After Blue Hole Games was acquired by Zhonghe Group, some of its employees entered China, and together with Chinese employees poached from game companies such as Penguin and NetEase, they jointly formed PUBG Studios.

In addition to continuing to operate PUBG's mobile games and PC games at home and abroad, it also undertakes the task of continuing to develop FPS and TPS games.

The employees who stayed in South Korea continued to use the name of Blue Hole, named Bluehole Studios, and their research direction was MMORPG games, which are called "massively multiplayer online role-playing games" in China, which is the kind of League of Legends, with a variety of game classes, and players can choose any one.

The first batch of core employees of Blue Hole Studio are all from NCSOFT, the largest game company in South Korea, that is, the company that made large-scale MMORPG online games such as "Lineage" and "Sword and Soul".

And before PUBG, he also developed a "War of the Oracles", and there is still a deep research and development accumulation in the field of MMORPG.

After the successful launch of PUBG, they did not sit idle, and devoted their main energy to the development of a game called "A:IR".

In fact, this game is still in front of PUBG, but the development difficulty is really not small, and Zhang Yida wants them to scatter their main energy to PUBG.

So the project dragged on, hurried and hurried, and finally started testing this month.

The game is based on a steampunk worldview, where mechanical civilization and magic coexist, and the war mainly takes place in the sky of the ruined planet and the empty city suspended in the air.

There are five classes: Gunner, Warrior, Witch, Assassin, and Elementalist, and since most of the battles take place in the sky, it makes sense to say that it is an air combat game.

As the owner of a game company, it's a bit unreasonable not to experience the game yourself.

Zhang Yida chose a gunner character, piloted the spaceship, controlled the machine gun, and experienced a ground and air attack.

The game screen is still very beautiful, the cannonballs are shot out, falling on the ground and splashing in the air with clusters of explosive flames, Zhang Yida is addicted.

After playing in the office for five or six hours in a row, and raising the game character to the full level of 30, Zhang Yida stopped the game without getting enough of it.

made a phone call to Jin Changhan, the head of the Blue Hole Studio, and boasted: "The game is doing well, I feel like it's fun after playing for a few hours, how long will it take to be officially launched?"

was praised by Zhang Yida in person, and Jin Changhan was very happy.

After the merger of Blue Hole into Zhonghe Games, he only served as the general manager of Blue Hole Studio, which has been greatly weakened, and also served as the vice president of Zhonghe Games, which was considered a fictitious position.

250 million US dollars to sell the Blue Hole transaction, he also got 50 million US dollars, which can be regarded as wealth freedom.

He also thought about leaving his job and starting a new business, but after thinking about it carefully, he extinguished this idea.

When people reach middle age and have a family and a mouth, they have long lost the impulse of their youth.

Blue Hole had gone bankrupt once before, and he didn't want to go through it a second time.

In addition, Zhang Yida also values him very much, not only allocating a part of the operating profits of PUBG to him to develop "A:IR", but he also got the options of Zhonghe Group, and the annual salary is not low.

If you leave your job and start a business, you have concerns, and you may not be as good as looking for a job.

Zhang Yida is far away in China, and he rarely intervenes in game research and development, and with the support of Zhonghe Group, a powerful parent group, there has been no shortage of R&D funds, and he feels quite comfortable.

He doesn't have many ideas now, he just wants to continue the miracle of PUBG and build Blue Hole into a world-renowned game studio.

Hearing Zhang Yida ask about the launch time of the game, Jin Changhan smiled wryly, "Only 70% of the research and development work has been completed now, and the server will be tested later, and the official launch will be at least at the end of 18." ”

There is still more than half a year before the end of the year, Zhang Yida frowned slightly, and soon stretched out again.

"Okay, don't worry, I'd rather go online later than rude the company's reputation and reputation. ”

Kim Chang-han nodded yes and said that he would do his best to complete this work.

There is only one popular game in the game field, and in terms of the capital market, this can be regarded as a great instability.

To make a good game, maybe you are lucky, but it doesn't mean that you are necessarily strong.

And after PUBG is not popular, there is a lack of a game to support performance, which is quite detrimental to valuation.

Zhang Yida did not overly force the employees of the game sector, after all, it is difficult to come up with popular products, how can it be said that there are them.

He set up a number of game studios and recruited a large number of industry elites, just to lay the foundation for the small workshop Blue Hole.

The stronger the company, the greater the probability of making a hit.

Zhang Yida called Zhang Lan to the office and asked about the progress of the research and development of the OHAYOO platform.

Zhang Lan 1510 said: "The research and development work has basically been completed, but in the early stage, because we are not well-known in the field of game publishing, we can't attract enough game developers.

What I mean is to act as an agent for a few casual entertainment games first, and then launch our OHAYOO casual entertainment game publishing platform when the market reputation rises. ”

That's right, Zhang Yida plans to grab the business of 4399 and make platforms such as Shake Vision, Kuaishou, Station B, and Rocket Video become the propaganda positions of casual games.

With the help of the algorithm mechanism, Zhonghe can easily find the good player in the game and push the mini-game in front of him.

When these games are made, Zhonghe will take a share of the turnover income, which can be regarded as a kind of traffic monetization.

In addition to the half of the Internet finance, other advertisements, e-commerce, and games are all monetized on the short video platform.

After the merger of Ruixiang and Zhonghe, the data of the two sides will be connected, and the half of Internet finance can basically be landed.

"Yes, just do what you want!"

Zhang Yida smiled, "I don't know which small game companies can be this lucky one, don't choke them." ”

Zhang Lan didn't think this was an exaggeration, and by the number of players in the game PUBG, it was possible to calculate the proportion of gamers in the user group of Zhonghe Group.

Even if it can only be converted into 12/10, that's tens of millions of gamers.

This achievement can definitely make the carp of the small game company jump into the dragon gate, and the ugly duckling into a swan.

"Mr. Zhang, in terms of traffic, it may be necessary to mobilize all the resources of the group to promote the first batch of cooperative games, and there may be some waste in the middle. ”

Zhang Yida waved his hand, "What is waste, it's not called waste, we have to set up a few examples."

In this way, developers in the game circle can only produce a herd effect when they see the first person to eat crabs and follow the Zhonghe group, all of them are changing guns and eating with their mouths full of oil. ”

Zhang Lan nodded, this truth is very simple and straightforward, and she understands it as soon as she hears it.

"By the way, the foreign game called Fortnite has eaten away at a lot of our market, and we have to do something about it, otherwise the players will run out. ”

Zhang Yida knows that this game, the game screen is in the style of American comics, similar to PUBG, and it is also a battle royale mode.

It's just a little more fun to use the materials you collect to build walls, stairs, etc., to modify the terrain, form defensive lines, or achieve more tactical objectives.

The style may not be very popular with most domestic players, but there are still quite a few people who like it abroad.

But fortunately, there are not as many PUBG cheats as in the previous life, and they were not directly collapsed by Fortnite.

The two sides are evenly matched, and even PUBG can have a slight upper hand.

"And what do you think we should do?"

Zhang Lan thought for a moment and replied: "It's not realistic to make a game that follows the trend, let's not talk about whether it can be popular, it's too late in time."

I think we still have to focus on PUBG, build this game well, try to keep players active, and extend the life of the game.

In terms of competitions, it would be nice to have a league like football, which is divided into several divisions such as China, South Korea, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Then get the top teams from each region together and play a "Champions League". ”

Zhang Yida rubbed his forehead, this thing looks big, but in fact it is not difficult, the key is the problem of money.

As long as the prize money is enough, it will naturally attract enough esports clubs to join and make the event a long-term league.

"There is no problem with the funds, you can contact various well-known e-sports clubs at home and abroad, discuss with them, and get a charter. ”

Zhang Lan smiled, "Mr. Zhang, you don't have to worry, last time you spent a lot of money made all the e-sports clubs praise, and they are also looking forward to the next round of events launched by Zhonghe Games." ”

Zhang Yida nodded, remembered something, and said: "Explain it and let the war investment department select 2-3 better VR companies to invest in." VR games are very interesting and are likely to usher in big developments in the future. ”

Zhang Lan nodded, although VR games are not mainstream at present, as long as the technology is greatly developed and the hardware cost is reduced, there is still a chance to become a mainstream game.

Google, Samsung, Sony and other companies have entered this field one after another, and have also launched their own wearable devices such as virtual reality glasses and helmets.

But there are still many problems, such as: vertigo after playing for a long time, screen pixels and image refresh rate still have a lot of room for improvement, etc.

The most important thing is that game developers need to produce high-quality games that are also compatible with virtual reality devices.

She is also looking forward to the emergence of that epoch-making black technology, where players wear virtual reality equipment as if they are in a different dimension.

At that point, video games that were originally in a two-dimensional space will be completely abandoned.

Keyboard or joystick game modes are forever a thing of the past, replaced by an all-encompassing gaming experience that engages all five senses.

3D games will become mainstream, and the entire game industry pattern will be completely reshuffled.

Therefore, Sony and other game giants are vying for layout in this industry, just because they don't want to be abandoned by the times.

As a person who plays games very much, even if it is a woman, she couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zhang, after the merger with Ruixiang is completed, can we also get a VR laboratory? ”

Zhang Yida nodded, "Yes, but this is definitely a difficult task that requires long-term investment and does not return in a short period of time." ”

Zhang Lan smiled, "Take precautions, Penguin has "Shadow Hunting Project", NetEase has "Homeland", and we also need to have products to play cards." ”

Zhang Yida has learned about these two games, and he has to go to the offline VR experience store to play them.

Users will also try it, and generally only enthusiasts are willing to buy these products that are still flashy.

For most people, just go to the offline VR experience hall and have fun.

As for NetEase and Penguin, they are losing money and making money, but they are more about the future and the exploration of technological progress.