Author: Sarthak Khurana
The PS4 Isn’t Perfect, And Sony Doesn’t Seem To Care
Sony’s PS4 is definitely one of the best consoles of the century, especially with numerous first-party exclusive that plays with your emotions as if they were a video game. Huh, ain’t that a sweet little paradox? Setting paradox’s aside, PS4 is a great console for the casual and hardcore players alike. I’m compelled to believe that it is a perfect, yet there are some things...
Majority Of Indian Gamers Are Missing Out On The Best Video Games Ever Made
Since the dawn of video games, Nintendo has been a major player in the market. Unlike, Sega and Atari, who are no more than legends in the present day scenario, Nintendo has managed to occupy its space among the top players in the market. Unfortunately, India is not considered among their top priorities, despite being home to thousands of their fans. Even in the past, the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo...
The Death Of Mass Effect
Mass Effect was a great franchise with a memorable cast of characters and an impactful gameplay. A great franchise; up until Mass Effect Andromeda, a great franchise. Andromeda messed up with the franchise, partly due to ugly and unprofessional animation, memorable characters and partly due to internal business strategies. The demise of Mass Effect can be briefly divided into two parts and I shall...
The Most Annoying Features In Modern Video Games That Gamers Hate
In the modern era, video games have evolved from aimlessly running around and shooting hideously disfigured creatures. I believe that they have become the most immersive forms of entertainment and storytelling in the modern age. You can even do things in video games that you can’t even do in real life like brutally killing a mob as their blood drenches your thirst, exploring beautiful and re...
Looking Back At 10 Years Of Assassin’s Creed
What begun as a simple video game franchise back in November 2017, went on to become a universe in itself that comprises movies, comics, novels and uncountable fans. And just when thought that the future of the series was dull, Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Origins, the game that gave a new spur of life to the series with its revamped gameplay mechanics and the vast open world of Ancient...
Single Player Games Are Definitely Not Dead
The video game trend has been evolving from a solitary experience to ‘games as a service’. I am, just like a majority of the gamers, against this shift of trend, yet the big players in the industry are following the trend. For me, video games have been the most immersive form of storytelling, a solitary refuge. I just like to buy a game, seclude myself from social conventions and dive ...
Top 10 Changes Game Developers Want From Steam
There is no two way on the fact that Steam is a great platform for PC gamers to come across many exciting titles and purchase them at a reasonable price with a minimum wait to play the game. It is a great platform for gamers, but do developers feel the same way? Unfortunately, many of the developers have a different opinion as opposed to the gamers, on the topic. Although there’s still a wid...
Assassin’s Creed: Origins Is Doing Microtransactions The Right Way
Assassin’s Creed Origins appears to be the perfect Assassin’s Creed Games, even though it features microtransactions. Yes, you heard me right, I called a game perfect even though it features microtransactions. The game does follow the current trend of microtransactions but it does it quite differently than Shadow of War or Battlefront 2 or other AAA titles for instance. For starters, i...
Could The Video Game Industry Be Dead In The Next Few Years?
The video game industry is undoubtedly one of the most lucrative industry, yet it is not quite sustainable, as evident by various layoff, numerous AAA studios closures and crunch stories. In the recent days, we have witnessed the closure of several of our loved studios such Visceral and Lionhead. There were two major reasons behind the closure of not just these two studios, but numerous of them....
The Troubling Story Behind Visceral’s Star Wars Game
The Star Wars game by the EA-owned Visceral studios appeared to be quite promising. The 15-second trailer revealed at E3 2016 had awed the fans across the globe (although it revealed nothing much more than a man on Tatooine). It was a hard hit on fan’s heart when EA shut down the studio on 17 October 2017. But those who had worked for the studio found themselves unsurprised. In many people’s...
Path Of Exile Is The Best Game You Will Play For Free
Building upon the legendary and memorable overall feel of Diablo comes Path of Exile, a free to play online action role-playing. If you loved Diablo and haven’t checked out Path of Exile yet, you’re missing out big time. It is designed around a strong online item economy, deep character customisation, competitive PvP and ladder races. The game is completely free and will never be ̶...
Playstation’s Biggest Game Studios & The Games They’re Working On
Sony’s first party studios have a tendency to deliver top of the class gaming experience since the dawn of PlayStation in 1994 with PlayStation 1 and studios like Santa Monica Studios and Insomniac games are a living witness to my words. Today, PlayStation is over 23 years old, and it has evolved into a community, a sensation and Sony’s first party studios are at the core of it. The st...