Why Add Matchmaking and Invitations to Your App?

When looking at the list of the top-ten selling PC or console games for any recent year, you will find it heavily dominated by games that demonstrate a strong focus on multiplayer interaction. Let's take a quick look at the number one selling PC game for 2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops. While this game does feature a single-player mode, this is considered more of an add-on to the game as opposed to the primary selling point. The focus was obviously the multiplayer gaming, even at the sacrifice of the single-player campaign. In recent years, the industry's focus has shifted from creating rich and in-depth single-player campaigns to putting more effort into the multiplayer. There is a perfectly reasonable ...

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