Top 5 Most Expensive Video Games

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Video games have become a part of our day to day lives. There are numerous people who can't even sleep without playing video games. A few years back, the gaming space was limited to only a few video games like GTA: San Andreas or Vice City but things have changed over time.

The video games developed today are taking the gaming experience to new heights. Gaming companies are investing huge sums of amounts to provide the best games to the users. Here is a list of the Top 5 Most Expensive Games Ever Developed.

Top 5 Most Expensive Video Games

5 Destiny

Release Date: 2014
Developer: Bungie

Destiny is an online first-person shooter game developed with a budget of 140 million dollars. It has more than 25 million registered users and had made more than 1 Billion dollars in sales in the very first year of its release.

Players in the game take the role of Guardian wielding the power of light to protect the city from different alien races. Players have different tasks where they travel to different planets to investigate and neutralize the alien threats.

4 Star Citizen

Release Date: 2015
Developer: Cloud Imperium Games

Star Citizen is a multiplayer space trading and combat simulation game developed with a budget of 180 Million dollars. It was announced in 2012 and released in 2015 for testing to pre-purchase.

However, the game is still under development and the company is still taking crowdfunding. Over time, it has become the biggest crowdfunding project in the gaming industry. The fans are still eagerly waiting for the complete game.

3 Star Wars: The Old Republic

Release Date: 2011
Developer: BioWare Austin

Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the Star Wars universe and developed with a budget of 200 Million Dollars. It set a record of one million subscribers in the first 24 hours of the game release.

The game had already made over a Billion Dollars in sales. In the game, there are 8 different classes and each class has a 3 act storyline that progresses as the characters level up.

2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Release Date: 2009
Developer: Infinity Ward and Beenox

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter game developed with a total budget of 250 Million Dollars. It became the most expensive game in the COD series.

The game made $310 million in the first 24 hours of its release in the UK and USA. The game campaign follows Task Force 141 which is a multi-national special forces unit. Players are tasked to hunt Vladimir Makarov, leader of the Russian Ultranationalist party.

1 Grand Theft Auto V

Release Date: 2013
Developer: Rockstar North

Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game developed with a budget of 265 Million Dollars making it the most expensive game ever developed. It took 5 years to develop this game but has it been worth it? Definitely yes, it became a huge success and made 1 billion dollars within the first 3 days of its initial release. The game can be played with either a third-person or first-person perspective and everybody knows what you need to do in a GTA game.

These are the Top 5 most expensive video games ever developed. We hope you find this information helpful and if you do then, don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated with the top 5 series.

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