A massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) is an

online game An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or any other computer network available. Online games are ubiquitous on modern gaming platforms, including PCs, consoles and mobile devices, a ...

which mixes the genres of

first-person shooter A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre, video game centered on gun fighting and other weapon-based combat seen from a First person (video games), first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through t ...

and

massively multiplayer online game A massively multiplayer online game (MMOG or more commonly MMO) is an online video game with a large number of players to interact in the same online game world. MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent world, persistent open world, although t ...

. A MMOFPS is a real-time shooter experience where a very large number of players simultaneously interact with one another in a

virtual world A virtual world (also called a virtual space or spaces) is a Computer simulation, computer-simulated environment which may be populated by many simultaneous users who can create a personal Avatar (computing), avatar and independently explore th ...

. These games provide large-scale, sometimes team-based combat. However, due to the inherent fast-paced, strategic nature of this genre, players must rely on their physical coordination and cognition, as well as teamwork and coordination with other players. Thus, there is an emphasis towards player skill rather than player statistics, as no number of in-game bonuses, or similar, will compensate for a player's inability to aim and think tactically.

Notable examples

World War II Online ''World War II Online: Blitzkrieg'' is a World War II massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) developed by Playnet, Inc.'s internal game studio, "Cornered Rat Software", and it was originally released on June 6, 2001 for Micr ...

'' was released in 2001 and holds the

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as the first MMOFPS. It was also awarded the Guinness World Record for largest non-instanced game map, at over 300,000 km². '' MAG'' was released in 2010 for the

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. The game featured a number of game modes and support for high player counts. ''MAG'' was awarded the Guinness World Record for most players online in a console FPS. ''

PlanetSide 2 ''PlanetSide 2'' is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) game developed by Enad Global 7, Toadman Interactive. The game supports battles with thousands of players and incorporates modern first-person shooter m ...

'' was released in 2012 and is one of the largest and most successful MMOFPS. It holds the Guinness World Record for biggest first-person shooter battle; 1,158 players participated in a single battle to set the record in 2015. The game later beat its own record in 2020 with 1,283 players participating in one battle.

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Notable examples

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