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  2. Metagame - Wikipedia

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    A metagame, broadly defined as "a game beyond the game", typically refers to either of two concepts: a game which revolves around a core game; or the strategies and approaches to playing a game. [1] A metagame can serve a broad range of purposes, and may be tied to the way a game relates to various aspects of life. [2]: 2,14 [3]

  3. Grand Theft Auto modding - Wikipedia

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    FiveM, an alternative multiplayer and role-playing modification for Grand Theft Auto Online, amassed a concurrent player count of 250,000 on Steam in April 2021, surpassing that of the base game. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Earlier in February, Grand Theft Auto V became the most-watched category on Twitch due to an update for NoPixel, one of FiveM 's largest ...

  4. Powergaming - Wikipedia

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    Powergaming (also known as power gaming, min maxing, or optimization) is a style of interacting with games or game-like systems, particularly video games, boardgames, and role-playing games, with the aim of maximizing progress towards a specific goal. Other players may consider this disruptive when done to the exclusion of all other ...

  5. List of acquisitions by Take-Two Interactive - Wikipedia

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    Take-Two Interactive is an American video game holding company. They have acquired many publishers and developers since the company's foundation in 1993. Today, most of Take-Two Interactive's developers operate as subsidiaries of its publishing arms: 2K and Rockstar Games.

  6. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Metagaming (book) - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Goetz in a Critical Inquiry Review notes that the work is a "drastic explanation of what it means to engage with video games", providing extensive research, examples, and footnotes. [7] The work explains that games have a range of play and that metagaming is the truest form of play, Melvin Hill reports in his Project Muse review.

  8. Loot box - Wikipedia

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    Mock-up image of opening a loot box in a video game. In video game terminology, a loot box (also called a loot crate or prize crate) is a consumable virtual item which can be redeemed to receive a randomised selection of further virtual items, or loot, ranging from simple customisation options for a player's avatar or character to game-changing equipment such as weapons and armour.

  9. The Fantasy Trip - Wikipedia

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    At least two game companies have developed material inspired by and largely compatible with TFT, similar to retroclone games. Dark City Games has offered "MicroQuest"-style programmed adventures since 2005 for its Heroes of the Ancient World system, as well as TFT -compatible rules and adventures for wild west and science-fiction genres.