History of Multiplayer Games

You may wonder about the origin of this most popular concept of multiplayer games. History of Massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) are said to have their roots from Multi User Dungeons (MUD) and browser based games. The fist type of MMOG is massively multiplayer online Role Playing Games (MMORPG). As computer game developers applied MMOG ideas to other computer and video game genres, new acronyms started to develop. MMOG emerged as a generic term to cover this growing class of games. The massively multiplayer market has always been dominated by successful fantasy MMORPG such as EverQuest, and World of War craft.

Today net gaming is very popular and is very widely spread across the world. The best part of net gaming is that there is no physical distance or time factor that can affect the players in different parts of the world playing same multiplayer game. Multiplayer components keep games alive in the market long after players have exhausted the single-player aspects of a game. For example, we can take the case of Half-Life, it released in late 1998. In technology computer years it is an ancient relic, but it is still popular and alive. All credits goes to its rich multiplayer elements which is still maintaining interest of many players. There are many such games like Half Life; population of gamers is very huge and is ever increasing.

The other very popular type of MMOG is massively multiplayer online First Person Shooter games (MMOFPS). The best examples of this genre are games like Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament 2003 (and 2004), Tribes 2, and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Call of Duty. These games are favorites among multiplayer games and they attract hordes of gamers even today. There are people who take games very seriously; they even form teams of those who share similar interest. These teams are known as clans and they battle against other clans. As if that is not taking gaming seriously enough, there are even several professional gaming leagues such as the Cyber athlete Professional League.

There are loads of gaming servers are available and many different games are available on online gaming world. Still many gamers want to host their own game server. Why would you want to host a game server? The answer is simple to get more control over your online gaming experience. Playing on someone else's online server is fun, but hosting your own server can be an even more exciting experience. If you need to host a good game server, you have to acquire the right hardware, appropriate bandwidth, and a clear view of renting vs. owning the server.

There are special dedicated servers available for MMOG and are satisfying gamers around the world. These games are either played over internet or even on LAN networking of a small group. Now days even the communication is also possible between players during the game either through the same game server or other attached application.