Unit 5/14 part 2 Task 2 Article 1 draft 2

                         Gaming in east London

This article is on gaming in east London. In the year we are in now many young people in east London spend their time gaming when they are not at school. This is because of the new range of games that keep being released every year. From the big franchises that have been around for years to the new small games that are starting off and making an impact.

Here is an example back in 2001 Halo was a new first-person shooter game and franchise made by a company named bungie. The game itself had great reviews and soled around 5.5 million copies. Now there are a range of halo games continuing its story and adding in more characters to its lore. There are even real time strategy games in the franchise now. The franchise is still going strong even with a change of company making the games. Destiny is a first-person shooter made in 2014 by the company that founded halo. With its story, immerse content and being made by a company that made a previous successful franchise in first-person shooting it sold around 10 million copies on the first day of its release.

Besides first-person shooters there are other types of games that young people in east London can buy either in their local gaming store or in the online store on their console or on the internet. Another game type is racing games. These games are used to show the beauty cars and the beauty of different locations that could be real locations in the world. One franchise that makes racing games is Forza. This franchise is published by Microsoft studios and has a range of Forza Motorsport. Which is a racing game comprised of many cars and many different tracks. They also have the 3 Forza horizon games which are the free roaming style of racing games which includes different locations in a certain country, hundreds of cars and many events. This is one of the biggest racing franchises and one of Xbox’s biggest exclusives.

Young people also spend their time gaming because of all the new friend groups they make with either people they know or random people they meet online. This makes them game longer because they may now have a team for matchmaking or a certain mission on a game. They can also just mess around on their favourite games and find fun things to do with the people they meet. Finding people to play with that share the same interest is what make young people continue to game knowing that they can share the experience and create new bonds and memories with people doing something they enjoy.