Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 594 Don't be afraid, just get through it.

However, even though the media has tried very hard, it still can't quite keep up.

Not to mention, it's precisely during tense times that more "crazy" people tend to show up and cause trouble. For example, right now, Zhang Jun was still thinking of a headline when the door to the editorial office was suddenly pushed open.

A middle-aged man with a receding hairline walked in with a stern face.

"Zhang Jun, what's going on? I've seen other media outlets publish their in-depth articles several times already, why are you still holding back your headline?"

The visitor was the company's boss.

When Zhang Jun saw the person, he was about to curse. After only half an hour of the event, which media outlet could write an in-depth article? But upon seeing the person, he swallowed back the curse he had already uttered.

He choked on his words, his face turning red, but it was clear that directly confronting his boss like that wouldn't work.

"Boss, it's not that we're slow, it's just that we really can't keep up with the writing!"

When Liu Cixin posted on Weibo, it was already 8:40.
In other words, StarCraft's E3 pre-show press conference had already been going on for almost 40 minutes.

Besides the initial "Star Core" and "The Wandering Earth", StarCraft has also released many promotional videos.

For example, the games announced at last year's Suzhou and Hangzhou Game Festival, such as "Bloodstained: The Legend of Sword and Fairy," "The Legend of Sword and Fairy: The ...

In addition to these games, Starry Sky has also released new promotional videos for a large number of unreleased games, including "Floating Dreams" and "Final Forbidden Zone".

Project Stars also unveiled a bunch of new games: *The Scroll of Taiwu*, *The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel*, *Fate Seeker*, and *My Time at Portia*.

In addition to this E3 appearance, a large number of already released games also want to ride the wave of popularity.

Azur Lane, Honkai Impact 3, Onmyoji, StarCraft's own FGO and Final Frontline, along with other miscellaneous StarCraft Project games, launched the "StarCraft Trial Week".

In other words, all the games in Project Star will be free to play during the E3 event, although these games and events are certainly not as sensational as the two games introduced at the beginning of the press conference.

But we still need to write news about these games.

"We still need to find out the reactions from overseas media and overseas players. In order to get the article out as soon as possible, I pulled over all the online contributors, but this is still not enough!"

Zhang Jun's boss is also a veteran in the media industry. Although the homepage focuses on celebrity gossip, he knows that the pressure on editors is indeed great when news breaks out in concentrated bursts.

"Forget about the small stuff! Right now, everyone, focus on writing about the hottest topics! Write about 'Star Core' and 'The Wandering Earth'! Write about Liu Cixin! Write about movie tie-ins! Write the summary now! Write about the impact!! Understand? I want to see our news immediately after the press conference!"

“But…” Zhang Jun hesitated.

"The press conference isn't over yet. What if we focus all our energy on writing the article, and then Xingchen breaks another big news story later?"

"Another big news story?"

Hearing this, the boss was so angry he laughed. He pointed to the screen filled with reports about "The Wandering Earth".

"Look at this spectacle! What news could be bigger than this? What do you think Xingchen is? An armory? Dropping nuclear bombs one after another?"

He patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder, his tone leaving no room for argument.

"That's impossible. Starry Sky has already played its cards for this year; what's left are just scraps. Now is the time to grab traffic. Whoever is fastest will get the biggest slice of the pie. Hurry up and get everyone moving!"

The boss's analysis sounded very reasonable. In fact, not only him, but the vast majority of media outlets and gamers around the world who were following this press conference shared the same thought.

A PV for "Star Core," two games, the grand narrative of "The Wandering Earth," the simultaneous bombardment of games and movies, plus Liu Cixin's golden brand...

Any one of these news items would be a bombshell on its own, but Xingchen dropped them all at once, pushing everyone's emotions and expectations to their peak.

Above that? What else could there be?
We can't really invite aliens to the press conference, can we?

With that thought in mind, Zhang Jun stopped worrying. He took a deep breath, turned around, and yelled at the entire office, "Everyone heard me! Put aside everything else for now and start writing the summary draft, focusing on 'The Wandering Earth' and 'Star Core'!!! Now!"

"Roger that!"

~~~
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, at the StarCraft E3 preview launch event.

In a corner of the press conference venue, a man wearing a baseball cap subconsciously adjusted the brim of his cap, trying to bury his face deeper into the shadows.

This suspicious man was none other than Zhao Ming.

Actually, Xingchen did give some internal vouchers to many domestic manufacturers, including Tencent, after all, "Chinese manufacturers are one family."
However, although Xingchen provided the tickets, Tencent did not accept them.

He said he was preparing for his own press conference, but after refusing Xingchen's tickets, Zhao Ming got a few regular tickets from scalpers. He had no choice; Xingchen's pre-exhibition press conference was too important, and he had to come in person to check the situation before he could feel at ease.

However, this one took half an hour to watch.

The sweat on Zhao Ming's forehead never stopped.

He glanced around and saw that there were quite a few of his own people hiding in the corners.

Not far away, several familiar faces from NetEase were whispering to each other. Further away, there were also people from Wanmei, one of whom was talking to a blond, blue-eyed man, presumably someone from Steam.

"I guess there aren't any others."

Beside Zhao Ming, a senior executive, also from Tencent, let out a long sigh of relief, his tense shoulders relaxing. He lowered his voice, filled with the relief of surviving a close call.

"Thankfully, we made it through."

"The scale is large, but the approach is still within expectations. The Star Core bilogy should be a large-scale ACG project, and The Wandering Earth will be a film and game crossover, using Liu Cixin's IP to create a global narrative. This is to expand the whole business. Let's go back and study it carefully, and keep up."

Zhao Ming didn't say anything, he just nodded.

Indeed, while Starry Sky's fighting style is fierce, its logic is clear.

They are raising the bar for the entire industry, using top-tier IP and industrialization capabilities to crush their competitors. Although this has caused a huge uproar at the moment, it is still within Tencent's comprehension.

It's not something that can't be dealt with; Tencent has plenty of money and resources.

Zhao Ming was even thinking that he would have the art team prepare tonight and come up with a direction for a 3A masterpiece tomorrow. Well, although time was tight, he might only be able to release a draft.

But that's okay, didn't The Elder Scrolls V only have one logo?
This is something you just need to have.

(End of this chapter)