abstract:A persistent world (PW) is a virtual world that continues to exist even after a user exits it, and to whose state user-made changes are to some extent permanent. The term is frequently used in the definition of massively multiplayer online video games and can be considered synonymous with that class of game, including other narrative forms of a media franchise.
Lee Smith says it has always been hard for Americans to understand exactly why peace in the Middle East is so elusive, and why violence and terrorism are so pervasive and persistent in the Arab world.
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Today, Bungie and its new benefactor, Activision, revealed that new franchise as "Destiny, " an online-required persistentworld first-person shooter.
The basic idea is that it is an accessible toolset aimed at letting people create their own quests and inject them directly into the existing persistentworld of Neverwinter.
Minecraft supports a multiplayer mode allowing players to set up and manage a server that can host dozens or even hundreds of simultaneous players in a single, persistent virtual world (for an example of a popular Minecraft server, see Meepcraft).