Archive For Editorials Category

FIFA 13: Here’s Why You Should Look Forward To It

FIFA 13: Here’s Why You Should Look Forward To It

[HTML1] FIFA 13 is the latest installment in EA's prestigious football franchise which is set to hit the shelves on Friday 28th September. But what do we know about the game so far? First let’s ta... Read More

Editorial: A Tale of Triplets: Innovation vs Immersion at E3 2012

Editorial: A Tale of Triplets: Innovation vs Immersion at E3 2012

Once upon, there was something called the Electronic Entertainment Expo, mystically referred to at times as "E3". E3 was the gaming conference of the year, drastically altering an industry's fiscal y... Read More

Editorial: Sony’s Gaikai acquisition and the PS4 backwards compatibility dilemma

Editorial: Sony’s Gaikai acquisition and the PS4 backwards compatibility dilemma

Sony recently announced that they have acquired Gaikai - a cloud gaming service. Of course, there were rumors of this well before E3, and while both companies had declined that anything of this so... Read More

Retrospective: Uncharted Drake’s Fortune – The Best Uncharted Game

Retrospective: Uncharted Drake’s Fortune – The Best Uncharted Game

In a way, even though Uncharted: Drake's Fortune didn't reach the towering heights of its successor, I still consider it as the best Uncharted game. This isn't a controversial opinion, and I'm not the... Read More

Halo 4 could turn out to be the best Halo game yet

Halo 4 could turn out to be the best Halo game yet

[HTML1] Halo 4 is something almost everyone expected Microsoft to announce, but we weren't sure whether Master Chief would be back or it's actually a start of a new trilogy, but it did happen. The ga... Read More

What Sony Needs To Do To Revive The PS Vita

What Sony Needs To Do To Revive The PS Vita

Let's be honest- the PS Vita is in poor shape right now. Other than Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Gravity Rush and a few others, it has very little games, it hasn't got a very strong upcoming lineup, Sony ... Read More

Editorial: Here’s how Nintendo can make Wii U appealing to hardcore gamers

Editorial: Here’s how Nintendo can make Wii U appealing to hardcore gamers

It's clear that with the Wii, Nintendo had lost its way and alienated a section of audience which can be called as the 'hardcore gamers'. Let me be serious here, I hate those words, but there do... Read More

Guns, breasts and gaming’s small-man complex

Guns, breasts and gaming’s small-man complex

“Nice one guys, you've single-handedly set back the maturity of the games industry by 15 years with your utterly puerile display of ridiculous adolescent tittery.” said Twitter, myself included, u... Read More

Diablo 3 fiasco: People have to take a stand against always-online DRM

Diablo 3 fiasco: People have to take a stand against always-online DRM

It's been a decade since Diablo 2 was released and people understandably are very excited for its sequel, Diablo 3. According to Blizzard, the game already has two million pre-orders and it looks se... Read More

Jetpack Joyride is the best iOS game, and here’s why you need to play it

Jetpack Joyride is the best iOS game, and here’s why you need to play it

Okay, people. iOS gaming is not true gaming? I say, bullshit! It is, and it just found its killer app. The game I'm talking about is Jetpack Joyride, and it is so incredibly well made and suited for t... Read More

Editorial: Crytek have a Crysis on their hands

Editorial: Crytek have a Crysis on their hands

Crysis 3 is going to be a really vital game for Crytek, and they know it. They also make graphic engines and they need to showcase that well by creating impressive games for other studios to license... Read More

Why I played Skyrim for more than 150 hours

Why I played Skyrim for more than 150 hours

It's not often that a game comes along where I devote my entire weekends to it and get lost in its world. When such a game does come, it usually ends up in my most memorable list. One such game is S... Read More

RETROSPECTIVE- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

RETROSPECTIVE- The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Since the days of the NES Zelda has been, and most probably always will be, the definitive gaming franchise of all time. With perfection and polish, all Zelda games, save a few, have been slated as th... Read More

The Price is Right: Why Competition and Second Hand Sales Are Necessary

The Price is Right: Why Competition and Second Hand Sales Are Necessary

If you're reading this, the likelihood is that you play games. Whether you appreciate gaming as nothing more than a hobby or wax lyrical about the artistic achievements of your favourite franchise, it... Read More

Retrospective: Age of Empires III

Retrospective: Age of Empires III

Age of Empires 3 was sort of a mixed bag for me, especially after coming from the highs of Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings. I cannot deny the fact that I played AoE 3 online for almost three year... Read More

OPINION PIECE: BioWare’s gone too far with Mass Effect 3’s DLC

OPINION PIECE: BioWare’s gone too far with Mass Effect 3’s DLC

As we all must know by now, a DLC for Mass Effect 3 was recently announced- the previously rumoured, "From Ashes" DLC. BioWare earlier said that they have a "really good DLC" planned for the game, a... Read More

The new GamingBolt is here- A note from the editor

The new GamingBolt is here- A note from the editor

Please check the contest update here. What a fantastic three years it’s been- in the last three years, GamingBolt has grown from being just a blog to a full fledged site, where we cover more than w... Read More

EDITORIAL- The Dichotomies of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

EDITORIAL- The Dichotomies of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Nintendo's latest masterpiece in its long running The Legend of Zelda series released three months ago to some massive critical acclaim. The newest installment was met with some massive praise for it... Read More

PREVIEW: Mass Effect 3 Co-op Is Awesome

PREVIEW: Mass Effect 3 Co-op Is Awesome

The Mass Effect 3 demo was recently released, and we posted our impressions of the single player component of the demo here. As promised, here're our impressions of the co-op mode. There are two inhe... Read More

Mass Effect 3 Demo Impressions (Single Player)

Mass Effect 3 Demo Impressions (Single Player)

NOTE: Spoilers follow. Mass Effect 3's release is looming large on the horizon, and the hype is at an all time high. As promised, BioWare has released a demo for the game, to give players a taste of ... Read More