22 Feb, 2013, 9:21 am IST

The PS4 is Here, and it’s an Xbox with a Blu-ray Drive

For all intents and purposes, Sony has created an Xbox with a Blu-ray player, which is exactly what we wanted all along. The PS3’s bespoke Cell processor may have been the Sony fanboys’ coveted argument in a forum war, but it ultimately was too complicated for developers to harness its true potential. More

02 Feb, 2013, 1:46 pm IST

Why choosing stereo over cheap 5.1 speakers makes sense

The idea of getting six speakers for the price of a stereo setup might seem appealing, but such complexity in a budget sounds the death knell for overall performance. More

16 Jan, 2013, 12:40 pm IST

Microsoft IllumiRoom: a gimmick or paradigm shift in home entertainment?

Dubbed as IllumiRoom, the Microsoft Research project aims to enhance the way we experience video games and movies... More

24 Dec, 2012, 6:39 pm IST

Crunching polygons with a purpose

As technology evolves and unlocks new possibilities in the creative media, the onus lies on content creators to use it meaningfully and take their craft to the next level. More

27 Nov, 2012, 11:22 am IST

Piggybacking on the status quo

What's common between Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Medal of Honor: Warfighter and XCOM: Enemy Unknown? Apart from the fact that most of these games have been released in the recent past, you may have also noticed that none of these are original IPs. More

25 Oct, 2012, 6:41 pm IST

Are big budgets killing the video game industry?

There's indeed such a thing as too much budget. With budgets for most AAA titles hovering between the $40-100 million mark, this sort of investment requires games to sell between 1-2 million copies just to break even... More

27 Sep, 2012, 6:02 pm IST

Internet anonymity: a Promethean fire of this generation

I have been using the Internet long enough to have seen its gradual metamorphosis from its crude but beautiful original form into what the cool kids perceive it as today... More

28 Aug, 2012, 10:18 am IST

Is gameplay being sacrificed at the altar of cinematic storytelling?

As I twiddled my thumbs through yet another banal cutscene in Darksiders II, I couldn't help but agree with John Carmack's infamous take on Id Software's predilection towards excuse plots... More