For the longest time, multiplayer gaming in India revolved around cyber cafes. A regular weekend plan (or weekday, FPS News if you decided not to attend class) would consist of you and your mates heading to the nearest LAN gaming parlor and spending the day playing Counter-Strike, DOTA 2, or whatever said parlor had installed. For most of the country, that was the extent of online gaming. There would be intermittent waves with games like League of Legends, but nothing took the mass population by storm quite like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, especially the mobile vers

No, I'm talking about that annoying moment when you're engaged in a tense battle against a formidable opponent, and just when you think you've gotten the better of them you miscalculate a dodge roll, tumble over a ledge, and the subsequent landing inflicts such extreme trauma to your shins that the "You Died" screen immediately pops up. All other damage you can handle like a champ. But a six-foot drop? Sorry pal, that's instant de

But then again, these games also feature the same characters being shot, stabbed, burned, beaten, and dragged behind the bumper of a car. Yet the worst that happens is a few scratches and a drop or two of blood. If things get really bad, they might pause to apply a bandage while making a face that says "ouch, that smarts!" These are basically bombastic action movies that we get to play. When has an action movie ever ended because the main character has fallen and can't get up? Imagine if Die Hard ended early because John McClane fell down a flight of stairs. We definitely wouldn't be watching that film at Christmast

To make it simpler, PUBG Mobile permeated into Indian pop-culture the same way Fornite did in the USA and other parts of the world. Before we understand why PUBG got so popular, there are a few things we need to understand about the country. India is a primarily mobile-based country with 97% of users running Android . The advent of budget smartphones like VIVO, OPPO, and MI has not only increased the accessibility to smartphones, but also widened the gap in Android’s fav

Apex Legends is literally a game that tosses you into battle armed with nothing but your wits and skills. With that in mind, here are a few tips to get you started. The best way to learn is just to keep playing, but hopefully these hints can shorten the learning curve (progression has been a bit of a grind, prior to the changes made to the battle pass in Season

PUBG Mobile does a good job with this. You can play while on a bus or train ride to school or work (or even play in those places, just don't get caught). Good luck trying to do this on a PS4 or Xbox

Tom Clancy's The Division , developed by Ubisoft, is a game set in a post-apocalyptic New York City. Players take on the role of an agent tasked with restoring order after a deadly virus has swept through the c

The game's futuristic setting isn't just for story purposes. PlatinumGames created a ton of interesting and exciting gameplay mechanics that center around sci-fi technology, making Vanquish feel unique even to this

Apex Legends was applauded for the innovation of its easy to use "ping" system, which other games have begun to copy. This allows players to easily share information with the press of a button, even if they don’t have micropho

New players will often be confused by announcements about "The Ring". How this mechanic works is that the area is surrounded by an area deadly to players that slowly closes in upon a part of the battlefield. This pattern happens a few times throughout a ma

Update 9.1 also adds the new map, Paramo, which features an active volcano and flowing lava across the landscape. It's also partly procedurally generated, so the new PUBG map feels different every time you play. However, because of the ever-shifting nature of the map, it's located in a separate matchmaking pool called Seasonal Match. Wins here will not count towards your sta

A good rule of thumb, however, is to try and always get a height advantage on your enemies if possible, and always have some form of cover to hide behind. As the match goes on, you will often run into enemies equipped with highly upgraded sniper rifles, who will punish you for wandering around in the open. The meta is constantly changing as patches go by, so you never know who you might be up agai

Reading up on all these abilities ( and some of the best squad compositions in the game ) will help you find a Legend you’d like to start playing as, as well as keep you aware of the dangers you’ll face from other Legends. People playing for free start with a more limited roster, so these will be the ones you’ll be most likely to run into during a match. Keep in mind that regular balance tweaks take place, with Wraith (for instance) being nerfed in Season 8. While it's true that Season 7's player engagement hasn't been stellar, the game continues to be a force to be reckoned w