Chapter Eighty-Four: Game of the Year Awards

The E3 Game Show evaluation stage is not entirely evaluated by the E3 judges.

One of the important shortlisted references will be based on the voting results on the playing network and the votes of players participating in the E3 Game Show.

Originally, the game Counter-Strike, Tang Dynasty Network did not do much publicity before coming to the E3 Game Show. At most, at the last press conference, one or two sentences were mentioned. However, all the performances of Counter-Strike in E3 in the past few days have been sent to any corner of the world by countless media. On the same day, a news titled "Counter-Strike Competes for the E3 Best Game Award" was hung high on the four major domestic portals. Moreover, the word Counter-Strike, also on this day, became the first in Baidu search volume. Even with terms like E3, after Counter-Strike, it is very dazzling.

It wasn't until players realized what E3 Game Show was for, that they were completely shocked. Because from these information, netizens know it clearly. It's basically impossible for a game developed entirely in China to win any awards at E3. Even the real-time strategy game "Three Kingdoms", which was highly anticipated by domestic players last year, was also treated coldly at the E3 Game Show.

However, since the appearance of the counter-strike of the Tang Dynasty network in E3, it has shown the momentum of a peerless dark horse. Not only domestic players are enthusiastic, but also foreign players are also excited after seeing this game. According to the analysis released by the authoritative foreign game media "World Game News", the media rated Counter-Strike as the highest score ever, and predicted that this year's E3 Game of the Year Award will definitely fall into the hands of "Tang Dynasty Network". If it backfires, the authority will doubt the impartiality of the E3 jury.

It's not all perfect, though.

While everyone was expecting Counter-Strike, many media outlets began to storm Counter-Strike.

"Can copycat games enter the E3 exhibition in a grand manner?"

This is a report published by Japan's "Asahi Shimbun".

In Japan, they don't think about video games like they do in China. With Sony, Nintendo, Sega and other game companies, countless Japanese people have regarded their electronics industry as the backbone of their national economy. Japan also attaches great importance to this E3 Game Show. Both online and traditional media have reported on the exhibition in large numbers.

However, this year's game show, Japan's game industry has encountered many challenges.

On the one hand, with the addition of "Microsoft" to the hardware console, Japan is no longer the only provider of game consoles. In terms of game content, Japan, which has been in the leading position in the past, has now burst out with a Chinese-developed "Counter-Strike." ”

Microsoft is too strong, and Japan has nothing to do. However, China's Tang Dynasty Network, an online game company that has only been established for less than a year, seems to be able to bully. As a result, Japan targeted the Tang Dynasty network. Almost all the media in Japan have vowed to ruin the game of Counter-Strike. In addition, they also teamed up with most game developers in Japan and game fans around the world to give this new counter-strike a head start.

In the face of the ferocity of the Japanese media, the Chinese media also showed their strength this time.

Originally, it was just a marginal game industry, and it generally does not enter the mainstream media. However, Japan's nationwide efforts to criticize domestic games this time have finally angered many mainstream media.

Xinhua Daily fiercely criticized the Japanese media on the same day, pointing out that although the game of Counter-Strike uses the game plot of "Half-Life", Tang Dynasty Network has completely innovated on the basis of Half-Life. Moreover, when the game was exhibited, William, the boss of Xueleshan Game Company, came to the game exhibition area of Tang Dynasty Network. As you can see from the picture, William is having a lively conversation with Liu Sichen, the vice president of Tang Dynasty Network. And from the interview, the boss also unreservedly praised the counter-terrorism developed by the Tang Dynasty network, and almost exhausted all the words that could be modified.

And Mr. William said that as soon as Counter-Strike comes out, I believe that those game companies that are ready to develop first-person shooters will definitely terminate the project immediately. Moreover, William is also worried, maybe after the release of "Counter-Strike", will their Half-Life still be remembered by players? ,

Since then, Xinhua Daily has also written in the article, "As we all know, although the Japanese game industry is developed, with the development of the world, the game technology has enhanced. More and more games have entered the player's field of vision, but the Japanese side has been stagnant, and now when it encounters competitors, it is doing everything, using the media to suppress it. Take the console released by Sega three days before Microsoft Xbox, it can be seen that Japan is a small country.

In addition to Xinhua Daily, Yangcheng Evening News, which has a good cooperation with Tang Dynasty Information, has also opened a special area, which not only reports on the performance of Counter-Strike in the E3 Game Show, but also prepares canvassing sponsorship for Counter-Strike.

The annual awards have not yet begun, and the two countries have been back and forth, but there have been 300 rounds of war.

It's just that, no matter what happens to the outside world, the Tang Dynasty Network, which is the protagonist of the incident, has not participated in this media battle. However, it only took one day for the Tang Dynasty network to give a heavy slap in the face to the Japanese media.

On the same day, the news came from the United States, Xueleshan Game Company reached a cooperation with Tang Dynasty Network to buy the rights to the national game of Counter-Strike. In addition, after Xuele Mountain, the game sales rights in Europe were also sold after the end of this exhibition.

As soon as the news broke, countless Chinese people were cheering. It's my mother's cottage, do you see it, this is a cottage? If it's a copycat, will the parent company of Half-Life buy the game of Tang Dynasty Network?

Not only that, after signing this contract, Tang Dynasty Network also sent the purchased game engine copyright and Half-Life plot copyright to the lights of the world's media.

In the face of ironclad evidence, the whole world was in an uproar.

The Washington Daily pointed out that from the annoyance and anger of the Japanese media, we can see that the Japanese video game industry is facing a global invasion. And the introduction of this farce, can it remind Japan? Only by perfecting our own game industry can we gain a foothold in the world. The kind of suppression by the news media will eventually harm the whole of Japan.

After all, there are still a lot of gamers who like Japanese games.

A fierce media war disappeared in the middle of the actions of the Tang Dynasty network. And through this hype launched by the Japanese media, it is to promote the "Counter-Strike" developed by Tang Dynasty Network to the world. Countless levels of interest have been shown after players all over the world learned about the game. This kind of enthusiasm is more fanatical than the Warcraft series and interstellar series developed by Blizzard back then.

The E3 judges finally took this competitive game from the East seriously, and it is said that seven of the twenty current rating experts have become obsessed with Counter-Strike, and perhaps they will use the review of Counter-Strike to practice their heavy sniping skills.

If you say no, why did a few experts go there for more than three hours and still haven't come up with a specific assessment report?

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"After the evaluation of our organizing committee, I am very happy to announce to everyone that ......"

After many days of evaluation work, the E3 exhibition evaluation team finally conducted a detailed evaluation of more than 1,000 games provided by more than 400 manufacturers.

Here are the E3 Game Show awards.

"Best Action Game Winner - Warrior of Destiny."

This is a local game from the United States, and it is possible that E3 is interested in taking care of the local game as well. Despite the mediocre performance of this "Warrior of Destiny", the members of the jury also rated "Warrior of Destiny" as the best action game.

"Best RPG game, The Elder Scrolls."

The Elder Scrolls was voted the best RPG game and deservedly so.

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Subsequently, the E3 Organizing Committee announced several more awards.

What is the Best Game Music Award, the Best Video Festival Effect Award...... It's the same as the Oscars.

"The last award, I know, you're looking forward to it. However, I don't know ...... until I open the envelope."

The No. 1 of the jury, a lot of wordy, took the opportunity of the last award to make a personal heartfelt speech. Fortunately, the boss mastered the heat quite well, and when everyone couldn't bear it anymore, he finally returned to the topic, "Next, I would like to announce to you the list of nominees for this year's "Best Game". ”

He slowly opened the envelope, looked at the name on it, and showed a smile that was indeed so, "There are five nominees for the best game of the year, and they are for Final Fantasy X......"

"House of the Dead 3."

"Resident Evil."

"Silent Hill 2."

"There's also one from China -- Counter-Strike."

So, which of these five games will be the Game of the Year award?

Before the judges finished speaking, thousands of players in the audience chanted, "Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike......"

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