After the phone call, this is naturally a fake, and Rob. Pardo was also relieved.

The opening date of the carnival is two days on the first weekend of November, and at the beginning of November, Mars Entertainment began to prepare, rent the venue, and decorate the venue, all in a confidential process, in order to be able to keep the carnival mysterious and bring the biggest surprise to players at the opening.

However, a certain amount of leakage is also necessary.

For example, let some media evaluate the game in advance, in fact, some game companies are a little dissatisfied with the evaluation reports issued by various media in advance, but they can't find these media reviews after the game is released, players have bought and played, what is the point of re-evaluation?

Moreover, those highly influential media outlets are also dismissive of this method of post-release evaluation.

However, some media are reluctant to see that the evaluation of these media makes unfavorable evaluations to them, which affects sales, and for a while, the two are a little unpleasant.

This is a matter that belongs to the newly formed World Video Game Association, which regulates the disputes in the industry, but this dispute is related to the interests of major game companies and major game media.

In fact, Jester knows that this contradiction cannot be solved in a short period of time, unless in the future, information can be seamlessly disseminated regardless of time and place through the network, then this contradiction can be completely solved.

Now it's either game companies paying off game review media to make their games as good as possible, or they're announcing that their games are banned from game media reviews, which is perfectly permissible.

If in the future, the network communication is developed, then it will be possible to completely reconcile all parties.

To give an example, for example, when "Bloodborne" was released, the development team of this Souls series made a new work that received a lot of attention, and they also handed the game into the hands of major game media before it was released, hoping that they would review it.

And how did the reviews come out?

Quite simply, on the day the game is released, set a time for the media to fully lift the ban.

This is a perfect solution to the contradiction between the two sides, but this is thanks to the powerful function of network communication in the future, and it is completely impossible to do it now, although the United States has just completed laying the network communication fiber optic cable across the east and west this year, but to achieve network popularization, it may take at least ten years.

However, Jester doesn't care much, he never worries about saying anything unfavorable about his game after it is reviewed by the game press, and he seems to have guessed the average evaluation only when Pokemon taught GAME to test.

But it turned out that "GAME" made a very big mistake when evaluating this game, so that their hostile magazines seized this opportunity and ridiculed it aggressively, which damaged the authority of "GAME" to a certain extent.

The evaluation of "Dream Simulation Battle" is decent, "GAME" gives a 36-point evaluation of palace-level works, and other media also have similar scores, this game is excellent, but it is only excellent, and it does not give these people the shocking feeling when they play "Fire Emblem" for the first time.

It seems that this game is just a game that has changed the background of the game, and on the sixteen-bit game console, the "Fire Emblem" that has been slightly rough in the picture has been reset.

It's really because this game is too imaginary with the first part of Fire Emblem.

Of course, anyone who has played this game thinks that this is indeed the best SRPG they have played since Fire Emblem, and Jester's mastery of the genre has not decreased in the slightest, but only not in the slightest.

Whereas, Age of Empires is a PC game.

Nowadays, game magazines don't pay much attention to games on the PC platform, because whether it is the audience or the sales, the games on the PC platform are indeed far from the console games.

However, for many people who are new to video games or developers, PC is their favorite platform.

Without him, it's game development on the PC platform, without the slightest barrier, and it can even be said that as long as you spend a thousand dollars to buy an outdated Apple 2, you can immediately look at the teaching materials and develop the game on your own, in fact, countless game developers are enlightened in this way.

However, developing a game on consoles isn't something you can do if you want to.

Not to mention other limitations, but the price of a dedicated development machine necessary for the development of a host platform is not affordable for ordinary people.

Still, Age of Empires caused a stir in GAME magazine.

Jester didn't misestimate the appeal of RTS games to PC game enthusiasts of this era, and the real-time strategy game, which is a real-time strategy game with online versus at its core, has once again played out at GAME magazine after a spree at Mars Entertainment's headquarters.

"I've chosen the Germanic people, the map is Eastern European forests, and the mode is conquest......"

"Wait a minute, I'll be added right in, my name is ......"

"There's one more person who hasn't been added, hurry up and add in, it's time to start the game......"

An hour later.

"How did you do it, why didn't you harass his peasants and let him develop so fast?"

"What about us? How did you build all the stones into the walls, and what is the use of you building so many walls? I won't be online with you anymore! ”

"It's just that I haven't won since I was connected with you!"

It can be said that shouts such as these have risen and fallen within the "GAME" magazine.

Jason is a member of the Age of Empires development team, but he didn't follow Sid before. Mel developed "Civilization" after all, Sid. Mel's development team was only a medium-sized team, and Jester's team was a large team. After Mel's "Civilization" development team was all transferred, Jester also dropped a few elites from Mars Entertainment to participate in the development together.

And Jason is one of them.

He was invited to GAME magazine for an interview today, but to his surprise, as soon as he came to GAME magazine, he saw a scene that was both familiar and strange to him - because this scene he had just seen in the headquarters of Mars Entertainment before he came.

The editor of "GAME" magazine, who accompanied Jason, also smiled at Jason a little embarrassed, he really didn't expect his colleagues to be so addicted.

I know that I have an important interview mission today, but I am still engaged in online battles.

And looking at them as if they were red-eyed, it doesn't seem that they have fought such a game...... However, at this time, the heart of the employee of "GAME" magazine couldn't help but become hot, and it is undeniable that "Age of Empires" is definitely another masterpiece, and this new game genre called real-time strategy battles is simply more addictive and exciting than the turn-based simulation of "Civilization".

Jason was the first to smile.

He also said with some embarrassment: "Actually, it's almost like this within Mars Entertainment, and even we have formed a team at the mention of the boss, team battles, and standings." ”

"Esports?"

The editor of GAME magazine was clearly impressed by the concept of esports that Jester had been promoting since last year's carnival, so when Jason mentioned it, he immediately thought of the word Jester used to say.

In fact, this year's carnival IQ has the new "Thor" and "Street Fighter" World Series, the championship prize money has been raised to an unprecedented $300,000, everyone in the industry is admiring Jester's good courage, he is willing to give such a high prize money to an event that has no possibility of bringing him profit.

Jason was stunned for a moment when he heard the editor who would interview him say the word e-sports, and then nodded without thinking: "You're right, that's what the big boss told us, he told us that real-time strategy games will be a more suitable type of esports game than fighting games and first-person shooters." ”

Saying that, Jason paused slightly, as if he was hesitating about something, but in the end he continued: "There is one thing that is actually not a secret, after the carnival opens in a few days, the big *OSS will announce itself, this is what the big *OSS himself said to us, he said, he will also make at least three completely different real-time strategy games in the next few years, at least one per year!" ”

Before I knew it, the editor also led Jason to the interview room, and just as he was about to push the door in, he heard Jason suddenly say this.

The editor immediately stopped and subconsciously glanced at Jason, a look of surprise on his face.

Although Jason said that the news would be announced by Jester after the carnival, but now he still keeps it a secret, you know, their special edition about the carnival is going to be sold before the carnival, so the editor can't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"May I ask Jason, can we reveal the news you just said before the carnival!" R1152