Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 296 Stud
They want to steal the domestic PC legitimate market that StarCraft Games painstakingly opened up with "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".

The method of robbing was simple, brutal, and direct.

For capital in 17, the subsidy strategy of the previous years had already provided the best answer.

The subsidy war, to put it bluntly, is all-in.

If you don't have that many chips, you don't even qualify to compete, no matter how good your card skills are.

The same game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, sells for 158 yuan on other platforms, but on XGAME, with a 50% off coupon, it only costs 79 yuan.

The money saved is enough for a decent meal of spicy hot pot on the street. After using all three coupons, the savings can even buy a new game.

This kind of temptation is irresistible to any ordinary player.

This irresistible appeal allowed Tencent to rapidly expand, enabling players to recruit others and accumulate online time, quickly inflating XGAME's popularity.

"Wow, that's awesome! Fujiko really went all out this time!"

"Who cares who fights whom, as long as we players benefit! Fight! Fight them until they're brainless!"

"Starry Sky is in danger! How do we respond to this? We can't just start giving away 50% off coupons too, can we?"

"Hey!! If Starry Night also offers a 50% discount, wouldn't PUBG only cost 50 yuan???"

The crowd buzzed with discussion, and the wind direction shifted dramatically within seconds.

Players who were initially just watching the show are now seriously planning to register an account on XGAME and claim those three glittering coupons.

On stage, Zhao Ming listened to the thunderous discussions around him, and his pride was almost overflowing.

This is the effect he wants.

He wanted everyone to see that in the face of absolute capital, any sophisticated operations and so-called user stickiness are utterly vulnerable.

Home?

Today, whoever has the loudest voice wins!

Zhao Mingqing cleared his throat, and his voice, transmitted through the speakers, once again drowned out the noise in the room.

"Our sincerity goes beyond this!"

"In addition to coupons, we will also launch the 'Game Translation Co-creation Program,' inviting all game enthusiasts to participate in the globalization of game languages, contribute your wisdom, and help domestic games be sold to more countries around the world, fill in the gaps in the global language of games, and also receive generous platform rewards!"

Actually, it ends here.

Tencent has basically stopped pretending. All that talk about game translation co-creation and providing global languages ​​for domestic games is really just publicity stunts for future Chinese-language exclusives.
Although Tencent is promoting the international version.

However, ever since StarCraft Games' "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" became popular, it seems that everyone has assumed that the international version is the same as the domestic version.

This change is very subtle. It's like how, after the country completely abandoned Steam in the previous era, it was already tacitly accepted in China that as long as it was a PC single-player game, you could actually sell it without a game license.

The media area was ablaze with flashes.

Chu Chen was also in the audience, so the online live streamers, being quite savvy, gave him several shots, and many media outlets were also snapping photos of him.

However, Chu Chen didn't show any expression.

On stage, Zhao Ming basked in the cheers of the crowd, his smile widening.
"This is just the beginning."

He spoke each word with an air of confidence that commanded the entire room.

"We know that players want more."

"So today, in addition to the benefits of WEXPLAY for overseas players, I will also reveal a special gift that we have prepared for all Chinese PC players."

The atmosphere at the scene was instantly raised to its peak.

besides?

Chu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and as he finished speaking, the screen behind Zhao Ming went dark. From the darkness, a familiar, melodious, and grand tune began to play.

Thump~ thump thump thump~ clang~ thump clang thump

Hero's Proof!!!

Immediately afterwards, a line of text burning with flames appeared on the dark screen.

Capcom

Boom! It was as if a bomb had been dropped on the scene, causing an instant uproar!

"Holy crap! Capcom!"

What appeared on the screen next completely ignited the entire audience.

In the lush primeval forest, a massive Anjanath roars, spewing flames; a Tobi-Kadachi darts through the trees at high speed, its body crackling with electricity; and before them, a hunter clad in armor and wielding a huge katana is locked in fierce combat…

The level of detail in the visuals is unprecedented in the series.

Finally, the screen freezes, and the game's huge logo appears—

MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

The screams nearly lifted the roof off the entire venue.

However, this is not over yet.

Below the game logo, several lines of smaller text appeared.

[PC version exclusively published by Tencent WEGAME in mainland China]

[Global launch in Spring 2018]

When those lines of text appeared clearly on the big screen, an eerie silence fell over the entire venue, lasting for about three seconds. Then, a volcanic eruption of fury erupted!

"Holy crap!!!???"

Countless players jumped up from their seats.

Wang fried!

This is a real game-changer!
Zhao Ming stood in the center of the stage, his face beaming with joy. He didn't say another word, because any words seemed pale and powerless in the face of "Monster Hunter: World" and the words "global simultaneous exclusive release".

In its previous life, Tencent acquired the copyright after Monster Hunter: World was released on console platforms and became a global bestseller with rave reviews.

Obtaining the copyright was easy, but by 18, the issuance of game licenses had already been suspended, so WEGAME's plan to launch on the edge of legality was taken down after only a few days.

However, in this timeline, Chu Chen's flapping wings, like a butterfly's wings, made Tencent, this behemoth, feel the pressure from the stars ahead of time.

Tencent Group has placed unprecedented importance on its gaming platform.

Their proactive approach resulted in them spending money before Monster Hunter was even released and successfully securing the exclusive distribution rights for the PC version of Monster Hunter: World in mainland China, with a simultaneous global release!

Moreover, because they acquired it early, Chu Chen felt that they should be able to get a publishing license for this project.
No wonder Tencent is so confident.

It seems they're trying to do both the overseas and domestic versions simultaneously, and they want to make sure both are done well.
Zhao Ming couldn't contain his smile anymore. The players' reaction was even better than he had expected, although they weren't cheering for Tencent, but rather for Capcom's *Monster Hunter: World*.

But that didn't matter. His gaze passed through the bustling crowd and the flashing lights, landing on the figure sitting quietly in the first row.

He saw Chu Chen.

Unfortunately, Chu Chen's face did not show the shock, solemnity, or frustration he had expected.

The young man simply watched the stage quietly, a faint smile seemingly playing on his lips.
Zhao Ming's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.

(End of this chapter)