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Grand Theft Auto -The most popular gaming series ever - What is the series/genre? This game which has been in the world of gaming since before most of us were born,released in the year 1997. Grand Theft Auto was firstly developed for MS-DOS and Windows and later on released for playstation. GTA is an Open World Action-Adventure game where the main characters mostly work for different crime syndicates with multiple missions and scenarios, the main aim of the player is to earn money and enlarge their territory in the game. Just as all our blogs have an interesting story behind the main topic, How can the biggest game our generation not have one. GTA is actually born because of a mistake. The original developers were testing a game called Race ‘N’ Chase. The game had a bug where the cop cars would not stop you (Robbers) instead would push your car down the road and run you off your path. The developers found it to be extreme fun and hence planned to create a different game with the similar concept,which was first released in 1997,with the name “Grand Theft Auto” What makes Grand Theft Auto so popular- Watching down the game with more than 200 million sold copies, 22 years. GAMERZ have given it huge amounts of love. Especially, GTA V which is the latest game in the franchise,launched in the year 2013 accounted for ,more than 50% of the entire franchise’s sale which is more than 110 million copies. Let us tell you the reason behind GTA’s sky rocketing success and why the franchise has been the holder of high ratings since its early days- The Format-Open World with an Intriguing Story Line- Someone who has even the fraction of knowledge about gaming, won’t disagree with the fact that Grand Theft Auto is the grandfather of Open World Games. Rockstar games,the developers have always provided GAMERZ with a game where they can do whatever they want to. Drive dope-ass Sports Cars, do a 360 on a Motorbike,Plan a robbery, perform a drive-by, enter a rival gang area and shoot and spill blood, destroy a building using a Remote Controlled Helicopter( Ever GTA Vice-City knows what we are talking about,we remember how hard a mission it was, we sympathize with you mates) Apart from the open world, the franchise always had a captivating story line attached to the game,where players felt they are the main character. Be it Tommy Vercetti (GTA VC),Carl Johnson AKA CJ (GTA San Andreas) , the crazy old guy Trevor Philips or the rich millionaire with an eye-popping mansion Michael De Santa, we did not just press buttons and played, we enjoyed and felt their stories. Fun Fact- The entire series involved only two, child characters. Yes only two of them in 11 games. Huge Maps and Enthralling Graphics The Take Two Interactive developed game, gives its players humongously large maps to roam and explore. Not only these giant maps are big, but the designers made it sure to make all the bits and pieces of the gaming franchise interesting and eye-popping details.GTA V ,which boasts the largest map out of all the games in the franchise has a map spreading upto around 130 Square Kilometers. A map this vast is not easy to design and create,but the creators left no stone unturned to construct this masterpiece. Across the entire series,the maps have been seen to display different geographical locations. The graphics of the games are candy to the eye. With every addition to the most popular series in the gaming industry, Take Two Interactive have always been setting a milestone. If a person is playing the Billion Dollar game- GTA V for the first time,they are bound to be struck with the real-life-like graphics of the game. Not only did the designers focus on the graphics but they made sure that the Mechanics and dynamics of the game remain as close to real life as they could be made. You can notice how a drunk Trevor falls on the road driving a bike or how an airplane crashes. The graphics are too much to handle! Img Src=https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wmn8s5YrTEA/maxresdefault.jpg Of Course- The Gun Blazing,Grenade Blasting Violence- People of our generation loves violence, the sound of big guns firing hundreds of rounds per minute( BRRRRRRRRRR!!), grenades and molotovs being popped on the road, shooting tires of the cop cars, or blasting the entire car with an RPG over their favorite player’s shoulders (KABOOM!) Each one of us has had our days,when we were in a confused state of mind,so started the game and ended up killing innocents (Okay,sorry we know it sounds too inhumane) innocents in the game and irritating the hell out of some cops,only if they were alive for more than a few minutes. GTA has always helped us in discharging our frustration on the game and getting back peaceful out of the game in the real-life. Highest grossing game of the series- GTA V, which is the 11th addition to the Take Two Int. developed game, is by far the most sold game. With more than 110 million sold copies.The game broke 7 world records within the first few weeks of its release in 2013. It not only became the fastest game to gross a Billion Dollar mark in the industry, but also was the fastest in the Entertainment industries which includes the biggest players such as Movies and Music. Grand Theft Auto:Online was released two weeks later than the original title’s launch. This was basically a multiplayer version for the same game, where multiple players with different aliases could group together and organize different scenarios and events. Even after 6 years of its launch,Rockstar continuously adds new events and content for its players. GTA V has till date grossed more than $6 Billion in revenue. Top 5 games in the franchise;Ranked- The following list is strictly according to our views, but it would not be very hard even for you to agree with us on it- 5. GTA-IV The game is set in the area of Liberty City, which comprises of three main islands.We all agree with the actions of Niko Bellic, the protagonist in the 2008 launched game. He was a War Veteran who tries to defy and escape his terrible past, his horrific actions were forced because of all the Gangs that are behind him also he was drowning under big amounts of loans. 4. GTA-III The game was first published in the year 2001. It was set in the same city as its succesor, Liberty City.This was the first game in the series to transform the entire Open World of the game to a 3D world. The game gained instant popularity upon its launch, and was loved by the gaming community because of its different gameplay, story and its graphics.The story revolves around Claude,who fails in robbing a bank and gets arrested for it. Claude escapes the punishment and the plot continues with its own twist and turns. 3. GTA- Vice City By far one of the most loved games,not only in this Rockstar series, but overall in the gaming world. Tommy Vercetti of Vice City is the game’s main character. The game has multiple real-life like people and concepts such as Biker Gangs,Drug Lords and Criminal masterminds. The game consisted of two main islands,the second of which was unlocked in the later part of the game. There are several mods being played till date with new cars,characters and guns. 2. GTA- V This game was one of its kinds and the gaming fraternity loved it. The game was lead by not one,not two but three different protagonists named Trevor; a hard ass drunk guy, Michael; a rich businessman and Frank; a guy who wants to make it big. Gamerz have to switch from one to another from time to time to complete their individual as well as team events. The game raised the bar of graphics in the gaming industry, and hence boasts eye catching details of the entire area surrounded in the fictional city. 1. GTA: San Andreas- The game which changed the life of as GAMERZ, launched around the same time when most of us started spending our entire days and nights. Released for Windows in 2004,it was the 7th title in the Grand Theft Auto series.The game which bragged the largest of the maps of its time, more than 30 square kilometers until the release of the latest, GTA V. The map is based on Desert like geographical location. The protagonist, CJ or Carl Johnshon is ex-gang member whose Gang is now dead tries to re-organize his gang again. The game is reviewed as one of the greatest games ever made till date. The most demanded was not a big feature, but funnily was to give the player the ability to swim (LOL, Tommy who was the lead in the previous game could fly helicopters was unable to swim) GamerzByte India is an eSports Entertainment Co., dealing in managing and organizing electronic gaming events, contests and/or tournaments across India. They are based in Mumbai, India and are expanding their network progressively PAN India. through our channel partner. At GamerzByte, eSports or Competitive Gaming Tournaments are played across platforms such as PC, Console, Mobile and VR. They currently have 2 verticals – Offline Tournaments & an Online eSports Events Portal. Offline Tournaments are held across India covering 4 cities so far with an expansion plan of covering all major tier-1 cities by next year. Their Online eSports Events Portal is built with an idea of bringing the tournaments experience online & with a vision to reach out to every gamer in India. With a passion and a commitment to the best gaming experience, GamerzByte India strives to create a professional community for gamers. GamerzByte Events – https://events.gamerzbyte.com This post is written by Karan Gaggar. Gamer and a traveler at heart, and I love to spend my time trying in contributing what all I can do for these communities. I have been gaming since I can remember, also into the field of freelance photography and cinematography. Cheers guys.

The evolution of the Video Games Consoles- What is a console- A gaming console is basically a device that allows us to play graphical games over a screen. Traditionally gaming consoles allows specifically to play games ,but with the evolution, consoles have started providing innovative features with gaming, the industry has skyrocketed generating billions of dollars in revenue across years of sales. The biggest players in the industry are Sony’s PlayStation, Microsoft’s XBox and Nintendo. Birth of Gaming- The history related to Gaming can be seen as far back as the 1950s, when simple video games were developed for personal entertainment purposes only. This was the time when the gaming industry was kept inside a small building with people having no idea about “it’s potential in the coming future. The first ever game, for most of us would be the great “PONG”, but unheard of the story of “Tennis for Two” , which was the brainchild of a Physicist, and made just to make a Science Conference a little interesting for it’s visitors to know that Science has a relevance with the population. William Higinbotham, the physicist behind the game, made the working game within a couple of weeks. He was the in-charge of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s instrumentation subsidiary, and headed the it’s exhibition and hence wanted to give it an interesting approach to it’s thousands of visitors. Therefore reaching the idea of developing a simple game to keep the visitors interacted with the science exposition. This lead to the making of “Tennis for Two”, this game was extremely simple ,and as the name suggests based on Tennis. The game had to be played with two players, there were only two components, a knob and a button.Players could turn the knob to adjust the angle and press the button to hit the ball. The game was very uncomplicated and the players could get out only if they failed to hit the button at the correct time. The Original Tennis for Two Graphics The Game- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PG2mdU_i8k Establishing of the Gaming Industry- When it comes to gaming,everything is interesting, and so is the story behind the creation of the first ever commercial game- PONG. In the early 1970s, the Atari Company gave their employee a task to create a game based on Table Tennis. Pong was planned to be a very simple game with only a joystick type of controller which would control the pads on which the ball would bounce. Allan Alcorn developed the “Pong”, and Atari Co. finally released it in the year 1972.Pong became a success. Though the Magnavox Odyssey sued them over copyright infringement. It didn’t stop Atari from making Pong bigger and better than ever before. Pong’s success led them to release Pong’s Home version. Which became even a bigger success. Pong hence became the first ever commercially successful game in history. The Original Pong Arcade Game The commercial success of the Atari produced Video game, helped many others to try their hand in this industry which is now currently estimated to be worth more than $200 Billion. Development of Gaming Consoles- Brown Box “The minute we played ping-pong, we knew we had a product. Before that we weren’t too sure.” This line was said by- Ralph Baer. The founder of the first ever Gaming Console or Gaming Box as said back in the day. The brown box could be made to be played with a number of different games by switching multiple switches. The Console which was named “Game Unit #7” as it was the seventh prototype developed by the team, was patented in the year 1967, and was called the Brown Box because of the looks of the box, which was made of Brown wood. Game Unit#7 AKA The Brown Box 2. Magnavox Odyssey Magnavox Odyssey was the first ever commercial home based video console. With brown box gaining popularity through word of mouth publicity, the concept,design and the license was brought by Magnavox. Magnavox in the future realeased a series of Gaming Consoles. The Magnavox Odyssey didn’t have any sound for the games and only presented visual graphics on the screen.The box was made of three individual boxes, White, Black and a brown box,each having their particular task. This console had a total of 28 individual video games in it. This console earned more than $100 Million over the span of 25+ years, of which the major portion was earned through a number of lawsuits. Magnavox Odyssey 3. Nintendo Game & Watch In 1979, Gunpei Yokoi gained the idea of handheld gaming while seeing a commuter trying to pass his time on a portable calculator. He then decided to make a handheld gaming console which was named the “Game & Watch” . This series became Nintendo’s success and led the company to a global phenomenon. Later Nintendo released a number of gaming consoles named as “Nintendo Famicom”. In 1989, Yokoi agained made a new console with the portability of Game&Watch and cartridge interchangeability so that players have multiple choices of games Super Nintendo or Super NES was Famicom’s successor with higher hardware capabilities was released in 1993. This lead Nintendo to even a bigger success, in 1995 Nintendo had sold more than a billion cartridges with Mario Bros been the most successful franchise. The Nintendo Game & Watch (Left) and The Nintendo Famicom (Right) 4. Sony PlayStation Sony first released the Original PlayStation in 1994. Sony Interactive Entertainment completely changed the face of console gaming industry with its launch. Though this soon to be a legendary gadget, was once a failure. The console which later became the most sold gadget in the history of gaming ever was originally a joint project between Sony and Nintendo. This console had a CD-Rom with an already existing Nintendo Famicom, but Nintendo decided to cancel its partnership as both the companies were on an argument over revenue distribution and later in time went on to partner with Philips with the same technology. This led Sony to make their very console “THE PLAYSTATION”. PlayStation released 3 more generations of their consoles, PlayStation2 which is the most sold individual console in the history- with more than 155 Million units sold, PlayStation3 and the PlayStation4 which sold a million units within its first 24 hours of launch,creating a world record in the gaming industry. Sony PlayStation 5 which is supposed to be launched in the coming years, will allegedly be offering 8K graphic support, Ray tracing which is the latest enhancement in the industry. PlayStation(1994) 5. Microsoft XBox After two Japanese Tech giants already into the marketing, and succeeding with their humongous sales numbers. An american company,which at that time was the most valuable company finally entered the Billion Dollar industry of Gaming Consoles. This american company was obviously Bill Gates lead Microsoft. The Xbox which was the 5-th generation gaming console was launched in the american market in 2001,the main rival of the console at the time were Sony PS2. The PlayStation 2 being the most sold ever console,XBox could not really beat it, but Microsoft trusted their console and launched its successor the XBox 360. Sony had their numbers with them, but Microsoft had the advantage of being Microsoft, the coverage of their PC Software, Windows. Hence, they started giving PC access in their gaming console,which became their USP. The 2001 XBox Console XBox 360 had several hardware enhancements,with the main being Kinect Motion Sensor which allowed gamers to use motion to control their movements in some games. This lead to a huge sale with making XBox 360 the most sold American console,and also got in the list of top-10 most sold gaming consoles. The XBox 360 Gaming Consoles have become a household device in the last decade.With this industry gaining even higher popularity, the market now not only features gaming but serves the fundamental principle of entertainment,by providing the consoles the power of multiple features.With the market getting more competitive with PC gaming,the consoles have started getting more interactive and cost-efficient day by day. The current market worth is estimated to be around $40 billions and is calculated to reach $55 billions in the upcoming 5 years. GamerzByte India is an eSports Entertainment Co., dealing in managing and organizing electronic gaming events, contests and/or tournaments across India. They are based in Mumbai, India and are expanding their network progressively PAN India. through our channel partner. At GamerzByte, eSports or Competitive Gaming Tournaments are played across platforms such as PC, Console, Mobile and VR. They currently have 2 verticals – Offline Tournaments & an Online eSports Events Portal. Offline Tournaments are held across India covering 4 cities so far with an expansion plan of covering all major tier-1 cities by next year. Their Online eSports Events Portal is built with an idea of bringing the tournaments experience online & with a vision to reach out to every gamer in India. With a passion and a commitment to the best gaming experience, GamerzByte India strives to create a professional community for gamers. GamerzByte Events – https://events.gamerzbyte.com This post is written by Karan Gaggar. Gamer and a traveler at heart, and I love to spend my time trying in contributing what all I can do for these communities. I have been gaming since I can remember, also into the field of freelance photography and cinematography. Cheers guys.