Hardcore

Updated: 09/12/2023 by Computer Hope
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With games, HC (hardcore) is a player or user with above-average skills and abilities or who plays more than the average player. Hardcore can also be a game mode. For example, with Diablo 4, a hardcore player dies permanently. If their character does die, they can no longer play with that character, and everything that character had is lost.

Hardcore may also refer to how a player plays a game; for example, in an MMORPG (massively-multiplayer online role-playing game) game, a PvP (player vs. player) server is often considered more hardcore than a non-PvP server.

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