or equal technology, however games have constantly consumed whatever technology was existing: modems before the Internet, and hard wired terminals before modems.
The progression of online gaming has reflected the overall increase of computer networks from small regional networks to the Internet and the expansion of Internet access entirely. Online games can vary from ordinary text based games to games incorporating sophisticated graphics and digital worlds inhabited by many players simultaneously. Numerous online games have connected online communities establishing online games some form of social activity away from single player games.
Online games are played over some form of computer network. Presently commonly on the Internet. One advantage of online games would be the ability to connect to multiplayer games although single player online games are quite common as well.
First-person shooter games- First person shooter,
seen written as FPS, is a genre of video games which is played by a first person viewpoint, in other words players play the game looking through the eyes of the main character they're controlling.
Real-time strategy games- Real time strategy games (RTS) provide an exceptional mix of action and strategy. Nearly all of rts games are played in a bird's eye or top down standpoint letting players simple navigation and jump around to control units and buildings across game maps and campaigns. Unlike turn based strategy games where you have the ability to take your time, in real time strategy games, all movement, construction, combat, research and more are all occurring in real time.
Cross-platform games- Cross-platform is a term that can also apply to video games published on a range of video game consoles, specialized computers dedicated to the task of playing games. There's a variety of gaming platforms, such as the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation, Xbox360, (PCs), and mobile devices.
Browser games- A browser game is a computer game that is played over the Internet utilizing a web browser. Browser games are often free to play and do not require any client software to be installed apart from a web browser. Multiplayer browser games have an additional focus on social interaction, quite often on a massive scale. Due to the accessibility of browser games, they are frequently played in more frequent, shorter sessions in comparison with traditional computer games.
MUDs- A MUD is a multiplayer real-time virtual world with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these. MUDs join aspects of role playing games, player vs. player, interactive fiction and online chat. Players can read or view instructions of rooms, objects, other players, non-player characters and actions performed in the virtual world. Players ordinarily interact with each other and the world by entering instructions that appear to be a natural language. MUDs have been the direct predecessors of MMORPGs.
Massively multiplayer online games (MMOG)- Massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) were made possible with the increase of broadband Internet access in many modern countries, using the web to allow hundreds of thousands of players to play the same game with each other. Many different varieties of massively multiplayer games can be found, such as:
• MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game)
• MMORTS (Massively multiplayer online real- time strategy)
• MMOFPS (Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter)
• MMOSG (Massively multiplayer online social game)
