Video Game Designer

"The game was stolen. Today, there is also Youtube on Twitch. Someone broadcast live and uploaded the trial video of the Battle of Left 4 Dead." Charles said with some headaches.

This is probably a bit worse than a purely digital game.

Because it needs to be sent to the factory in advance, and the game is distributed to various retailers, there will always be some powerful players who get the corresponding resources and publish them.

Whether it is Nintendo or Ubisoft, these first-line manufacturers have no way to avoid the game being stolen.

Faced with the incident of being stolen, most of the manufacturers can only express their attitudes with innocuous words such as "condemn the source of the sneaking" and "hope the sneaking players will not publicly disclose the game content".

To be more strict, if there is a multiplayer online function in the game, it is the BAN disconnection function, so that it can only play the game in single player mode.

"It's better to advance the release date, and we haven't activated the networking function for the time being. As for the road to survival, sneaking and exposing the game content will not have a great impact." Compared with Charles' headache, Chuhe It takes a lot to see.

For games in general, what is the fear of stealing?

For game manufacturers, the fear is that the plot of the game will be exposed, which will lead to lower purchase sentiment of players.

As for players, obviously this will give them a very unfair feeling, even if it is not the responsibility of the manufacturer.

Everyone is queuing together, why can you jump in line in advance?

"Advance the release date, and investigate the source of the game's sneaking, and contact a lawyer to sue the sneaking player." Chu He looked at Charles and said.

It doesn't matter whether the prosecution can win in the end or how much compensation can be obtained. The most important point is to express Tianhe Network's attitude towards such things as sneaking away.

"I have notified EA's legal department, and they are already investigating this matter." Charles nodded and said.

While Charles was discussing this with Chuhe, both at home and abroad, the video about the sneaking of the road to survival has been circulated on the Internet, and it has attracted a lot of attention from players.

Even the news about the World of Warcraft project originally released by Blizzard was overwhelmed by Left 4 Dead.

"Is there no story mode? Just hit the zombies directly?"

"Isn't it still on sale? Why can you play it!?"

"It looks really cool, it's the same as the trailer, and the game itself hasn't shrunk."

On the Reddit forum, players from all over the world express their opinions.

And when everyone was discussing the sneak version of Left 4 Dead, after Tianhe Network and EA contacted Sony and Microsoft, they released a big news at the same time.

Left 4 Dead will be released in advance, and all players can purchase it directly from local retail stores, through EA official purchase, or choose to purchase the digital version on the host platform.

Depending on the region, those who choose official purchases will be shipped within three days at the earliest and within ten days at the latest.

At the same time, the game is priced at a unified global price of $29.99.

In the afternoon, Prandtl was leaning on his computer chair, watching the live broadcast of E3, when suddenly his cell phone vibrated, and then a ringtone rang.

Picking it up, Plant glanced at the caller ID, and then connected strangely: "Hey, Tom, what's the matter?"

"Damn it, I knew you wouldn't know about this news, hurry up! Left 4 Dead is on sale in advance! Go to GameStop, or you'll have to wait in line when others find out, of course the most important thing is that you give me Bring one."

"Why? Isn't your home closer to GameStop? Why don't you go directly after you know, and bring me a copy?" Plante said with wide-eyed eyes.

But after all, he was not ambiguous at all. He used his neck to hold the phone on his shoulder to talk, and at the same time quickly changed into his pants and jacket.

"Damn it, if I didn't have a stomachache, of course I'd go straight to buy it! Okay, stop talking nonsense, I can't wait to play this game."

"Don't worry, FPS-type games are my strong point. Then you are ready to follow my ass and cheer for me!" After putting on his clothes, Prandtl grabbed his phone and said while putting on his clothes. shoe.

GameStop is currently the world's largest TV game and entertainment software retail giant, operating 5,889 chain stores around the world. It can be said that GameStop is completely a shopping paradise for gamers. It provides you with the latest online game software from well-known companies such as Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, as well as advanced PC configurations and game console configurations. It also sells various computer magazines. Game guide and more.

Half an hour later, Prandtl, who drove to the gate of GameStop, opened his eyes wide and looked at the queue at the entrance of the store.

"No way, there aren't any games for sale today. Are they all players who bought Left 4 Dead? How can these guys be so well-informed?" Prand opened his mouth, unable to say a word for a long time.

This is probably too surprising.

"Hey, friend, are you also here to buy Left 4 Dead?" Just as Plant was queuing up, someone behind him spoke up suddenly.

"That's right, are you too?" Turning his head, he saw a little brother with earphones hanging around his neck, nodded Plante and said.

"Of course, I originally planned to buy Battlefield, but he mainly focuses on PVP confrontation, but I don't like that type, I prefer the PVE mode, but there are too few FPS games with this mode, I hope Left 4 Dead don’t let me down.”

"It should feel great. I've seen the video of being sneaked on youtube, and it's very exciting." Talking about the game, although the two met for the first time, it was as if they had known each other for a long time, and they started quickly We started talking.

"That's great, but is this company called Tianhe Network owned by Huaxia? I've never seen them have any good games." The earphone brother asked proactively.

"The world and famine, do you know? They are all games developed by them, and Battlefield EA also cooperated with them technically. It was also shown at E3 before. It feels like a very capable game. It should be It must be the most powerful game company in China." Prandt told the other party what he knew.

However, compared to foreign countries, there is obviously not much movement in China in the early hours of the morning. In addition, there is no way to buy Road to Survival through official channels in China, so it feels very peaceful.

But this peace was soon broken with the live broadcast of the road to survival by the anchors on the major live broadcast platforms.