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November 25th.

black friday.

The start of the Christmas shopping season is here.

For many overseas players, this day, until Christmas, is the happiest time of the year.

Because during this time, not only will the games be discounted, but the consoles will also be discounted, there will be various activities in the game, and at the same time, there will be brand new masterpieces waiting for them to play!

And most importantly! It's time for a holiday!

Although the nationalities are different, the mood of each community animal during the holiday is basically the same.

in addition.

It's the end of the year, and as in previous years, a bunch of game awards and awards ceremonies will also be held. For the more well-known award ceremonies, participating manufacturers will not only receive awards, but also bring cakes to the stage...

This is customary.

Just like Lin Yao's TGA in her previous life, although it was an awards ceremony.

But the announcement of new games and new game demonstrations above is also eye-catching.

For example, in Lin Yao's previous life, TGA in 2021 announced Sonic's new work "Sonic: Frontier Unknown" and the sequel to "Alan Wake".

And here, there are similar traditions.

So for the players, this period of time is indeed a festival.

As for domestic.

Although the holiday of Thanksgiving has little to do with China, after all, there is no such holiday in China, but Europe and the United States are the most important player positions after all. Some well-known game companies, no matter which country the company is in, will hold them during this time. events and promotions.

The same goes for Forest Studio.

On that day, Linmu Studio's games and consoles also had promotions.

Yes, the Switch is just like any other console.

In the recent period, these manufacturers in the traditional console market have been fighting slowly in order to grab users. This year's promotions are also generally small. In order to grab players, the eight companies have worked hard and made a lot of money.

As for the Switch, compared with it, the promotional efforts are much higher, and even the sales of hardware are promoted, and every time Linmu Studio sells, it still makes money...

But players just buy it...

Because the price of Switch itself is higher than that of traditional consoles, and the attractiveness of the game lineup to players is lost to traditional console platforms.

So even if the promotion is low, players compare the prices, and then think of the game lineups of various host manufacturers. Players who can accept Switch’s first-party games, other than my host, will basically buy a Switch first... …

That angered the other eight colleagues...

It is obvious that the sales force of oneself is smaller than that of the other party, but the sales are more than that of the other party.

It's really the same plane and the same fate...

certainly.

Whether there is any gap between manufacturers or competition, it has nothing to do with the very small number of players.

Those who should buy consoles should buy consoles, and those who should buy games should buy games.

The only thing that may not matter at all is probably this year's White Saturday, and whether there are too heavy game releases.

It was too slow to mind, and there is.

Because Dreamland and Linyao Company have confirmed that they will announce the real machine demonstration of the new game for the first time at the Global Game Awards Ceremony held on December 6th!

...

"...Global Game Awards, do you have to participate?"

Gilbert looked at Hawkins, how willing he was.

"Well, when it comes to this year's games, I basically bypass you. I guess we would feel guilty about bypassing you, usually because there is no "Legend of Frank"."

Hawkins nodded, and then explained: "Yes, we saw that he really wanted to go back to the sea, and gave up inviting him to the scene. We only hope that he can show off the line like he participated in the Reflecta press conference. At the same time, we have prepared some surprises for the players...Of course, we also prepared surprises for you..."

"Surprise...you can guess what our surprise is."

Hearing this, Gilbert shook his head amusedly.

What Hawkins said was unreasonable. "Legend of Frank" was released this year, so we might avoid it. However, the credibility of the award ceremony will probably be hit...

Qi Min guessed, the surprise we are talking about is probably the annual game award.

"Well, you also think it's the game of the year, so...do you want to agree?"

Hawkins nodded heavily, and then asked again.

There are so many formal occasions that Gilbert is willing to attend. If it is for the development of the studio, you can basically choose to show up, just show up.

Every year, awards and other occasions are attended by the staff of Linmu Studio in Haili.

The committees of small award ceremonies are also used to it.

But that time, probably because "The Legend of Frank" was too dazzling... Coupled with the fame of Linmu Studio, among the new games every year, few of the most unpopular ones come from Linmu Studio, but we have always been under the awards ceremony. Or draw cakes under the game exhibition...

Players always feel that there is something more when they watch those awards ceremonies and game shows.

And the award ceremony always feels a little more golden.

Therefore, the organizer of this year's Global Game Awards did it, and very coldly wanted to invite Ji Bo to participate.

It is not only for gimmicks, but also to enhance the gold content of the awards ceremony.

And Qi Mingang agreed at the end.

You really want to run around, it's almost the end of the year, you don't have that time, how about going to accompany Qi Minting or Lin Xi?

But now the other party has compromised and made a compromise, and Gilbert really agreed.

After all, everyone said it was a surprise.

And Linmu Studio is a producer system, or a producer system, but when it comes to producers, it's about Gibb.

Linmu Studio has a small branch in the sea, so if you want a heavyweight person to be present, you can only come forward...

"Yes, yes..."

Gilbert sat under the chair, shaking his right and left, and then suddenly asked: "You have shot the material, how is the cut now?"

"The material of these two first-party studio games?" Qi Minting asked.

"Um."

"alright."

"Let's participate."

Gilber thought for a while, and made up his mind: "The other party has so few invitations, even willing to make a compromise, and revealed that there are no surprises, so it's for saving face. As for the surprises for the players, I will put the materials of these two games. Well, by the way, push forward the promotional video of "Call of Duty" and announce it below.

The time is approaching, and the difference is that it's time to face off against each other. The players are also looking forward to it, so this will be a tit-for-tat, and the atmosphere will be lifted! "

that time.

Under the awards ceremony is No Trees Studios only.

Linyao Company and Dreamland confirmed that they will announce the award ceremony for the real machine demonstration of the new game, which is the Global Game Awards that Ji Bo is invited to participate in!

...

This year's White Saturday is good for players, after all, the promotion of consoles is really small.

But there is no good point, that is, whether there is a new work that is too heavy at the end of the month.

In the past, at that time every year, there were not a few traditional gun car games, and few players, including few domestic players, were used to a social security FPS at the end of the year.

Now suddenly there is.

Yes, some are habits.

The expectations of young players for the new game are also lowered because the game is not on schedule.

In addition, when it comes to game awards, it basically revolves around "Legend of Frank". Players are also curious whether "Legend of Frank" can win a small award.

The two factors add up.

Players' expectations for this year's Global Game Awards are naturally rising.

What kind of game can win the award, who will win the small prize in the end, and which manufacturers will draw cakes. It will be later than in previous years, and what will be the real machine demonstration of the new year's goods that will be released on Christmas.

It's what players expect.

And the Global Game Awards are also slowly held.

The players' indifference to discussions was quite low.

"Qi Minting will definitely win Game of the Year! It's a white screen!"

"He came to the annual Wudan, the small stage of painting cakes, because I know there will be many small cakes this year..."

"Do you remember that the cakes drawn by GS last year were still baked... Watch the promotional video, it's amazing, and then there will be news."

"I'm afraid, the best cakes this year have already been baked! The kind that can be baked at any time! That time Dreamland and Linyao Company confirmed that the announcements were all actual machine demonstrations, and they will be ready at the end of last month." Play to the point of panic!"

"Yes, there is no forest studio yet! It is estimated that the pie we drew in the game lineup promotional video in the first half of the year has already been baked and can be released at any time."

"Forget about Linmu Studio... Our cakes are under the menu of the awards ceremony, and we will announce them separately."

"Yeah, I don't think it's a pity, you don't even want to see the gods fight..."

"Hmm... the one downstairs, his wish may be coming true!"

"..."

Just when the players were discussing in full swing...

No one popped in.

Lost a link.

The player who followed the post at that time clicked to open it.

Surprise indeed...

Confirmed by the Global Game Reward Committee.

This year, Gibb of Linmu Studio will also participate in the awards ceremony offline!

In addition, you will also announce the new works of Linmu Studio during the Christmas period under the awards ceremony!

that news.

As long as players who know a little bit about the industry, the moment they saw it, they would all groan.

That... it's really dull!

Because that means.

The PC platform competition, the game award competition, and the small game competition prepared by Linmu Studio, Dreamland, and Linyao Company for their respective PC platforms.

It will all unfold on the night of the awards ceremony!

A veritable fairy fight!

Players' expectations, as Forest Studio announced its participation in the war.

It was pulled to the lowest in an instant!

"Awesome! The committee actually persuaded the dead house Jibo! The little one is coming!!"

"Shut up! What a dead house! Will he be able to talk! Doesn't he talk about other people's wives like that?"

"Fuck, Linmu Studio is also announcing a new work at the awards ceremony, and it's going to be a confrontation with Dreamland and Qimin Company! You can imagine the smell of gunpowder today."

"Here we come! The first battle between the two small PC platforms this year! Whose first-party game will attract more attention!"

"Battlefield sequel! Battlefield sequel! Battlefield sequel!"

"Since Qi Min agreed to participate, he must be unprepared. There should be no FPS. There will be eight FPS by the end of the year...there are really too few, and we also know who will win first."

"You stand on Gilber... yes, Lin Mu Studio!"

"Downstairs is the team for looking at the faces, right?"

"..."

The coldness of the players was indeed ignited.

Yes domestic only.

The same goes for the sea.

After all, the two game platforms Vaporwave and Game Player operate in the same region, we are the most direct competitors, and every player knows it.

The games released on Christmas are basically the most important games.

In the end who can rely on games to attract fewer players to their own platform, it depends on the night!

Which player is looking forward to!

Therefore, this year's Global Game Awards has successfully become the one with the least attention...

When the organizer saw the situation, his mouth was crooked.

We did do one very right thing.

Now, players will focus on December 6th!

...

In just ten days, it is slow or fast.

December 6th.

Arrived very slowly.

that day.

North American time, four o'clock in the evening.

It's four o'clock in the morning in China.

The Global Game Awards will be held on time.

The players flocked out of the live broadcast room.

The awards ceremony was also broadcast live on time.

Then, finish the process step by step.

The specific process of the award ceremony was very traditional. Before the warm-up, each award was announced, and then various new tours and demonstrations were inserted between the announcements of each award.

The minimum level is to allow players to chat.

The awards are announced, from big to small.

The grand finale was Game of the Year.

The relatively well-known new game demos and cakes will also be placed at the forefront of the awards ceremony.

Therefore, players are most looking forward to the end of the award ceremony, but the end.

It's just a matter of where the lineup for this year's fairy fights will be.

Even if there is nothing to talk about later.

Players are still enthusiastic.

Yes, the Global Game Awards outside of that, in terms of process, is indeed as professional as Qi Min's later TGA.

Although TGA has no time to award awards, which is very criticizing, but 17 years ago, the number of games held was less and less familiar, and there were still plenty of cards.

For example, Gilber hates the symphony performance of TGA every year.

If the game of the year happens to be awesome this year, it will be really cool.

For example, in 2018, "Azure" started, followed by the main themes of "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey", "God of War 4", "Monster Hunter: World", "Red Dead Redemption" and other small works one by one.

Really great!

In fact, it was wrong in 2017. The annual game lineup is also a fight between gods and gods, but the live performance is indeed almost.

The worst, it should be the 20-year-old TM's First Survivor 2, when Gilber saw that it won the game of the year, he immediately turned off the video...

When it was less than four o'clock in the morning.

Gilbert took a look at the live broadcast of the awards ceremony, and then, you kind of wanted to suggest that the organizers also hold a symphony performance.

But after thinking about it for the first time, you still shook your head and gave up that idea.

It is necessary to blend.

In fact, things like awards are quite deep, like the TGA of Gilbert's later generations, the sponsors do not have Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and V agency... In fact, there is no feeling of a pig's head every year.

You have a cold for that.

How to allocate it is up to us.

That time you save face and announce the game.

Gilbert turned off the video and went to prepare for the announcement of the game.

At the same time, a small number of players were staring at the live broadcast, waiting for the announcement of the important awards and new game demos ahead.

As the time goes.

The awards ended up getting smaller and smaller.

From the awards for best sound design, best art direction, and best soundtrack/music, it quickly transitioned to the small award for a single game type like the best fighting game.

And the new works announced during the awards ceremony also quickly transitioned from some excellent large-scale games to small works.

But a small part of the games released at that time were all pictures.

Let alone this year.

It might happen again next year.

As for the games that can be played this year or next year, there are still debuts.

It is the sense of anticipation of the players that has been raised.

And with the announcement of the Best Sports/Racing Game Awards.

finally.

The first blockbuster new work of the award ceremony has been revealed.

The Dreamland guys stepped down and we got our awards.

Best Sports/Racing Game, won by one of our banner football games.

And the recipient of the Dreamland gave a mysterious smile before finishing his thank you speech.

then.

A very unknown rapper came on stage, and there was a rap on the scene.

And along with the rapping, under the small screen of the awards ceremony, the promotional video of Dreamland "Battlefield 5" also appeared.

Before the promotional film, there is a seam to switch the actual screen of the game.

Seven battlefields.

The famous KV-1 tank whizzed by, and the soldiers followed closely, facing the opponent's artillery fire, and ended the charge!

That's right.

The sense of presence is really good, with the exciting rap, all kinds of assaults.

It's really tasteless.

Few players were reminded of playing Battlefield, and they were instantly excited.

Real-time comments ended soaring.

At the beginning of the rap and demo session, the game date was announced.

The moment it comes out on December 22.

Thunderous applause.

Hi up!

"Well well well... it's really exciting."

The host reappeared and sighed with a smile on his face: "Let you all thank Pence for his singing, and also for the demonstration of Dreamland, and then... the best game guide."

Accompanied by the voice of the host.

People from Linyao Company also stepped down.

We do not have a whole rap, probably because we are afraid of homogenization.

But our whole life is also quite wrong.

The award for the best game director had just been awarded, and immediately after that, a soldier in full armor came down.

Wear a gas mask.

And when the other party took off the gas mask, no one in the place cheered.

Because the person on the mask is Mu Wanqing, the boss of Lin Yao Company.

That was a heavyweight.

Everyone in the industry here knows me.

I went to work myself, and the effect was indeed wrong.

As for Mu Wanqing's end, personally announcing "Mobile Force 6" on her flag, it also pushed the atmosphere of the entire awards ceremony to a low ebb again.

The real machine demonstration of "Mobile Force 6" is the same style as "Battlefield Smoke 5".

First of all, we talked about the warm years after the war, and then the style of the first half of the promotional film changed, highlighting a tragic one.

In the game, the player has to lead an AI team to run around in the most tragic battle of Stalingrad in seven battles, and fight fires in seven places.

Um.

The story background of the magic change.

But it is really interesting. Outside the real machine screen, under the special battlefield of the meat grinder, the player leads the team to fight in seven places, and the impact is extremely weak.

The promotional video is less than seven minutes long.

Wait for the game release date to come out on December 22.

The coldness of the players has been lowered again!

Before Mu Wanqing made a big joke at the right time, she entered the arena and let out a sigh of relief.

front desk.

"It's really hard work."

Qi Minting looked at Mu Wanqing who came up to the stage, and shook her head.

"For new games and platforms, it's worth it."

Mu Wanqing took off the body armor, threw it aside, and said something.

Zelda nodded, then glanced at the stage, and suddenly said: "Linmu Studio will announce your new work soon, right?"

"Um."

Qi Minting nodded.

"I knew there would be problems." Zelda was firm for a moment, without worry.

In fact, the two had discussed and struggled with when to appear on the stage.

That thing is quite mysterious.

Who knows when to show up to impress the players...

Yes, common sense.

The game that comes out first is indeed less likely to impress players.

Generally, it is when the quality of the subject matter is poor.

So the first two struggled for a while, and negotiated with the committee, choosing to announce the new game before Linmu Studio.

"The problem should be small."

Mu Wanqing turned around, looked at the stage as well, then thought for a while, and said, "After all, the demo video is just a demo video, so it is possible to put down all the gameplay, even if the gameplay of Linmu Studio is better than yours. Brilliant, but when the core gameplay of FPS is changed, there is a high probability for players to see that they get up directly. It is impossible for other types of games, but FPS is very difficult.

Even if there is no such gameplay, it may be difficult to reflect it in the demo video. That's why you decided to delay your debut, right? Impress the players first. After all, there are no shortage of shooting games, and all players will get tired of it. "

"Um."

Zelda thought for a while and nodded hurriedly.

really.

In fact, when Linmu Studio participated in the award ceremony, the two of them were in a very simple mood.

On the one hand, it wants us to participate, and then rely on the home court advantage to gain some advantages under the announcement.

But on the other hand, we are really afraid that the popularity of Linmu Studio is caused by Ding Nabo.

After all, even we have to kiss me, Linmu Studio is really good at creating surprises for players.

Yes too.

It's the end of the year now.

European and American players, who accounted for the small number of stand-alone game users, had the lowest indifference to FPS at that time! It's hard to beat FPS for other games of that type in that time period.

Even if Linmu Studio really did Bo Xiao's work, it released a small work like "Legend of Frank".

This is also a cold sale that can affect FPS, after all, that game type is still very popular.

And if we announced FPS too...

FPS gameplay innovation is difficult, like other types.

This seems to be too much to worry about.

at the same time.

Just when Mu Wanqing and Zelda were watching the stage.

Players, kiss me as a domestic player, and cheer up.

Dreamland and Linyao Company both came out.

Is it the turn of Linmu Studio next!?

On the live broadcast platform, the players finished browsing Linmu Studio in the live broadcast room.

And the committee of the Global Game Rewards did disappoint the players.

Take the chair off the stage.

To promote the best continuous operation award, and the game that won the award is "Breakout" by Linmu Studio.

The staff of Linmu Studio North America stepped down to accept the award, and then thanked the committee before saying that no ordinary friend would also like to thank everyone.

then.

The lights dimmed, and the screen in front of the venue lit up, showing another venue.

A man with a low ponytail appeared in the center of the screen and said hello.

"Hi Xiaojia, you are Qi Min from Linmu Studio."

as always.

And the moment you appeared.

"Wuhu."

Huge cheers erupted in the entire venue immediately.