"network games" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to online or virtual video games which allow multiple players to compete against each other over the internet. For example, "My brother and I have been playing network games together for years."
This introductory chapter gives an outline of the book that deals with the data communication technologies behind the network games (NGs) and networked virtual environments (NVEs).
The two main topics discussed are remote method call (RMC), to refer to both remote procedure call (RPC) or remote method invocation (RMI), and the overall architecture of networked virtual environments (NVEs) and network games (NGs) systems.
Latency inevitably leads to inconsistencies in networked virtual environments (NVEs) and NGs (network games).
New social games startups, including free to play MMORPGs, social network games, web based games and single player gaming communities, are busy converting the much larger market of casual players into their customers.
StarCraft II does not offer the ability to play directly over a local area network (LAN), as is possible with StarCraft; all network games are routed through the Internet via Blizzard's gaming servers.
Old network games will not be replayed.
There is also an optional social network, Game Center, where children can share solutions.
Eleven of 20 N.H.L. markets measured by Nielsen saw lower Game 3 ratings compared with the comparable network game last year.
If Samsung Nation sounds a little like the social network game FarmVille, minus the farm, it's no accident.
Either despite, or because of, the spread of legalized gambling, network game shows are popular, the sillier the better.
Now Zynga Game Network, the social network game's creator, is linking FarmVille's vast pool of players to retailers as diverse as 7-Eleven stores and the organic food company Cascadian Farm.
