In September, a team from the Côte d'Azur has arrived in Cologne, Germany, and began to set up the site for the next press conference, with only more than 20 days to complete all the press conference decoration work.

The other team traveled around the world to engage with world-renowned third-party game developers, such as Electronic Arts (EA), which owns the Need for Speed series and the FIFA series; Ubisoft, which owns the Assassin's Creed series, the Watch Dogs series, and more; Konami Company, which owns the "Metal Gear Solid" series, "Silent Hill" and so on; Capcom, which owns the Resident Evil series, the Devil May Cry series, and more.

Luo Sheng gave the team the task of getting the world's top third-party game developers to go out and let them release their new games on the upcoming ACC console platform.

If you can pull one is one, in short, the more the merrier.

The smoothest of the negotiations was the start of the negotiations at Ubisoft, because the Vivendi Group sent a divine assist at this time.

However, even if these third parties do not come, Luo Sheng is not afraid, because his content layout in the past five years is enough to carry the release of ACC consoles, for example, 2K Games, a subsidiary of Take-two Group, has "Civilization" series, "Bioshock" series, "Borderlands" and other masterpieces.

Another subsidiary, R-Star, owns the GTA series, Red Dead Redemption series and other masterpieces.

This year's R-Star is launching the sequel to the GTA series, The Merry Tony Song, which is definitely a big gem on the upcoming ACC console platform.

In addition, CDPR, known as the "Polish stupid donkey", has a famous masterpiece "The Witcher" series, and this year it will also launch "The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings", which is also regarded by Luo Sheng as a treasure of the ACC console platform.

Mojang AB, which was acquired last year, will also launch Minecraft on the ACC console platform.

Even if Ubisoft, Capcom and other third parties don't come to cheer, the launch of the ACC console will definitely not face the embarrassing situation of not having a masterpiece online.

It is no exaggeration to say that Luo Sheng now controls many of the world's top third-party game development companies in his own hands, and has more than one or two best-selling triple-A masterpieces.

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On September 11, the official website of the Cote d'Azur announced a new news that caused a huge sensation in the global gaming world, especially in the home console market, because it was officially announced on the official website that the Cote d'Azur entered the console market, and a product launch will be held in Cologne, Germany on Friday, September 25.

The high-profile disclosure of this news also announced to the whole industry that there was another heavyweight new player on the first side of the game, and the news reached the ears of Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft executives at the first time.

At the same time, the Cote d'Azur also released a promotional video of about 3 minutes in this news, which caused a heated discussion among players around the world as soon as it was announced.

Because the video clip screen shows the figure of many masterpieces, including the "Civilization" series, the "GTA" series, the "Witcher" series and other game masterpieces, and the content is a new high-quality CG animation.

It's already hot on Reddit.

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Alan, a gamer based in Finland, was following the promotional video released by the Côte d'Azur at the moment, and the background music of the video immediately attracted him, and the music was full of cyberpunk flavors.

The BGM of the video was produced by a singer from the United States, Blue Stahli, and the BGM name is "Suit up".

As with his style, aggressive guitars, fast tempo, messy drum beats, distorted electronic noises, a fusion of metallic, electronic, industrial and other musical styles, with a stronger rock flavor than Celldweller.

The opening screen of the video is the fairy-level picture quality of the "GTA" game, moving forward with the music, without any narration sound, some are just interpreted with the text subtitles in the screen switch, but they are all English subtitles, accompanied by background music to make Allen, who is watching the video, extremely excited as a game enthusiast at the moment.

[In the war against reality, imagination is the only weapon]

[However, in order to win, we are not going to fight]

[We just need to have a good time]

[It's it that sharpens our weapons]

[Because it enriches our imagination]

[And let the ordinary us become extraordinary, great, awakened, rapid, curious, innovative]

[Connected, firm and confident]

[Deep thinking, brave, intelligent, hard-working, full of emotion]

[ACC wants to win the war against reality]

[And take you to a better place]

[Get a surprising experience, the richest story]

[There are also imaginative characters]

[In the ACC as a bond of family members to play, explore together, set sail together, run together, fight together, dilute together, and win together]

[We create more than just a device]

【You can become a legend through it】

[We are born special]

[We have become rebellious]

[Never be too happy]

[There is only one criterion]

【Always forge ahead】

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At the end of the video, 3 minutes and 41 seconds, the video screen is frozen on an exclusive logo icon of "ACC", and the background of the picture is the shadow outline of the ACC host, as if covered with a veil of mystery.

"Oh oh oh ~ ~~"

Alan sat in front of the computer excitedly and shouted, "OMG!! The latest GTA and The Witcher titles are coming out this year? But why didn't there be any news from E3 in June? ”

After the promotional video was announced, it was uploaded to BV Video Network, the world's largest streaming online video website, and recorded more than 5 million views in one day.

One is the brand awareness of the Cote d'Azur today, many console gamers around the world are mostly electronics enthusiasts, many gamers have bought Azure phones, and the second is that the content in the video is too exciting for players.

The latest game video footage and CG of the latest games, such as "GTA: The Merry Tony Song" and "The Witcher: Assassin of Kings", have all appeared in the promotional videos, and although many of them are fleeting, the information revealed has excited fans of these game masterpieces.

On September 25, Cologne, Germany, thousands of players around the world remembered.

The major media in the game industry and even some mainstream media are competing to report,The action of the Cote d'Azur this year is really dazzling,The first half of the release of the ieP tablet is now selling well all over the world,I never thought that the autumn conference would launch a new hardware product。

Everyone didn't expect that Luo Sheng was secretly developing a next-generation game console, and now it was suddenly announced, and everyone, especially those in the industry, was caught off guard.

But one more thing is certain.

The so-called ACC console is definitely a long-planned layout, and in 2008, the news that the Cote d'Azur packaged and bought Sony's Cell chip business was also unearthed again, which also shows that the Cote d'Azur company's actions on the game console have been plotting for at least two years.

However, this view was quickly overturned, and the outside world pushed the time forward again by about three years, which means that the plan has actually been more than five years in the making.

And the reason is that Luo Sheng has been around 2005 since the acquisition of Take-Two, and he has been plotting for at least five years.

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Sony headquarters.

“What？ Cte d'Azur wants to enter the home game console market and be the first party? Howard, the current head of Sony, stared at the executives who came to report without moving, and suddenly yelled after a moment: "I should have thought of it, damn bastard, liar!! ”

Howard instantly thought that the Cell chip business had been sold, and he still remembered that in 2008, Luo Sheng came all the way to Japan to make friends, and Sony's senior management was fooled by his extravagant remarks to sell the Cell chip.

At that time, Sony was actually in a swinging mentality, wanting to sell but not wanting to sell, but in the end it couldn't stand Luo Sheng's lobbying.

Howard vaguely remembers the scene of the first face-to-face meeting with Luo Sheng, when Luo Sheng had a humble and gentle expression, and very sincerely said that he had come to make friends with Sony, and swore that the Cote d'Azur would not enter the console market to be the first party of the game.

In addition to this guarantee, Sony's senior management also feels that the Cote d'Azur does not have game genes, after all, the interlacing is like a mountain, and Cell made Sony fail miserably, and also made a super joke in the history of chips that was laughed off by industry insiders.

In short, it was for various reasons that Sony packaged and sold the Cell business to Luo Sheng, and during the negotiations, it was also required that the additional Cell chip could not be used in game consoles, but Luo Sheng also attached a condition before agreeing, that is, the purchase price was reduced by 30%, and finally Sony gave up for the 30%.

"Sir, Sony has proved that the Cell chip is a road to failure at a terrible price, and the ACC console on the Cote d'Azur will definitely suffer Waterloo."

When Howard heard this, he immediately denied it: "No, because of this, the Cote d'Azur knows that this is a road of failure and resolutely chooses to go down, which shows that they have found the pain point of the Cell chip and have a solution, Holy shit!" ”

What's more, that person is called "Luo Sheng", and he has never failed so far.

At this moment, Howard had the urge to vomit blood, and suddenly realized that Cell should not be sold, at least not in the hands of Luo Sheng, a person who is good at creating miracles.

After a while, Howard picked up the phone with an angry expression, found Luo Sheng's private contact information, and then made an international call.

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