Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 107 This is a Battle
Tencent probably didn't expect that its carefully planned pre-event would end up being "borrowed" by Xingchen Games in this way, and even showing signs of being overtaken.

But things have come to this point, the arrow is on the bowstring, and there's no turning back.

Both companies have been placed on a stage under the spotlight.

Meanwhile, countless players had already prepared their stools, snacks, and drinks, just waiting for this annual grand event to begin!
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7 month 19 day.

It was an ordinary day.

However, the press conferences held almost simultaneously by Starry Sky Games and Tencent Games instantly became lively.

In the morning, Chen Mo had just arrived at the editorial department and hadn't even sat down yet.

The boss's call came right away.

"Everyone, come here to the main conference room, now!"

At the boss's call, the editors got up from their workstations, and Chen Mo followed the crowd to the meeting room, which was usually only used for important topic selection meetings.

"What's going on? Why such a big commotion?"

"Hey kid, didn't you see the news yesterday? Starry Sky Games is going to hold a press conference today, on the same day as Tencent!"

"Huh? Really?... It's obvious they want to have a duel?"

"It's also possible that the two companies conspired together to create a publicity stunt."

Chen Mo followed him into the conference room.

Those who can appear here are all people who have been working in the industry for several years and know all the ins and outs of the industry like the back of their hand.

However, even so, the fact that Tencent and Starry Sky held press conferences at the same time is still a challenge.

It still feels a bit strange.

On the one hand, it's clear that Tencent intended to launch a surprise attack, but the problem is, after launching its surprise attack, it was then attacked by Xingchen's surprise attack as well.
This is where things get very complicated, but whatever's hidden in there...

For the media, this is nothing short of a windfall, allowing them to make money from both sides and gain traffic.

"Speaking of which, is Xingchen really going to reveal three new works at once?"

"I feel like StarCraft's speed is a bit too fast. How long has 'Final Battlefront' been popular? They've already come up with three big moves?"

The crowd below buzzed, signaling for everyone to be quiet, and he cleared his throat.

"Alright, stop speculating. Tencent will report it exactly as they planned. They provided the draft in advance; there's nothing to change..."

"For Xingchen, it's the same old routine. They paid us to buy the headlines, but we write the copy ourselves. Stay alert, if there's any big news, we have to seize it."

"Especially for the new media department, Bilibili's editing speed needs to be fast."

For gamers, their biggest competitors at this time, besides traditional websites like 1717, are actually the various information-related content creators on Bilibili.

The game "Final Frontline" is quite strange. It's not a completely ordinary game; it has a strong anime/manga element, which is why it has quite a few fans on Bilibili.

As a result, game bloggers on Bilibili also gained greater influence from this wave of traffic. Gamers naturally wanted to capitalize on this traffic, so they also created an official account on Bilibili.

The traffic has just been consistently low.

"Xiao Li, you are responsible for recording the press conference content in real time. Be sure to be fast, accurate, and efficient, and produce the report as soon as possible."

"Chen Mo, you're the editor-in-chief, experienced and responsible for in-depth analysis, especially those new IPs. Dig something out of them for me."

"Keep a close eye on everyone else, including social media and player communities. Report any suspicious activity immediately!"

The boss methodically assigned tasks, and the atmosphere in the editorial department quickly shifted from initial gossip and idle chatter to a tense and organized work state.

Immediately afterwards, the projector was turned on, and the huge projection screen appeared.

The left side shows the launch event for StarCraft Games, while the bottom right window shows the launch event for Tencent Games. This isn't meant to be discriminatory towards Tencent.

The main reason is that the articles from Tencent Games are all written in advance and submitted to them for review beforehand. What will be published and when it will be published are already decided.

The reason I still have a window hanging next to it is purely out of concern that Tencent might pull out something new at the press conference.

There was still some time before the press conference.

For this live stream, Xingchen chose Bilibili as the platform, while Tencent chose Tencent Video.

Although they are on different platforms, both of their live streams are currently black, with Xingchen's stream having an additional countdown timer.

The comments on the black screen clearly show that Xingchen Games' live stream is significantly more popular than Tencent's.

"Holy crap? Over 60 people are already watching? There are still more than ten minutes until the show starts!"

Although the live stream had not yet started.

But the people in the Gamers' Office have discovered some amazing things, such as the popularity of the Bilibili Starry Night Games live stream interface at this time.

"This popularity doesn't seem to be artificially inflated; the speed at which the comments flow is incredible."

"Huh? Why are there so many Japanese comments?"

"Breaking news!! Ten minutes ago, Starry Sky Japan also issued an announcement stating that their Nico Nico Douga live streaming channel in Japan was overwhelmed by too many viewers. Starry Sky Games said they are working to restore service and have informed other live streamers around the world to temporarily move to YouTube or Bilibili."

"Huh? Is Hoshino really that popular in Japan? Nico Nico Douga is overwhelmed with traffic??"

Upon hearing the news, one of the editors was stunned for a moment.

First, I was stunned. This live stream from Starry Night Games was actually a global live stream?

Secondly, I'm stunned. The live stream hasn't even started yet, so why are the Japanese live stream channels already overwhelmed?

Is this star really that popular in Japan?
In fact.

This is actually a typical misunderstanding caused by information gap.

At this time, niconico was at the peak of its popularity, with 346 million daily active users and 954 million monthly active users, but niconico's server performance was never very high.

Especially the live streaming module.

For example, when Niconico was streaming the popular anime "Kemono Friends" this year, a series of serious malfunctions occurred due to the large number of viewers.

Even paid members were unable to watch the live stream properly, with many users experiencing issues such as buffering, inability to drag the progress bar, or even complete failure to load.

Due to the wide-ranging impact of the incident, the official broadcast schedule had to be rescheduled to quell user dissatisfaction.

This is why this situation occurs.

It's purely because the owner of Niconico, Kadokawa, is unwilling to invest money in servers.

Even in an era where 1080p is commonplace, regular users of Niconico can only watch in 360p quality, and even with a membership, it's only 720p, and even then, it buffers when there are many people watching.
Of course, it is precisely for this reason that niconico has declined all the way down since its peak in 16, and has been completely overtaken by YouTube.

Given this context, Xingchen's popularity was already quite good, so it's normal for it to be briefly overwhelmed by a large number of people.

But domestic players don't know that.
Most people still think that Niconico is similar to Bilibili, so when this news came out, Japanese players were used to it, but the domestic media were quite surprised.

Is StarCraft Games really that influential in the Japanese server?
"Xiao Li, stop looking at it. Go and get this news out of the box, find some screenshots and send them out as soon as possible."

"it is good."

An unexpected incident resulted in the "loss" of a "soldier" for the GamerSky editorial department.

(End of this chapter)