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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoxuegu_d%27un_xugador" title="Videoxuegu d'un xugador – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Videoxuegu d'un xugador" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birn%C9%99f%C9%99rli_oyun" title="Birnəfərli oyun – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Birnəfərli oyun" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE" title="একক খেলোয়াড় ভিডিও গেম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="একক খেলোয়াড় ভিডিও গেম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8F" title="Аднакарыстальніцкая гульня – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Аднакарыстальніцкая гульня" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%87" title="Видеоигра за един играч – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Видеоигра за един играч" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videojoc_d%27un_jugador" title="Videojoc d'un jugador – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Videojoc d'un jugador" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videohra_pro_jednoho_hr%C3%A1%C4%8De" title="Videohra pro jednoho hráče – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Videohra pro jednoho hráče" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleplayer" title="Singleplayer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Singleplayer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einzelspieler" title="Einzelspieler – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Einzelspieler" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videojuego_de_un_jugador" title="Videojuego de un jugador – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Videojuego de un jugador" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unuludanta_videoludo" title="Unuludanta videoludo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Unuludanta videoludo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A6%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87" title="بازی ویدئویی تک‌نفره – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بازی ویدئویی تک‌نفره" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_(jeu_vid%C3%A9o)" title="Solo (jeu vidéo) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Solo (jeu vidéo)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoxogo_para_un_xogador" title="Videoxogo para un xogador – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Videoxogo para un xogador" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EC%9D%B8%EC%9A%A9_%EB%B9%84%EB%94%94%EC%98%A4_%EA%B2%8C%EC%9E%84" title="일인용 비디오 게임 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일인용 비디오 게임" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B2" title="Միակառավարելի խաղ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միակառավարելի խաղ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permainan_video_pemain_tunggal" title="Permainan video pemain tunggal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Permainan video pemain tunggal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giocatore_singolo" title="Giocatore singolo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Giocatore singolo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93" title="משחק וידאו לשחקן יחיד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="משחק וידאו לשחקן יחיד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98" title="ერთმოთამაშიანი ვიდეო თამაში – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ერთმოთამაშიანი ვიდეო თამაში" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieno_%C5%BEaid%C4%97jo_%C5%BEaidimas" title="Vieno žaidėjo žaidimas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vieno žaidėjo žaidimas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyj%C3%A1t%C3%A9kos_m%C3%B3d" title="Egyjátékos mód – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Egyjátékos mód" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Едноиграчка игра – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Едноиграчка игра" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%89" title="ڤيديو جيم فردى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ڤيديو جيم فردى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemain_tunggal" title="Pemain tunggal – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pemain tunggal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleplayer" title="Singleplayer – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Singleplayer" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0" title="シングルプレイヤーコンピュータゲーム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シングルプレイヤーコンピュータゲーム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enspiller" title="Enspiller – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Enspiller" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einspelar" title="Einspelar – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Einspelar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolg%CA%BBiz_o%CA%BByinchili_videoo%CA%BByin" title="Yolgʻiz oʻyinchili videooʻyin – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Yolgʻiz oʻyinchili videooʻyin" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komputerowa_gra_jednoosobowa" title="Komputerowa gra jednoosobowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Komputerowa gra jednoosobowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogo_eletr%C3%B4nico_para_um_jogador" title="Jogo eletrônico para um jogador – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Jogo eletrônico para um jogador" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleplayer" title="Singleplayer – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Singleplayer" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Hra jedného hráča" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoigralska_videoigra" title="Enoigralska videoigra – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Enoigralska videoigra" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%95%DB%8C_%DA%A4%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%DB%86%DB%8C%DB%8C)" title="تاک-یاریزان (کایەی ڤیدیۆیی) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="تاک-یاریزان (کایەی ڤیدیۆیی)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" 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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Video game that permits only one player</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frozen-bubble-screenshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Frozen-bubble-screenshot.jpg/220px-Frozen-bubble-screenshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Frozen-bubble-screenshot.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="188" /></a><figcaption>A screenshot of the game <i><a 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Video games in general can feature several <a href="/wiki/Game_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Game mode">game modes</a>, including single-player modes designed to be played by a single player in addition to <a href="/wiki/Multiplayer_video_game" title="Multiplayer video game">multi-player</a> modes. </p><p>Most modern <a href="/wiki/Console_game" title="Console game">console games</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arcade_game" title="Arcade game">arcade games</a> are designed so that they can be played by a single player; although many of these games have modes that allow two or more players to play (not necessarily simultaneously), very few actually require more than one player for the game to be played. 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href="/wiki/Template:Video_game_history" title="Template:Video game history"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Video_game_history" title="Template talk:Video game history"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Video_game_history" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Video game history"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The earliest video games, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Tennis_for_Two" title="Tennis for Two">Tennis for Two</a></i> (1958), <i><a href="/wiki/Spacewar!" title="Spacewar!">Spacewar!</a></i> (1962), and <i><a href="/wiki/Pong" title="Pong">Pong</a></i> (1972), were symmetrical games designed to be played by two players. Single-player games gained popularity only after this, with early titles such as <i><a href="/wiki/Speed_Race" title="Speed Race">Speed Race</a></i> (1974)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders" title="Space Invaders">Space Invaders</a></i> (1978). </p><p>The reason for this, according to <a href="/wiki/Raph_Koster" title="Raph Koster">Raph Koster</a>, is down to a combination of several factors: increasingly sophisticated computers and interfaces that enabled <a href="/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare" title="Asymmetric warfare">asymmetric</a> gameplay, <a href="/wiki/Cooperative_video_game" title="Cooperative video game">cooperative gameplay</a> and story delivery within a gaming framework, coupled with the fact that the majority of early games players had introverted personality types (according to the <a href="/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator" class="mw-redirect" title="Myers-Briggs Type Indicator">Myers-Briggs personality type indicator</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-RaphKoster_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaphKoster-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although most modern games incorporate a single-player element either as the core or as one of several game modes, single-player gaming had been viewed by the <a href="/wiki/Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">video game industry</a> as peripheral to the future of gaming, with <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> vice president Frank Gibeau stating in 2012 that he had not approved one game to be developed as a single-player experience.<sup id="cite_ref-CVG_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CVG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The question of the financial viability of single-player <a href="/wiki/AAA_(video_gaming)" class="mw-redirect" title="AAA (video gaming)">AAA</a> games was raised following the closure of <a href="/wiki/Visceral_Games" title="Visceral Games">Visceral Games</a> by <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> (EA) in October 2017. Visceral had been a studio that established itself on a strong narrative single-player focus with <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Space_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead Space (series)">Dead Space</a></i>, and had been working on a single-player, linear narrative <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> game at the time of the closure; EA announced following this that they would be taking the game in a different direction, specifically "a broader experience that allows for more variety and player agency".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many commentators felt that EA made the change as they did not have confidence that a studio with an AAA-scale budget could produce a viable single-player game based on the popular <i>Star Wars</i> franchise. Alongside this, as well as relatively poor sales of games in the year prior that were principally AAA single-player games (<i><a href="/wiki/Resident_Evil_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident Evil 7">Resident Evil 7</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Prey_(2017_video_game)" title="Prey (2017 video game)">Prey</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dishonored_2" title="Dishonored 2">Dishonored 2</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Deus_Ex:_Mankind_Divided" title="Deus Ex: Mankind Divided">Deus Ex: Mankind Divided</a></i>) against financially successful multiplayer games and those offer a games-as-a-service model (<i><a href="/wiki/Overwatch_(video_game)" title="Overwatch (video game)">Overwatch</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_2" title="Destiny 2">Destiny 2</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Battlefront_II_(2017_video_game)" title="Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 video game)">Star Wars Battlefront 2</a></i>), were indicators to many that the single-player model for AAA was waning.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usgamer_history_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usgamer_history-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manveer Heir, who had left EA after finishing his gameplay design work for <i><a href="/wiki/Mass_Effect_Andromeda" class="mw-redirect" title="Mass Effect Andromeda">Mass Effect Andromeda</a></i>, acknowledged that the culture within EA was against the development of single-player games, and with Visceral's closure, "that the linear single-player triple-A game at EA is dead for the time being".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda</a> on December 7, 2017, decided to collaborate with <a href="/wiki/Lynda_Carter" title="Lynda Carter">Lynda Carter</a> to launch a Public Safety Announcement to save single-player gaming.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A few years later in 2021, EA was reported to have revived interest in single-player games, following the successful launch of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi:_Fallen_Order" title="Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order">Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order</a></i> in 2020. The company still planned on releasing live service games with multiplayer components, but began evaluating its IP catalog for more single-player titles to revive, such as a remake of the <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Space_(franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead Space (franchise)">Dead Space</a></i> franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the same time, head of <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Xbox Game Studios</a> Phil Spencer said that they still see a place for narrative-driven single-player games even though the financial drivers of the market tended to be live service games. Spencer said that developing such games with AAA-scale budgets can be risky, but with availability of services like <a href="/wiki/Cloud_gaming" title="Cloud gaming">cloud gaming</a> and subscription services, they can gauge audience reaction to these games early on and reduce the risk involved before releases.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_elements">Game elements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-player_video_game&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Game elements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the narrative and conflict in single-player gameplay is created by a computer rather than a human opponent, single-player games are able to deliver certain gaming experiences that are typically absent—or de-emphasised—in multiplayer games.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Story">Story</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-player_video_game&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Story"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Narrative_of_video_games" title="Narrative of video games">Narrative of video games</a></div> <p>Single-player games rely more heavily on compelling stories to draw the player into the experience and to create a sense of investment. Humans are unpredictable, so human players - allies or enemies - cannot be relied upon to carry a narrative in a particular direction, and so multiplayer games tend not to focus heavily on a linear narrative. By contrast, many single-player games are built around a compelling story.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Characters">Characters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-player_video_game&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While a multiplayer game relies upon human-human interaction for its conflict, and often for its sense of camaraderie, a single-player game must build these things artificially. As such, single-player games require deeper characterisation of their <a href="/wiki/Non-player_character" title="Non-player character">non-player characters</a> in order to create connections between the player and the sympathetic characters and to develop deeper antipathy towards the game's <a href="/wiki/Antagonist" title="Antagonist">antagonists</a>. This is typically true of <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing games</a> (RPGs), such as <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Quest" title="Dragon Quest">Dragon Quest</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Final_Fantasy" title="Final Fantasy">Final Fantasy</a></i>, which are primarily character-driven and have a different setting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exceptions">Exceptions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-player_video_game&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Exceptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These game elements are not firm, fixed rules; single-player <a href="/wiki/Puzzle_video_game" title="Puzzle video game">puzzle games</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Tetris" title="Tetris">Tetris</a></i> or <a href="/wiki/Racing_game" title="Racing game">racing games</a> focus squarely on gameplay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-player_video_game&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_game" title="Massively multiplayer online game">Massively multiplayer online game</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Single-player_video_game&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Unreal Tournament 3 Single-player Campaign Preview." 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