In terms of mobile games, Yang Chen has not paid much attention to it for the time being after completing the corresponding GDD, because the development progress of "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" has been completed for the time being.

The entire framework including the game has been built, and even the beta version of the game has been completed.

Yang Chen's main focus is still on the project "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim".

But Nebula Games knows that the game is nearing its end, but in the gaming community, including players who have been looking forward to The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, they don't know anything about the game's progress.

Especially before Nebula Games suddenly announced that it would suspend the operation of "Warm Around the World", return the money recharged by players, and then remake it.

This news made the players' hearts itch even more.

I can't do "The Elder Scrolls Online" yet!

When will I be able to play?

In the face of the expectations of players, Yang Chen and Nebula Games have always maintained a silent attitude.

But privately, the timing of the release of The Elder Scrolls Online: Skyrim is already being discussed.

The development progress is gratifying, including post-production and the like, and almost two months is completely sufficient.

All that's left is to decide on the release date of the game, which is very important to follow the promotional date.

But there are some problems with the release date of the game.

"August, September, including October, there are 3A-level masterpieces to be announced at home and abroad, and Phoenix's "King's Sword" and Tenghua's "Fantasy", which are in direct competition with us, are both ARGs in the fantasy genre, and at the same time, the overseas power storm has also brought an RG-type game, which are very strong opponents."

"In addition, although NetDragon has promised to fully release and promote "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim", but in July, their masterpiece "Shadow Legend" will be launched, and the tilt of resources will definitely be more biased towards "Shadow Legend".

In the conference room, Xu Yu reported the main news to Yang Chen.

Choosing the right time for a game to release is still very important for a game.

Even triple-A games, or long-established game manufacturers, don't take this lightly.

Perhaps many players feel that if the game is fun, they will not worry about not selling, even if it is not sold at the beginning, it will catch up in the future.

The vast majority of games uphold this standard, but there are exceptions.

There are always some high-quality games, whether it is a media rating or a player evaluation that is very high, but at the same time, they chose the wrong release time and collided with some explosive games, and then the sales became dismal.

It's still the same sentence, there are a lot of players, and they don't play games, but heat.

And this group of players is the main force of game consumption.

Especially for games of this level of triple-A games, they rely on these main forces.

This is also the reason why the sales of a game in the first month of release can even account for 70% of the total sales of the game, or even more.

Because it is during this period of time that the game is the most popular, it can attract popular players to make purchases.

"Three choices, the first one will be launched ahead of schedule, and the game will be launched in mid-June; The second option is to launch the game at the end of October; Third, directly fight with these games for a quality, fight for a bayonet. Xu Yu looked at Yang Chen and said.

Early, postponed, or head-to-head.

After listening to Xu Yu's words, Yang Chen deleted the option of going online in advance without thinking about it.

Launched in mid-June, there was only one and a half months left for them, and the game was estimated to be completed at this time, but it was too hasty.

Subsequent revisions, including bug checks, and detailed fixes.

That's not enough time.

"It's August, or maybe September, and I'm confident enough in the quality of The Elder Scrolls Online, and we can't release a game in the future, and we have to look at other people's schedules." Yang Chen thought about it and said seriously.

In terms of the strength of publishers, NetDragon is one of the three major in China.

In terms of the cost of the game, the real development cost of 3.5 billion is put there.

In terms of the development team, the top outsourcing team, NetDragon's motion capture studio, which is the strongest in the three, and the technical team, as well as the joining of Chang'an Studio and Lin Jiayi, who are rising stars in the game industry.

As well as the template reference that has matured in the dream memory, Yang Chen feels that such a lineup, not to mention whether it is the world's top, but at least it is first-class.

And the games launched in August and September, a "King's Sword" and a "Fantasy" are also the new i of Phoenix and Tenghua, why can't "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" participate in this war?

"After it is confirmed, I will negotiate with NetDragon, and if it is to be changed in the future, we will need to bear the compensation for liquidated damages and everything." Xu Yu looked at Yang Chen and reminded.

"No problem, that's it." Yang Chen nodded.

"Since this is decided, it is best to start more hype about the game in the near future; There is also a not-so-small game exhibition in Shanghai in May, and the other party has sent an invitation, are we going to participate? Xu Yu looked at Yang Chen and said.

Hearing Xu Yu's words, Yang Chen smiled: "In terms of publicity, the trailer or something is already being done, as for the exhibition, forget it, anyway, when the time comes, the trailer will be put on as before." ”

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Time passes slowly,

In May, NetDragon officially launched the promotion of its own game "Shadow Legend".

Including Tenghua and Phoenix, their "Fantasy" and "King's Sword" have also begun to promote.

Developers' game production process interviews, interviews, and various media trials are full of praise in the professional news column.

At the same time, the official blog and the official website released the original paintings in the game, and at the same time announced some special gameplay and systems.

They are already warming up for the launch of the game in the near future.

And Nebula Games and "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" still haven't moved.

For all players who are looking forward to "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim", the only information channel that can be harvested is Yang Chen's official blog.

But what I usually get is the inconsequential daily news about how hard the staff worked and how much the food in the cafeteria didn't taste good today.

All in all, the game is doing, but I won't tell you how far it has been.

As for the game industry's "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" project, it is still very concerned.

After all, it is involved with NetDragon, and Nebula Games itself is also a dark horse in the industry, and the development cost of "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" itself is also very large, so it can be said that it is a strong opponent.

Tenghua and Phoenix are keeping a close eye on it, but as the days go by, there is still no news from the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, and many people are beginning to talk about it.

Maybe the development is stuck in a bottleneck, or maybe the development progress is not as fast as theirs?

Think about it, is this normal, after all, this can be said to be Yang Chen's first time in charge of a 3A-level project.

And just when everyone thought that "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" should not be in high development progress, at one o'clock in the morning on a weeknight, Yang Chen secretly released a message on the official blog.