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Player(s) versus player(s), better known as PvP, is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between two or more live participants.

This is in contrast to games where players compete against computer-controlled opponents and/or players, which is referred to as player versus environment (PvE).

The terms are most often used in games where both activities exist, particularly MMORPGs, MUDs, and other role-playing video games.

PvP can be broadly used to describe any game, or aspect of a game, where players compete against each other.

PvP is often controversial when used in role-playing games.

In most cases, there are vast differences in abilities between experienced and novice players.

PvP can even encourage experienced players to immediately attack and kill inexperienced players.

PvP is sometimes called player killing.

Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment.

The series is made up of five core games: , , , World of Warcraft, and Hearthstone.

The first three of these core games are in the real-time strategy genre, where opposing players command virtual armies in battle against each other or a computer-controlled enemy.

The fourth and best-selling title of the franchise is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), where players control their character and interact with each other in a virtual world.

The most recent title is Hearthstone, a digital collectible card game.

A massively multiplayer online game (MMOG or MMO) is an online game which is capable of supporting large numbers of players, typically from hundreds to thousands, simultaneously in the same instance (or world).

MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent open world, although some games differ.

These games can be found for most network-capable platforms, including the personal computer, video game console, or smartphones and other mobile devices.

An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or another computer network.

Online games are ubiquitous on modern gaming platforms, including PCs, consoles and mobile devices, and span many genres, including first-person shooters, strategy games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG).

RuneScape is a fantasy MMORPG developed and published by Jagex, released originally in January 2001.

RuneScape can be used as a graphical browser game implemented on the client-side in Java, and incorporates 3D rendering.

Since the release of the NXT client in April 2016, a non-browser based version of the game that is written in C++ is also available.

The game has had over 200 million accounts created and is recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest free MMORPG and the most-updated game.