High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The term first-person shooter (FPS) describes a video game genre where players participate in weapon-based combat all in the first person, or from the perspective of their character. One of the more notable features of FPS games is its compatibility for networked, then later online, multiplayer gaming, where players could bring their skills to a national and then later a global arena. Ironically, in a genre consisting of players hunting and killing other players, FPS games are found to include a source of rich communication and social interactions between players.