Systematic review of gameplay requirements for massively multiplayer online games
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This paper carries out a systematic literature review of gameplay requirements by identifying gameplay aspects of Massively Multiplier Online games from publications released between 2004 and 2014. These aspects can be categorized to determine the state of the art regarding MMO’s. Aspects include MMO’s in general, their gameplay requirements, gameplay and player modelling, emergent gameplay, theorycraft and the increasing popularity of free-to-play (freemium) revenue model that is rapidly replacing the older subscription based revenue model. This study hopes to provide an up to date state of all of these fields and provide insight in what might be fruitful avenues of further research in the expanding market of MMO’s.
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