While films, novels, and music have ubiquitously been considered as art, video games have not. Get our free mobile appVelan StudiosOn October 10th, 2016, Karthik and Guha Bala founded a game studio at 5 3rd St. in Troy, New York. Success and GrowthTheir first major hit came in 2020, when they worked with video game giant Nintendo to develop Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, an Augmented Reality version of the popular racing game. It's a remake of the 1993 N64 game of the same name, published by Nintendo. Working on a Nintendo side project is one thing, but this was a flagship release that has made Velan into a name to look out for.