How gaming has been evolving

Gaming has evolved into a high sophisticated industry that affords gamers endless hours of intricately crafted stories and missions.

Gaming has become a substantial industry with professional players and massive international competitions. From the teen-targeted arcade games of old and the “tink-tink” of home consoles to a highly technical and complex industry, gaming is evolving almost daily.

Technology has advanced right alongside to produce computers specifically geared towards the graphic and speed demands of games, including multi-tasking screens that display the graphics in ultra HD and exceptional detail.

Since 1971 when the first commercial arcade game – Computer Space – was created, gaming has taken the world by storm.

Arcade games like Space Invaders became so popular that during 1978, Japan experienced a shortage of 100-yen coins for a while.

As games become ever more sophisticated, so does the equipment required by gamers – whether they are professionals or occasional dabblers.

While games improved and competed, the ’90s saw the release of Doom, a first-person shooter game. Mortal Kombat was deemed exceptionally violent and The Entertainment Software Ratings Board was formed.

Warcraft also exploded onto the scene and was one of the first strategy games with detailed missions. Warcraft has now evolved into one of the most popular multiplayer online games.

In the mid-’90s, PlayStation and gaming consoles began to attract people who didn’t normally play, with the inclusion of Blu-Rays and the streaming of music or films.

With huge advances in language-processing artificial intelligence gaming may just be unrecognisable in the next 10 years.