Popular video games among young people

Highly popular video games among teens

• Free online Battle Royale-type action game where 100 players go head to head so as to eliminate one another. The last player (or last team) standing wins the game.
• Players gather weapons and building materials to “survive” and win the game.
• The game’s economy rests on V-Bucks, the in-game virtual money earned by winning games, or purchased with real money or gift cards.
• V-Bucks are used to purchase or gift emotes (exclusive moves, dance or otherwise, for a given character) and skins (change a character’s appearance).
• The game is played alone or in teams of 2 to 4 players. In the latter game mode, team members can communicate through voice and text chat to work out their strategies.

• Free online gaming platform with a “building block” look that houses millions of user-created games.
• These games cater to a wide variety of interests: combat, zombies, obstacle courses, restaurant simulators, escape rooms, etc.
• Two modes are available: playing games created by other users or creating one’s own Roblox game (the latter is only available through a paid subscription).
• The game’s economy rests on Robux, the in-game virtual money purchased with real money or by creating games.
• Players can use Robux to buy objects in the game and change their character’s appearance.
• Each game includes a chatting system.
• Friend requests can be sent to other players. Users can then access a general private and group messaging system.

• Jeu en ligne payant ayant un aspect pixelisé où les joueur·euse·s créent des objets et des bâtiments avec des matériaux qu’il·elle·s récoltent.
• Le mode survie propose de combattre avec des ennemis (« creepers ») et d’explorer la carte de jeu pour rester en vie.
• Le mode créatif permet de construire des objets et des bâtiments avec des ressources illimitées.
• Le mode multijoueur propose d’interagir avec plusieurs joueur·euse·s pour construire et combattre ensemble.
• L’économie du jeu s’appuie sur les « Minecoins », monnaie virtuelle amassée en gagnant des parties ou avec de l’argent réel.
• Les « Minecoins » permettent d’acheter des éléments pour modifier l’apparence de son personnage ou de ses constructions ainsi que des mondes et des objets créés par d’autres utilisateur·rice·s.
• Le clavardage entre les joueur·euse·s est possible en mode multijoueur.

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