Author: Sarthak Khurana
The Richest Video Game Companies of 2018
Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft Studios are the richest video game companies in 2018. Video game industry is one of the most profitable industries ever. To put it in picture, although the video game industry is rather new as compared to the movie and music industry, it has generated more revenue than the movie and music industries combined. The two of the richest video game companies are...
‘Games As A Service’- A Big Problem For Gamers
Buy Once, Pay for Ever. That’s ‘Games as a Service’ Games as a service (abbreviated GaaS) simply means paying a monthly subscription fee to avail games or game related content on a regular base. Games as a service rob the title of games as a product and instead labels it as a service. For example, purchasing a movie on a disc is a product for which you only pay once but paying Netflix or Hulu on a...
Are You Addicted To Video Games?
After years and years of playing tons of video games, developing crazy skills in order to remove the tag of ‘NOOB’ from our Gamertag, we got the tag of mental disorder instead of a pro. And if you’re reading this, I’m 87 percent sure that you have this mental disorder. Yes, it is official. World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised gaming addiction as a mental disorder....
Burnout Paradise Remastered Coming Soon?
According to a Brazilian gaming blog, a retailer has Burnout Paradise on his retailer listing. The game’s release date (upon which the game can be sold) is 1 March 2017. The listed platforms are PS4 and Xbox One. Although this provides none to little info on the actual game or its integrity, let’s discuss its chances of happening and not happening. Let’s start with the game itsel...
Why The PlayStation 4 Does Not Have Backward Compatibility?
The Xbox and the PlayStation have been head to head with each other since their dawn. Yet the PlayStation 4 does not offer backwards compatibility, unlike the Xbox One. It’s also worth mentioning that the PlayStation has a much wider array of memorable games on its former consoles as compared to the Xbox. The PS, PS2, PS3 and PS4 run on completely different architecture. The PS4 would need h...
AI Now Designing Its Own Video Games?
The video game algorithms are as old as video games themselves. But they were only able to generate ‘throwaway’ content, such as terrain, common enemies and side quests according Mark Riedl, a 42-year-old associate professor at Georgia Tech. Such algorithms could be observed in Skyrim’s randomly generated quests and the whole No Man’s Sky. Yet, with the utmost advancements in the field...
Call Of Duty’s Microtransations are Just As Bad, But Activision Seems To Be Getting Away With It
It has been months since EA’s Battlefront 2 released and it’s still being bashed about the countless microtransactions. It is only right to since they made the microtransactions an integral feature rather than an add-on. On the other hand, there is Call of Duty World War 2, which also uses microtransactions. Although Call of Duty World War 2 wasn’t very well received by critics, it was...
Here’s Why We’ll Never Get To Play Sleeping Dogs 2
Sleeping Dogs was one of the most ambitious games of the last generation which put us in the shoes of a cop who went undercover to uncover the dirty secrets of the underworld in Hong Kong. Sleeping Dogs 2 was supposed to be an even more ambitious title with a living and breathing open world. Canadian-based game developer United Front Games went out of business in October of 2017. Sleeping Dogs 2 w...
Top 10 Best Upcoming Role Playing Games Of 2018
2017 has been a great year for Role Playing Games games such as Zelda BOTW, Assassin’s Creed Origins and Nier Automata among numerous others. But among its numerous well-done Role Playing Games, 2017 has promised various other Role Playing Games that will be coming out the following year in 2018. Here are the best 10 upcoming Role Playing Games of 2017. Anthem Releasing in early 2018 is Biow...
How To Spot An “Incomplete” Video Game?
In the recent days, the trend to release complete and finished video games has diminished among the publishers, especially AAA publishers such as EA. This process, as wicked as it may be, was fascinating; take a complete game and remove its key features to be sold later. Then rush the incomplete game to the market and hype it as much as possible. Fix it later via seasons passes and acquire more mo...
Xbox One X Vs PS4 Pro Vs PC: Who Wins?
Since the dawn of gaming, the consoles vs PC controversy has been a major issue and there seems to be no end to this controversy in sight. While on one hand, PC offers a greater maneuverability, consoles offer ease of use on the other. PCs had a higher hand since they offered 4k resolution until the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro came into the scene. So we decided to take on this controversy. To keep thin...
Should Next Max Payne Game Be A Sequel, Prequel Or A Reboot?
The Max Payne series was one of the best third person shooter ever. It charmed the payers with its satisfying, rewarding and flawless gameplay back in 2001 on PlayStation 2. The series seemed to have concluded in 2003 with Max Payne 2, but out of the blue in 2012, it returned with Max Payne 3. After full 9 years, Rockstar came out with Max Payne 3 and awed the gamers. This got me thinking; should ...